GNOMEtestCentOS Intel Core i3-2310M testing with a MSI MS-1482 and Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2) on CentOS 6.2 via the Phoronix Test Suite. MSI FX420: Processor: Intel Core i3-2310M @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-1482, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS54505, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2), Audio: Intel 6 /C200, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Atheros AR9285 Wireless OS: CentOS 6.2, Kernel: 2.6.32-220.2.1.el6.centos.plus.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.16.0, Compiler: GCC 4.4.6 20110731, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better MSI FX420 . 7516.97 |========================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better MSI FX420 . 389.26 |=========================================================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better MSI FX420 . 99.79 |============================================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better MSI FX420 . 277.17 |=========================================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better MSI FX420 . 5523 |============================================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better MSI FX420 . 25.24 |============================================================ POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better MSI FX420 . 1237 |=============================================================