runa Intel Core i7-2600K testing with a ASUS P8Z68-V PRO GEN3 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB on Gentoo 2.1 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7-2600K: Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO GEN3, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 512GB OCZ VERTEX4 + 2 x 750GB Seagate ST3750640AS + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-9YN1, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB (594/800MHz) OS: Gentoo 2.1, Kernel: 3.5.7-gentoo (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.5, Display Server: X Server 1.12.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.75, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.75, Compiler: GCC 4.5.4 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: nfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Open Porous Media 2012-10-26 OPM Benchmark: Upscale-Relperm Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-2600K . 303.57 |================================================= Primesieve 4.0 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-2600K . 92.20 |==================================================