Here's a quick list of the maximum transfer rates for various connections in megabits (Mb) and megabytes (MB) per second:
sudo hdparm -t -T /dev/hda # AmiloA /dev/hda: Timing cached reads: 284 MB in 2.01 seconds = 141.43 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 56 MB in 3.06 seconds = 18.30 MB/sec
sudo hdparm -t -T /dev/sda # AmiloA /dev/sda: Timing cached reads: 312 MB in 2.01 seconds = 155.06 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 4 MB in 4.28 seconds = 957.84 kB/sec