fail Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 testing with a ASUS P5Q SE and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 512MB on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 2012-08-28 20:56: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P5Q SE, Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH10, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 2000GB Seagate ST2000VX000-9YW1 + 128GB SAMSUNG SSD 830, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 512MB (740/1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1200, Network: Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.14.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better 2012-08-28 20:56 . 19.54 |===================================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better 2012-08-28 20:56 . 1544 |====================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better 2012-08-28 20:56 . 116.87 |==================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better 2012-08-28 20:56 . 3031.50 |=================================================== Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better 2012-08-28 20:56 . 55.58 |===================================================== FS-Mark 3.3 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better 2012-08-28 20:56 . 57.30 |===================================================== Dbench 4.0 128 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better 2012-08-28 20:56 . 398.85 |==================================================== Dbench 4.0 48 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better 2012-08-28 20:56 . 489.08 |==================================================== Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better 2012-08-28 20:56 . 267.69 |==================================================== Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better 2012-08-28 20:56 . 73.18 |===================================================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better 2012-08-28 20:56 . 255.60 |==================================================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better 2012-08-28 20:56 . 232.35 |==================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better 2012-08-28 20:56 . 165.18 |==================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better 2012-08-28 20:56 . 243.88 |==================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better 2012-08-28 20:56 . 161.73 |==================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better 2012-08-28 20:56 . 759.93 |==================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better 2012-08-28 20:56 . 11920.87 |================================================== SQLite 3.7.3 12,500 INSERTs Seconds < Lower Is Better 2012-08-28 20:56 . 198.17 |==================================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better 2012-08-28 20:56 . 18.04 |=====================================================