This document summarizes a report that tested the performance of Dell PowerEdge R750 servers with Dell PowerEdge RAID Controllers (PERC 11) for big data workloads compared to a legacy Dell PowerEdge R740 server solution. The new Dell solution completed a TeraSort Hadoop workload 13.9% faster and achieved 16.3% higher throughput. Faster data analysis allows organizations to make decisions based on more up-to-date big data.