zeratul AMD Phenom 9750 testing with a ASUS M3N-HD/HDMI and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1024MB on Debian unstable via the Phoronix Test Suite. gnome3: Processor: AMD Phenom 9750 @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M3N-HD/HDMI, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP78S, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB SAMSUNG SP1614C + 160GB Seagate ST3160827AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1024MB (675/1000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1200, Network: NVIDIA MCP77 OS: Debian unstable, Kernel: 3.2.0-2-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.11.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 290.10, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 290.10, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + Clang 4.2.1 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better gnome3 . 24.96 |=============================================================== gnome3 . 24.72 |============================================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better gnome3 . 6915 |================================================================ Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better gnome3 . 27.27 |=============================================================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better gnome3 . 273.66 |============================================================== GnuPG 1.4.10 1GB File Encryption Seconds < Lower Is Better gnome3 . 17.05 |=============================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better gnome3 . 45.33 |=============================================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better gnome3 . 7517333 |=============================================================