ypo AMD Phenom II X4 970 testing with a ASUS M4N82 DELUXE and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 896MB on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 1: Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 970 @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M4N82 DELUXE, Chipset: NVIDIA MCP78S, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 120GB Corsair Force SS + 250GB MAXTOR STM325082 + 250GB GB0250EAFYK, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 896MB (625/1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1200, Network: NVIDIA MCP77 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6 + CUDA 4.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2960x1050 2: Processor: Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 60GB Corsair CSSD-F60 + 500GB MAXTOR STM350032 + 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAKX-0 + 500GB Western Digital WD5001AALS-0 + 500GB Hitachi HDP72505, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 3.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better 1 . 2348 |============================= 2 . 5625 |=====================================================================