THX Intel Core i5-3570K testing with a ASRock Z77E-ITX and Intel Ivy on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. initial install: Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z77E-ITX, Chipset: Intel Ivy DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSA2M080 + 500GB Western Digital WD5000BEKT-7, Graphics: Intel Ivy, Audio: Realtek ALC898, Monitor: BenQ E2200HD, Network: Broadcom NetLink BCM57781 Gigabit PCIe + Realtek RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better initial install . 33476.78 |=================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better initial install . 42.40 |====================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better initial install . 13933.65 |=================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better initial install . 14876.66 |===================================================