compression-2012-01 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 testing with a ASUS StrikerExtreme and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB on Ubuntu 11.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Q6600 2.4 GHz: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS StrikerExtreme, Chipset: NVIDIA C55, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 1000GB SAMSUNG HD103SI, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB (675/1800MHz), Audio: NVIDIA GPU 12 HDMI/DP OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-13-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.24.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 280.13, OpenGL: 4.1.0 NVIDIA 280.13, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Q6600 2.4 GHz . 6666 |========================================================= Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Q6600 2.4 GHz . 18.75 |======================================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Q6600 2.4 GHz . 16.95 |======================================================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Q6600 2.4 GHz . 232.20 |=======================================================