interzone Intel Core i5-3450 testing with a MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) v1.0 and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB on Ubuntu 12.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. kubuntu_suspend_novblank: Processor: Intel Core i5-3450 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-9YN1, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB (783/1804MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.9.2, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.51, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 304.51, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 kubuntu_suspend_vblank: Processor: Intel Core i5-3450 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-9YN1, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB (783/1804MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.9.2, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.51, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 304.51, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 arch: Processor: Intel Core i5-3450 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-9YN1, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB (783/1804MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Linux, Kernel: 3.6.5-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.9.2, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.60, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 304.60, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 kubuntu_i5kernel_CFQ: Processor: Intel Core i5-3450 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-9YN1, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB (783/1804MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-i5 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.9.2, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.60, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 304.60, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better kubuntu_suspend_novblank . 8.87 |======================================== kubuntu_suspend_vblank ... 10.01 |============================================= arch ..................... 8.24 |===================================== kubuntu_i5kernel_CFQ ..... 9.41 |========================================== ETXreaL 0.3.0-20111110 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better kubuntu_suspend_novblank . 463.33 |========================================== kubuntu_suspend_vblank ... 468.65 |=========================================== kubuntu_i5kernel_CFQ ..... 483.30 |============================================ OpenArena 0.8.8 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better kubuntu_suspend_novblank . 105.30 |============================================ kubuntu_suspend_vblank ... 105.63 |============================================ arch ..................... 105.67 |============================================ kubuntu_i5kernel_CFQ ..... 105.53 |============================================ World of Padman 1.2 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better kubuntu_suspend_novblank . 487.43 |============================================ kubuntu_suspend_vblank ... 486.37 |============================================ arch ..................... 489.97 |============================================ kubuntu_i5kernel_CFQ ..... 486.27 |============================================ Warsow 1.0 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better kubuntu_suspend_novblank . 138.77 |=========================================== kubuntu_suspend_vblank ... 139.30 |=========================================== arch ..................... 142.13 |============================================ kubuntu_i5kernel_CFQ ..... 140.20 |=========================================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better kubuntu_suspend_novblank . 35.57 |========================================== kubuntu_suspend_vblank ... 35.40 |========================================== arch ..................... 37.74 |============================================= kubuntu_i5kernel_CFQ ..... 35.75 |=========================================== FFmpeg 1.0 ffmpeg Seconds < Lower Is Better kubuntu_suspend_novblank . 16.68 |============================================= kubuntu_suspend_vblank ... 16.70 |============================================= arch ..................... 16.35 |============================================ kubuntu_i5kernel_CFQ ..... 16.01 |===========================================