erw-desktop1 Intel Core i7 930 testing with a ASUS P6X58D-E and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1024MB on Ubuntu 12.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7 930: Processor: Intel Core i7 930 @ 4.01GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P6X58D-E, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 49152MB, Disk: 2 x 1500GB Seagate ST31500341AS + 256GB M4-CT256M4SSD2 + 3001GB GoFlex Desk + 1500GB Western Digital WD15EVDS-63V, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: LXDE 0.5.11, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 310.14, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4 Intel Core i7: Processor: Intel Core i7 @ 2.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple MacBook Pro, Chipset: Intel 6, Memory: 2 x 8192 DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS725050A9A362, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 + AMD Radeon HD 6490M 512MB, 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: Journaled HFS+, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 87.11 |==================================================== Timed MPlayer Compilation 1.0-rc3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 50.74 |==================================================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 27.37 |================================== Intel Core i7 ..... 41.39 |====================================================