tracerbullet Intel Core i5-2520M testing with a Dell 032T9K and Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+) on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Ubuntu12.04: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 032T9K, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 750GB Western Digital WD7500BPKT-7, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+), Audio: IDT 92HD90BXX, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: LXDE 0.5.8, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Copy - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Ubuntu12.04 . 12086.86 |======================================================= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu12.04 . 1761 |=========================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu12.04 . 118.62 |========================================================= OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu12.04 . 74.85 |========================================================== x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu12.04 . 59.68 |==========================================================