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 New D525: Processor: Intel Atom D525 @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: American Megatrends 080016, Chipset: Intel N10 Family DMI Bridge, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 250GB SAMSUNG HM250HI, Graphics: NVIDIA GT218 [ION] 512MB, Monitor: DELL 1609WX OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.35-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4 x264 2010-11-22 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better HTPC ..... 5.98 |======================================== New D525 . 9.30 |============================================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better HTPC ..... 85.90 |============================================================= New D525 . 81.28 |==========================================================