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# Software RAID-0 Revodrive X2 (four 40GB SSDs via PCI-e):
(master)
quinlan@tired:~/src/blocks$ sudo hdparm -Tt /dev/md6 

/dev/md6:
 Timing cached reads:   18988 MB in  2.00 seconds = 9502.24 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads: 1886 MB in  3.00 seconds = 628.67 MB/sec

# SATA 3 128GB SSD in my X1 Carbon:
(master)
λ:~/ sudo hdparm -Tt /dev/sda
[sudo] password for quinlan: 

/dev/sda:
 Timing cached reads:   11638 MB in  2.00 seconds = 5822.76 MB/sec
 Timing buffered disk reads: 1182 MB in  3.00 seconds = 393.70 MB/sec