pts bench Intel Core i7-3520M testing with a LENOVO 23252EG and Intel Ivy Bridge on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. x230: Processor: Intel Core i7-3520M @ 2.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 23252EG, Chipset: Intel Ivy Bridge DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 180GB INTEL SSDSC2BW18, Graphics: Intel Ivy Bridge, Audio: Realtek ALC269VC, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-27-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: 1366x768 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better x230 . 128.66 |================================================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better x230 . 5830.19 |=============================================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better x230 . 21.32 |================================================================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better x230 . 10.43 |================================================================= John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better x230 . 2744 |================================================================== x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better x230 . 72.23 |================================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better x230 . 119 |=================================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better x230 . 47 |==================================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better x230 . 1515.02 |=============================================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better x230 . 10009 |================================================================= Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better x230 . 47.82 |================================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better x230 . 97.47 |================================================================= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better x230 . 17.15 |================================================================= Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better x230 . 176 |=================================================================== Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better x230 . 80.12 |================================================================= Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better x230 . 112.37 |================================================================ Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Quasigroup Seconds < Lower Is Better x230 . 159.43 |================================================================ POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better x230 . 702 |=================================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better x230 . 92.20 |=================================================================