quad Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 testing with a ASUS P5W DH Deluxe and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 512MB on Ubuntu 11.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. quad: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P5W DH Deluxe, Chipset: Intel 82975X MCH + ICH7, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 1000GB Seagate ST31000528AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 512MB (770/1123MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC882, Network: Marvell 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-12-generic-pae (i686), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.1, Display Server: X Server 1.10.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.41.06, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better quad . 6749 |==================================================================