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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1170558" data-attributes="member: 56379">Yes I realize this.&nbsp; The point is if your CPU is scoring properly...then the logic board/cpu is doing fine.&nbsp; Having a bad logic board or CPU is MUCH MUCH worse than having a bad hard drive.&nbsp; A new hard drive for a desktop computer is about $40-$50 bucks...a new logic board is around $500 or more!Since your computer scored 6825 on Geekbench...it sounds like the logic board &amp; cpu are working fine...thus it sounds more &amp; more like you have a bad hard drive.&nbsp; Don't concern yourself with testing the hard drive...just take the darn computer back to Apple...have them test it...and hopefully they will verify that it's the hard drive and replace it (that's what the Applecare is for)!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />HTH,- Nickp.s.&nbsp; Here is a Macintosh hard drive benchmarking program (Quickbench):<a href="http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/32012/quickbench" target="_blank">http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/32012/quickbench</a>I have not used it...so I'm not sure how good it is.&nbsp; But the numbers will be meaningless if you don't have some comparison numbers to compare against.&nbsp; Remember...traditional hard drive technology DOES NOT improve at the same pace as cpu speeds in computers.&nbsp; In fact...traditional hard drive technology from year to year sometimes improves very little.&nbsp; So don't necessarily expect a hard drive in a new 27&quot; i5 2.8ghz iMac to perform significantly better than your 4 year-old iMac.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1170558, member: 56379"] Yes I realize this. The point is if your CPU is scoring properly...then the logic board/cpu is doing fine. Having a bad logic board or CPU is MUCH MUCH worse than having a bad hard drive. A new hard drive for a desktop computer is about $40-$50 bucks...a new logic board is around $500 or more! Since your computer scored 6825 on Geekbench...it sounds like the logic board & cpu are working fine...thus it sounds more & more like you have a bad hard drive. Don't concern yourself with testing the hard drive...just take the darn computer back to Apple...have them test it...and hopefully they will verify that it's the hard drive and replace it (that's what the Applecare is for)!:) HTH, - Nick p.s. Here is a Macintosh hard drive benchmarking program (Quickbench): [url]http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/32012/quickbench[/url] I have not used it...so I'm not sure how good it is. But the numbers will be meaningless if you don't have some comparison numbers to compare against. Remember...traditional hard drive technology DOES NOT improve at the same pace as cpu speeds in computers. In fact...traditional hard drive technology from year to year sometimes improves very little. So don't necessarily expect a hard drive in a new 27" i5 2.8ghz iMac to perform significantly better than your 4 year-old iMac. [/QUOTE]

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