untar-xfs-old AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ testing with a ASUS M3A78 and AMD Radeon HD 4870 X2 1024MB on archlinux rolling via the Phoronix Test Suite. untar kernel, xfs, old hardware: Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ @ 2.60GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M3A78, Chipset: AMD nee ATI RX780/RX790 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST3500418AS + 128GB ADATA SP900, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4870 X2 1024MB, Audio: AMD nee ATI SBx00 Azalia, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: archlinux rolling, Kernel: 3.5.0-rc5+ (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.4, Display Server: X Server 1.12.3, Display Driver: radeon 6.99.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7.1 + LLVM 3.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better untar kernel, xfs, old hardware . 23.16 |======================================