Core i5 3550 vs Core 2 Quad Q6700 Intel Core i5-3550 testing with a ASUS P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460/PCIe/SSE2 1024MB on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Core i5 3550: Processor: Intel Core i5-3550 @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68 DELUXE/GEN3, Chipset: Intel Ivy DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2 x 500GB Seagate ST3500820AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460/PCIe/SSE2 1024MB (700/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.4.1, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.49, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.49, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Core 2 Quad Q6700: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 @ 2.67GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte EP45-DS3R, Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH10R, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 2 x 500GB Seagate ST3500820AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460/PCIe/SSE2 1024MB (700/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.4.1, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.49, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.49, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Core i5 3550 + H77: Processor: Intel Core i5-3550 @ 3.70GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte H77-DS3H, Chipset: Intel Ivy DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2 x 500GB Seagate ST3500820AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460/PCIe/SSE2 1024MB (700/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-27-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.4.1, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.49, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.49, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 3550 ....... 110.64 |================================================== Core 2 Quad Q6700 .. 55.33 |========================= Core i5 3550 + H77 . 106.88 |================================================ RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Copy - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 3550 ....... 12889.71 |================================================ Core 2 Quad Q6700 .. 3137.31 |============ Core i5 3550 + H77 . 12655.97 |=============================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Copy - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 3550 ....... 12793.41 |================================================ Core 2 Quad Q6700 .. 3162.60 |============ Core i5 3550 + H77 . 12570.76 |=============================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Scale - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 3550 ....... 12882.69 |================================================ Core 2 Quad Q6700 .. 3135.68 |============ Core i5 3550 + H77 . 12640.06 |=============================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Scale - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 3550 ....... 12744.41 |================================================ Core 2 Quad Q6700 .. 3163.28 |============ Core i5 3550 + H77 . 12538.03 |=============================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Add - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 3550 ....... 12781.80 |================================================ Core 2 Quad Q6700 .. 3052.31 |=========== Core i5 3550 + H77 . 12556.78 |=============================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Add - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 3550 ....... 14582.35 |================================================ Core 2 Quad Q6700 .. 3767.55 |============ Core i5 3550 + H77 . 14333.21 |=============================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Triad - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 3550 ....... 12780.38 |================================================ Core 2 Quad Q6700 .. 3051.53 |=========== Core i5 3550 + H77 . 12569.71 |=============================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Triad - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 3550 ....... 14597.09 |================================================ Core 2 Quad Q6700 .. 3770.19 |============ Core i5 3550 + H77 . 14296.89 |=============================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 3550 ....... 12822.76 |================================================ Core 2 Quad Q6700 .. 3097.02 |============ Core i5 3550 + H77 . 12568.31 |=============================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 3550 ....... 13693.85 |================================================ Core 2 Quad Q6700 .. 3470.37 |============ Core i5 3550 + H77 . 13412.82 |=============================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 3550 ....... 14457 |=================================================== Core 2 Quad Q6700 .. 7517 |=========================== Core i5 3550 + H77 . 14071 |================================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 3550 ....... 13227.64 |================================================ Core 2 Quad Q6700 .. 3287.17 |============ Core i5 3550 + H77 . 12980.44 |=============================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 3550 ....... 12958.06 |================================================ Core 2 Quad Q6700 .. 3112.73 |============ Core i5 3550 + H77 . 12747.35 |=============================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 3550 ....... 14391.09 |================================================ Core 2 Quad Q6700 .. 3607.31 |============ Core i5 3550 + H77 . 14062.56 |=============================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better Core i5 3550 ....... 14677.16 |================================================ Core 2 Quad Q6700 .. 3770.25 |============ Core i5 3550 + H77 . 14358.58 |=============================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 3550 ....... 42.13 |========================== Core 2 Quad Q6700 .. 81.52 |=================================================== Core i5 3550 + H77 . 43.58 |=========================== Unreal Tournament 2004 Demo 3334 Map: AS-Convoy Botmatch - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 3550 ....... 190.69 |================================================== Core 2 Quad Q6700 .. 99.34 |========================== Core i5 3550 + H77 . 189.19 |================================================== Unreal Tournament 2004 Demo 3334 Map: BR-Colossus Botmatch - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 3550 ....... 303.65 |================================================== Core 2 Quad Q6700 .. 149.81 |========================= Core i5 3550 + H77 . 296.47 |================================================= Unreal Tournament 2004 Demo 3334 Map: CTF-BridgeOfFate Botmatch - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 3550 ....... 453.34 |================================================== Core 2 Quad Q6700 .. 227.29 |========================= Core i5 3550 + H77 . 445.31 |================================================= Unreal Tournament 2004 Demo 3334 Map: CTF-FaceClassic Botmatch - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 3550 ....... 352.20 |================================================== Core 2 Quad Q6700 .. 183.81 |========================== Core i5 3550 + H77 . 346.56 |================================================= Unreal Tournament 2004 Demo 3334 Map: DM-Rankin Botmatch - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 3550 ....... 314.88 |================================================== Core 2 Quad Q6700 .. 160.13 |========================= Core i5 3550 + H77 . 300.41 |================================================ Unreal Tournament 2004 Demo 3334 Map: ONS-Torlan Botmatch - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 3550 ....... 221.33 |================================================== Core 2 Quad Q6700 .. 115.42 |========================== Core i5 3550 + H77 . 219.95 |================================================== Unigine Heaven 3.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 3550 ....... 64.03 |=================================================== Core 2 Quad Q6700 .. 62.69 |================================================== Core i5 3550 + H77 . 63.92 |===================================================