uname -a: 

Linux terahz 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

lspci 

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T800Pro Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:09.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] (rev 64)
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6120/VT6121/VT6122 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev 11)
00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AR [Radeon 9600]
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 AR [Radeon 9600] (Secondary)

hdparm -tT /dev/sda 

    /dev/sda:
     Timing cached reads:   1600 MB in  2.00 seconds = 799.47 MB/sec
      Timing buffered disk reads:  184 MB in  3.00 seconds =  61.24 MB/sec
      root@terahz:~# hdparm -tT /dev/sdb

    /dev/sdb:
      Timing cached reads:   1590 MB in  2.00 seconds = 795.24 MB/sec
      Timing buffered disk reads:  174 MB in  3.03 seconds =  57.42 MB/sec

cat /proc/cpuinfo: 

    processor       : 0
    vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
    cpu family      : 15
    model           : 55
    model name      : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 4000+
    stepping        : 2
    cpu MHz         : 2400.000
    cache size      : 1024 KB
    fdiv_bug        : no
    hlt_bug         : no
    f00f_bug        : no
    coma_bug        : no
    fpu             : yes
    fpu_exception   : yes
    cpuid level     : 1
    wp              : yes
    flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr
                      sse sse2 syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow up pni lahf_lm ts fid vid ttp
    bogomips        : 5412.01
    clflush size    : 64

/sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sda 

    Disk /dev/sda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x04e89095

       Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
       /dev/sda1               1         492     3951958+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
       /dev/sda2   *         493        5636    41319180   83  Linux
       /dev/sda3           10739       30401   157943047+  83  Linux
       /dev/sda4            5637       10738    40981815   83  Linux

/sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sdb 

    Disk /dev/sdb: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
    255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
    Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
    Disk identifier: 0x0912f4e6

       Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
       /dev/sdb1   *           1        5100    40964096    7  HPFS/NTFS
       /dev/sdb2            5101        9963    39062047+  af  Unknown
       /dev/sdb3            9964       10213     2008125   83  Linux
       /dev/sdb4           10214       30401   162160110    5  Extended
       /dev/sdb5           10214       30401   162160078+   b  W95 FAT32