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Intel Core i7 testing with a Apple MacBook Air and Intel HD 3000 384MB on OS X 10.8.2 (12C60) via the Phoronix Test Suite.


metal: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 1.80GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Air, Chipset: Intel 6, Memory: 2 x 2048 DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 251GB APPLE SSD SM256C, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 384MB, Monitor: Color LCD

	OS: OS X 10.8.2 (12C60), Kernel: 12.2.0 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, OpenGL: 2.1, Compiler: Clang 4.1 + GCC 4.2.1 + Xcode 4.5.2, File-System: Unknown, Screen Resolution: 1366x768

pls-quad-notools: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-2677M @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Parallels Software Virtual, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio + ICH8/R, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 17GB Tooless-0 SSD, Graphics: Device 1ab8:4005, Audio: Intel 82801BA/BAM, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-33-generic (x86_64), Display Driver: device, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4

pls-dual-notools: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-2677M @ 1.80GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Parallels Software Virtual, Chipset: Red Hat Virtio + ICH8/R, Memory: 1024MB, Disk: 17GB Tooless-0 SSD, Graphics: Device 1ab8:4005, Audio: Intel 82801BA/BAM, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit

	OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-33-generic (x86_64), Display Driver: device, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4


Gzip Compression
2GB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
metal ............ 18.88 |================================================
pls-quad-notools . 19.79 |===================================================
pls-dual-notools . 20.74 |=====================================================


Bork File Encrypter 1.4
File Encryption Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
metal ............ 24.99 |=======================================
pls-quad-notools . 34.30 |=====================================================
pls-dual-notools . 34.07 |=====================================================


Compile Bench 0.6
Test: Read Compiled Tree
MB/s > Higher Is Better
metal ............ 231.93 |====================================================
pls-quad-notools . 91.17  |====================


PostMark 1.51
Disk Transaction Performance
TPS > Higher Is Better
metal ............ 1095 |============================================
pls-quad-notools . 1344 |======================================================