KeithZG
Intel Core i5-3550 testing with a MSI H61M-P31 (G3) (MS-7788) v1.0 and Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core on Ubuntu 12.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Test on work desktop: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-3550 @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI H61M-P31 (G3) (MS-7788) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 3001GB Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN1 + 256GB OCZ VERTEX4, Graphics: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: Acer X193W, 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: intel 2.20.9, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Work desktop: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-3550 @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI H61M-P31 (G3) (MS-7788) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 3001GB Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN1 + 256GB OCZ VERTEX4, Graphics: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: Acer X193W, 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: intel 2.20.9, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Test on work desktop . 41.20 |=================================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Work desktop . 124.65 |========================================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Work desktop . 6.31 |==========================================================


x264 2012-10-03
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Work desktop . 103.75 |========================================================