this Intel Core i7-2630QM testing with a MSI MS-16F2 under Ubuntu 11.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. thisness: Processor: Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-16F2, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 11776MB, Disk: 2 x 500GB Western Digital WDC WD5000BPKT-2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M 1536MB (813/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892 OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-8-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.1, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.41.06, OpenGL: 4.1.0 NVIDIA 270.41.06, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better thisness . 73.42 |=============================================================