erw-macpro2 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 RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Integer Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 16059.80 |================================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Integer Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 16417.79 |================================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Integer Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 16301.18 |================================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Floating-Point Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 17499.65 |================================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 16583.51 |================================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 15973.79 |================================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 15774.75 |================================================= CacheBench Read Cache MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 3042.24 |================================================== CacheBench Write Cache MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 10137.91 |================================================= Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 11.40 |==================================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 6.06 |===================================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 4704 |===================================================== x264 2012-10-03 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 136.49 |=================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 147 |====================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 108 |====================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 1636.24 |================================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 18246 |==================================================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 27.61 |==================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 31.61 |==================================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 9.66 |===================================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 103 |====================================================== Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 75.33 |==================================================== Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 136.84 |=================================================== Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Quasigroup Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 165.80 |=================================================== POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 651 |====================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 88.87 |====================================================