Well bonnie++ finished... Setup + bonie++ result + dmesg
The result is HW indipendent for me (compareable results on am64 too on another box). I changed the HDD as well (even I doubt it will help) with no improvement to the writing speed. Setup: OpenBSD-Current, i386 (somebody knows why 1GB ram is missing on x61s Laptops? It's not about i386) vnconfig -cK 8888 -S saltfile /dev/sd0k /dev/svnd1c disklabel svnd1 -> a a -> r -> w -> q newfs /dev/rsvnd1a mount -o noatime,softdep /dev/svnd1a /home chmod 777 /home cd /home bonnie++ -u nobody > /tmp/bonnie.out $2>/tmp/bonnie.csv *waiting...* bonnie++ finished (csv file): Version 1.03 ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- --Random- -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- --Seeks-- Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP /sec %CP raven.localhost.net 6G 1395 7 1382 6 7839 53 23684 77 29348 71 85.6 4 ------Sequential Create------ --------Random Create-------- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- files /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP 16 20094 57 +++++ +++ +++++ +++ 20941 61 +++++ +++ 10708 33 raven.localhost.net,6G,1395,7,1382,6,7839,53,23684,77,29348,71,85.6,4,16,20094,57,+++++,+++,+++++,+++,20941,61,+++++,+++,10708,33 dmesg (ascii): OpenBSD 4.5-current (GENERIC.MP) #86: Tue Apr 21 19:51:41 MDT 2009 dera...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC.MP cpu0: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU L7500 @ 1.60GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.60 GHz cpu0: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,CX16,xTPR real mem = 3211022336 (3062MB) avail mem = 3111157760 (2967MB) mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: AT/286+ BIOS, date 11/27/08, BIOS32 rev. 0 @ 0xfdc80, SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @ 0xe0010 (63 entries) bios0: vendor LENOVO version "7NETB9WW (2.19 )" date 11/27/2008 bios0: LENOVO 766655G acpi0 at bios0: rev 2 acpi0: tables DSDT FACP SSDT ECDT TCPA APIC MCFG HPET SLIC BOOT ASF! SSDT SSDT SSDT SSDT acpi0: wakeup devices LID_(S3) SLPB(S3) DURT(S3) IGBE(S4) EXP0(S4) EXP1(S4) EXP2(S4) EXP3(S4) EXP4(S4) PCI1(S4) USB0(S3) USB1(S3) USB2(S3) USB3(S3) USB4(S3) EHC0(S3) EHC1(S3) HDEF(S4) acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor) cpu0: apic clock running at 199MHz cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor) cpu1: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU L7500 @ 1.60GHz ("GenuineIntel" 686-class) 1.60 GHz cpu1: FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,SBF,SSE3,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,CX16,xTPR ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 1 pa 0xfec00000, version 20, 24 pins ioapic0: misconfigured as apic 2, remapped to apid 1 acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0) acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus -1 (AGP_) acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 2 (EXP0) acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus 3 (EXP1) acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus -1 (EXP2) acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus -1 (EXP3) acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus -1 (EXP4) acpiprt7 at acpi0: bus 5 (PCI1) acpiec0 at acpi0 acpicpu0 at acpi0: C3, C2 acpicpu1 at acpi0: C3, C2 acpitz0 at acpi0: critical temperature 127 degC acpitz1 at acpi0: critical temperature 100 degC acpibtn0 at acpi0: LID_ acpibtn1 at acpi0: SLPB acpibat0 at acpi0: BAT0 model "42T4568" serial 4165 type LION oem "SONY" acpibat1 at acpi0: BAT1 not present acpibat2 at acpi0: BAT2 not present acpiac0 at acpi0: AC unit online acpithinkpad0 at acpi0 acpidock at acpi0 not configured acpivideo at acpi0 not configured acpivideo at acpi0 not configured bios0: ROM list: 0xc0000/0x10000! 0xd0000/0x1000 0xd1000/0x1000 0xe0000/0x10000! cpu0: unknown Enhanced SpeedStep CPU, msr 0x0615092406000924 cpu0: using only highest and lowest power states cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 1800 MHz (1276 mV): speeds: 1800, 1200 MHz pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 (bios) extent `pciio' (0x0 - 0xffff), flags=0 0x1800 - 0x1807 0x1840 - 0x18ef 0x1c00 - 0x1c37 0x1c40 - 0x1c5f 0x2000 - 0x7fff extent `pcimem' (0x0 - 0xffffffff), flags=0 0x0 - 0xfff 0x2000 - 0x9ffff 0xd2000 - 0xd3fff 0xe0000 - 0xbfffffff 0xd4000000 - 0xd7efffff 0xd8000000 - 0xdbffffff 0xe0000000 - 0xf8223fff 0xf8225000 - 0xf8225fff 0xf8426000 - 0xf84267ff 0xf8426c00 - 0xf84274ff 0xf8500000 - 0xf86fffff 0xfec00000 - 0xfec0ffff 0xfed00000 - 0xfed003ff 0xfed14000 - 0xfed19fff 0xfed1c000 - 0xfed8ffff 0xfee00000 - 0xfee00fff 0xff000000 - 0xffffffff pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel GM965 Host" rev 0x0c vga1 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel GM965 Video" rev 0x0c wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) intagp0 at vga1 agp0 at intagp0: aperture at 0xe0000000, size 0x10000000 inteldrm0 at vga1: apic 1 int 16 (irq 10) drm0 at inteldrm0 "Intel GM965 Video" rev 0x0c at pci0 dev 2 function 1 not configured em0 at pci0 dev 25 function 0 "Intel ICH8 IGP M AMT" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 20 (irq 11), address 00:1d:72:88:a7:33 uhci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 0 "Intel 82801H USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 20 (irq 11) uhci1 at pci0 dev 26 function 1 "Intel 82801H USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 21 (irq 11) ehci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 7 "Intel 82801H USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 22 (irq 11) usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub0 at usb0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 azalia0 at pci0 dev 27 function 0 "Intel 82801H HD Audio" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 17 (irq 11) azalia0: RIRB time out azalia0: codecs: Analog Devices AD1984, Conexant/0x2bfa, using Analog Devices AD1984 audio0 at azalia0 ppb0 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 82801H PCIE" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 20 (irq 11) pci1 at ppb0 bus 2 extent `ppb0 pciio' (0x0 - 0xffff), flags=0 0x0 - 0x1fff 0x3000 - 0xffff extent `ppb0 pcimem' (0x0 - 0xffffffff), flags=0 0x0 - 0xf3ffffff 0xf6000000 - 0xffffffff ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 1 "Intel 82801H PCIE" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 21 (irq 11) pci2 at ppb1 bus 3 extent `ppb1 pciio' (0x0 - 0xffff), flags=0 0x0 - 0x2fff 0x4000 - 0xffff extent `ppb1 pcimem' (0x0 - 0xffffffff), flags=0 0x0 - 0xf5ffffff 0xf7f00000 - 0xf7f01fff 0xf8000000 - 0xffffffff iwn0 at pci2 dev 0 function 0 "Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965" rev 0x61: apic 1 int 17 (irq 11), MIMO 2T3R, MoW2, address 00:1f:3b:47:93:cf uhci2 at pci0 dev 29 function 0 "Intel 82801H USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 16 (irq 10) uhci3 at pci0 dev 29 function 1 "Intel 82801H USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 17 (irq 11) ehci1 at pci0 dev 29 function 7 "Intel 82801H USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 19 (irq 11) usb1 at ehci1: USB revision 2.0 uhub1 at usb1 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 ppb2 at pci0 dev 30 function 0 "Intel 82801BAM Hub-to-PCI" rev 0xf3 pci3 at ppb2 bus 5 extent `ppb2 pciio' (0x0 - 0xffff), flags=0 0x0 - 0x3fff 0x8000 - 0xffff extent `ppb2 pcimem' (0x0 - 0xffffffff), flags=0 0x0 - 0xd3ffffff 0xd7efe400 - 0xd7efe4ff 0xd7efe800 - 0xffffffff cbb0 at pci3 dev 0 function 0 "Ricoh 5C476 CardBus" rev 0xba: apic 1 int 16 (irq 10) "Ricoh 5C832 Firewire" rev 0x04 at pci3 dev 0 function 1 not configured sdhc0 at pci3 dev 0 function 2 "Ricoh 5C822 SD/MMC" rev 0x21: apic 1 int 18 (irq 11) sdmmc0 at sdhc0 cardslot0 at cbb0 slot 0 flags 0 cardbus0 at cardslot0: bus 6 device 0 cacheline 0x8, lattimer 0xb0 pcmcia0 at cardslot0 pcib0 at pci0 dev 31 function 0 "Intel 82801HEM LPC" rev 0x03 pciide0 at pci0 dev 31 function 1 "Intel 82801HBM IDE" rev 0x03: DMA, channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility pciide0: channel 0 disabled (no drives) pciide0: channel 1 ignored (disabled) ahci0 at pci0 dev 31 function 2 "Intel 82801HBM AHCI" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 16 (irq 10), AHCI 1.1 scsibus0 at ahci0: 32 targets sd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <ATA, WDC WD3200BEVT-2, 11.0> SCSI3 0/direct fixed sd0: 305245MB, 512 bytes/sec, 625142448 sec total ichiic0 at pci0 dev 31 function 3 "Intel 82801H SMBus" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 23 (irq 11) iic0 at ichiic0 usb2 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub2 at usb2 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb3 at uhci1: USB revision 1.0 uhub3 at usb3 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb4 at uhci2: USB revision 1.0 uhub4 at usb4 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 usb5 at uhci3: USB revision 1.0 uhub5 at usb5 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 isa0 at pcib0 isadma0 at isa0 pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 pms0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot wsmouse0 at pms0 mux 0 pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 midi0 at pcppi0: <PC speaker> spkr0 at pcppi0 aps0 at isa0 port 0x1600/31 npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16 mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support ugen0 at uhub2 port 2 "STMicroelectronics Biometric Coprocessor" rev 1.00/0.01 addr 2 softraid0 at root root on sd0a swap on sd0b dump on sd0b Kind regards, Sebastian