brian-m18x-gzip1 Intel Core i7-3610QM testing with a Alienware M18xR2 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M 2048MB on Fedora 17 via the Phoronix Test Suite. brian-m18x-gzip1: Processor: Intel Core i7-3610QM @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Alienware M18xR2, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 24576MB, Disk: 2 x 500GB Hitachi HTS72755, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M 2048MB (620/1500MHz), Audio: Creative CA0132, Network: Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit + Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 OS: Fedora 17, Kernel: 3.4.4-3.fc17.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.4.1, Display Server: X Server 1.12.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.59, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.59, Compiler: GCC 4.7.0 20120507, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better brian-m18x-gzip1 . 14.72 |=====================================================