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 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 87.11 |==================================================== Intel Core i7 930 . 86.97 |==================================================== Timed MPlayer Compilation 1.0-rc3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 50.74 |==================================================== Intel Core i7 930 . 50.82 |==================================================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 930 . 27.37 |==================================================== Intel Core i7 930 . 27.42 |====================================================