erw-macpro2 Intel Core i7 testing with a Apple MacBook Pro and Intel HD 3000 + AMD Radeon HD 6490M 512MB on OS X 10.8.2 (12C60) via the Phoronix Test Suite. 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 8192 DDR3-1333MHz: 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 Intel HD 3000: 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 Hitachi HTS725050A9A362: 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 Intel Core i7 930 - Seagate ST31500341AS: 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 ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 . 53.46 |======================================================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 ............................ 42.81 |========================= Intel Core i7 ............................ 44.93 |========================== Intel Core i7 ............................ 50.60 |============================= Intel Core i7 930 - Seagate ST31500341AS . 27.39 |================ Stream 2009-04-11 Add MB/s > Higher Is Better 8192 DDR3-1333MHz ........................ 13036.60 |===================== 8192 DDR3-1333MHz ........................ 13155.38 |===================== 8192 DDR3-1333MHz ........................ 13047.22 |===================== Intel Core i7 930 - Seagate ST31500341AS . 16495.21 |========================== Stream 2009-04-11 Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better 8192 DDR3-1333MHz ........................ 12048.83 |==================== 8192 DDR3-1333MHz ........................ 12134.86 |==================== 8192 DDR3-1333MHz ........................ 12223.63 |==================== Intel Core i7 930 - Seagate ST31500341AS . 15929.80 |========================== Stream 2009-04-11 Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better 8192 DDR3-1333MHz ........................ 11773.62 |=================== 8192 DDR3-1333MHz ........................ 11828.69 |==================== 8192 DDR3-1333MHz ........................ 11882.79 |==================== Intel Core i7 930 - Seagate ST31500341AS . 15748.37 |========================== Nexuiz 2.5.2 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel HD 3000 . 31.86 |======================================================== Urban Terror 4.1 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel HD 3000 . 110.73 |======================================================= Warsow 1.0 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel HD 3000 . 31.37 |======================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 ............................ 231.84 |==== Intel Core i7 ............................ 229.02 |==== Intel Core i7 930 - Seagate ST31500341AS . 1630.90 |=========================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 ............................ 8548 |============== Intel Core i7 ............................ 10675 |================= Intel Core i7 930 - Seagate ST31500341AS . 18241 |============================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 ............................ 82.03 |========================== Intel Core i7 ............................ 92.97 |============================= Intel Core i7 930 - Seagate ST31500341AS . 31.71 |========== OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 ............................ 23.13 |======== Intel Core i7 ............................ 22.90 |======= Intel Core i7 930 - Seagate ST31500341AS . 89.10 |============================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better Hitachi HTS725050A9A362 .................. 5023.11 |========= Intel Core i7 930 - Seagate ST31500341AS . 14284.69 |========================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better Hitachi HTS725050A9A362 .................. 1.83 |===================== Intel Core i7 930 - Seagate ST31500341AS . 2.61 |============================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Hitachi HTS725050A9A362 . 31.59 |============================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Hitachi HTS725050A9A362 . 26.53 |============================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Hitachi HTS725050A9A362 . 581.68 |============================================= Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better Hitachi HTS725050A9A362 .................. 23.27 |============================= Intel Core i7 930 - Seagate ST31500341AS . 8.64 |=========== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Hitachi HTS725050A9A362 . 115 |================================================ Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Hitachi HTS725050A9A362 .................. 18.59 |============================= Intel Core i7 930 - Seagate ST31500341AS . 11.45 |================== PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better Hitachi HTS725050A9A362 .................. 350.45 |============================ Intel Core i7 930 - Seagate ST31500341AS . 83.52 |=======