reduced test Simplified without overweight compile test HTPC: Processor: Intel Atom 330 @ 1.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock AMCP7A-ION, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP79, Memory: 1792MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST9320325AS + 1500GB My Book 1110, Graphics: NVIDIA ION VGA, Audio: VIA VT1708S OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-23-generic (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 1.0.0, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext2/ext3 AT5IONT-I: Processor: Intel Atom D525 @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS AT5IONT-I, Chipset: Intel N10 Family DMI Bridge, Memory: 1024 MB + 2048 MB DDR-800MHz, Disk: 2000GB Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT1 + 16GB KINGSTON SS100S2, Graphics: ION 512MB (535/790MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887 OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 3.8.12, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.41.06, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 270.41.06, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext2/ext3, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 x264 2010-11-22 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HTPC ...... 5.98 |======================================== AT5IONT-I . 9.02 |============================================================= Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better HTPC ...... 85.90 |============================================================ AT5IONT-I . 78.79 |=======================================================