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AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ testing with a FUJITSU SIEMENS D2461-C1 and NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE on Ubuntu 10.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


2 AMD: 

	Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ @ 2.30GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: FUJITSU SIEMENS D2461-C1, Chipset: NVIDIA C51, Memory: 2 x 1024 MB DDR2-133MHz, Disk: 2 x 250GB Seagate ST3250820AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE (425MHz), Network: NVIDIA MCP51

	OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 3.0.0-14-server (x86_64), Display Driver: nouveau, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext3

4 AMD: 

	Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 910e @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: FUJITSU D2981-A1, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB 1333MHz, Disk: 2 x 1000GB Seagate ST1000DL002-9TT1, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4200, Audio: ATI RS690/780 HDMI, Network: Broadcom NetLink BCM57780 Gigabit PCIe

	OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 3.0.0-14-server (x86_64), Display Driver: amd, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext3

6 AMD: 

	Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T @ 2.80GHz (6 Cores), Motherboard: FUJITSU D2981-A1, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB 1066MHz, Disk: 2 x 1000GB Seagate ST31000520AS, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4200, Audio: ATI RS690/780 HDMI, Network: Broadcom NetLink BCM57780 Gigabit PCIe

	OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 3.0.0-14-server (x86_64), Display Driver: amd, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext3

8 AMD: 

	Processor: AMD Opteron 4274 HE @ 2.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro H8SCM v1.02, Chipset: ATI RD890 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB, Disk: 2 x 1500GB Seagate ST1500DL003-9VT1, Graphics: Matrox MGA G200eW WPCM450, Network: Intel 82574L Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 3.0.0-14-server (x86_64), Display Driver: matrox, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext3

8 Intel: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E31270 @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro X9SCL/X9SCM, Chipset: Intel Device 0108, Memory: 8192 MB + 4096 MB + 8192 MB + 4096 MB 1333MHz, Disk: 2 x 2000GB Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT1, Graphics: Matrox MGA G200eW WPCM450, Network: Intel 82574L Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 3.0.0-14-server (x86_64), Display Driver: matrox, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext3

16 AMD: 

	Processor: 2 x AMD Opteron 4274 HE @ 2.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-91F7, Chipset: ATI RD890 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4 x 8192 MB 1333MHz, Disk: 64GB 9750-4i DISK + 2936GB 9750-4i DISK, Graphics: ASPEED ASPEED Family, Network: Intel 82574L Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 3.0.0-14-server (x86_64), Display Driver: aspeed, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext3

24 AMD: 

	Processor: 2 x AMD Opteron 6172 @ 2.10GHz (24 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro H8DGU, Chipset: ATI RD890 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 12 x 4096 MB 1333MHz, Disk: 64GB 9650SE-4LP DISK + 3936GB 9650SE-4LP DISK, Graphics: Matrox MGA G200eW WPCM450, Network: Intel 82576 Gigabit Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 3.0.0-14-server (x86_64), Display Driver: matrox, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext3


hdparm Timed Disk Reads
Disk To Read: /dev/sda1
MB/s > Higher Is Better
2 AMD ... 73.31  |======================
4 AMD ... 129.36 |======================================
6 AMD ... 106.07 |===============================
8 AMD ... 123.09 |====================================
8 Intel . 141.28 |==========================================
16 AMD .. 206.10 |=============================================================
24 AMD .. 197.75 |===========================================================