Processor Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 testing with a ASUS P5E and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 512MB on Debian Linux 6.0.4 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Asus P5E + Core 2 Quad Q6600 #1: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.39GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P5E, Chipset: Intel 82X38/X48 + ICH9R, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2 + 2 x 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARS-00M + 2000GB Seagate ST32000542AS + 320GB Western Digital WD3200AAKS-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 512MB, Audio: Intel 82801I, Network: Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit OS: Debian Linux 6.0.4, Kernel: 3.2.11-quad (x86_64), Display Driver: NVIDIA 1.0.0, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2048x1152 Asus P5E + Core 2 Quad Q6600 #2: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.39GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P5E, Chipset: Intel 82X38/X48 + ICH9R, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2 + 2 x 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARS-00M + 2000GB Seagate ST32000542AS + 320GB Western Digital WD3200AAKS-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 512MB, Audio: Intel 82801I, Network: Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit OS: Debian Linux 6.0.4, Kernel: 3.2.11-quad (x86_64), Display Driver: NVIDIA 1.0.0, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2048x1152 P5E + Q6600: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.39GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P5E, Chipset: Intel 82X38/X48 + ICH9R, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2 + 2 x 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARS-00M + 2000GB Seagate ST32000542AS + 320GB Western Digital WD3200AAKS-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 512MB, Audio: Intel 82801I, Network: Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit OS: Debian Linux 6.0.4, Kernel: 3.2.11-quad (x86_64), Display Driver: NVIDIA 1.0.0, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2048x1152 Bork File Encrypter 1.4 File Encryption Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Asus P5E + Core 2 Quad Q6600 #1 . 27.48 |====================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Asus P5E + Core 2 Quad Q6600 #1 . 197.43 |===================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Asus P5E + Core 2 Quad Q6600 #1 . 99.45 |====================================== CacheBench Test: Read MB/s > Higher Is Better Asus P5E + Core 2 Quad Q6600 #1 . 2036.98 |==================================== CacheBench Test: Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Asus P5E + Core 2 Quad Q6600 #1 . 5849.49 |==================================== CacheBench Test: Read / Modify / Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Asus P5E + Core 2 Quad Q6600 #1 . 17532.16 |=================================== CLOMP 3.3 Static OMP Speedup Speedup > Higher Is Better Asus P5E + Core 2 Quad Q6600 #1 . 4.16 |======================================= 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better P5E + Q6600 . 6177 |=========================================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better P5E + Q6600 . 20.97 |========================================================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better P5E + Q6600 . 252.05 |========================================================= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better P5E + Q6600 . 16.40 |==========================================================