new "performance test" accuracy
Installation and Configuration
soaringeagle:does having mysql running longer with a more primed cache affect the readings
Maybe a tiny bit - but caching is purposefully disabled for the test (since we want to test raw MySQL performance).
I get ~500 on my laptop (2 year old Macbook Pro) so I'm going to guess that your MySQL is NOT using your SSD for the tmp table OR the SSD in your server is a bit on the slow side.
I really don't know. I didn't setup your server, so really can't give you any more advice than I already have given you. I would just expect a server of that size to perform much better.