kernel.TuxMint Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 testing with a ASUS P5G41T-M LE and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS 768MB on LinuxMint 14 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Q6600_4GB_RAM: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P5G41T-M LE, Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH7, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 3001GB Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN1 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT1, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GS 768MB (500/500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887, Network: Atheros AR8131 Gigabit OS: LinuxMint 14, Kernel: 3.7.1-030701-generic (i686), Desktop: Cinnamon 1.6.7, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 313.09, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 313.09, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 FS-Mark 3.3 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better Q6600_4GB_RAM . 13.73 |======================================================== Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better Q6600_4GB_RAM . 20.38 |======================================================== IOzone 3.405 4GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Q6600_4GB_RAM . 133.99 |======================================================= IOzone 3.405 4GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Q6600_4GB_RAM . 101.35 |======================================================= OpenArena 0.8.8 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Q6600_4GB_RAM . 72.10 |======================================================== Tremulous 1.1.0 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Q6600_4GB_RAM . 137.97 |======================================================= Urban Terror 4.1 1280 x 1024 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Q6600_4GB_RAM . 112.33 |======================================================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Q6600_4GB_RAM . 15.58 |======================================================== BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Dhrystone 2 LPS > Higher Is Better Q6600_4GB_RAM . 10599581.73 |================================================== BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Integer Arithmetic LPS > Higher Is Better Q6600_4GB_RAM . 1 |============================================================ John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Q6600_4GB_RAM . 1819 |========================================================= x264 2012-10-03 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Q6600_4GB_RAM . 47.07 |======================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Q6600_4GB_RAM . 68 |=========================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Q6600_4GB_RAM . 49 |=========================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Q6600_4GB_RAM . 757.57 |======================================================= 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Q6600_4GB_RAM . 6553 |========================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Q6600_4GB_RAM . 117.45 |======================================================= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Q6600_4GB_RAM . 18.51 |======================================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Q6600_4GB_RAM . 350 |========================================================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Q6600_4GB_RAM . 276.79 |======================================================= dcraw RAW To PPM Image Conversion Seconds < Lower Is Better Q6600_4GB_RAM . 126.88 |======================================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Q6600_4GB_RAM . 32.39 |======================================================== FFmpeg 1.0 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Q6600_4GB_RAM . 35.78 |======================================================== GnuPG 1.4.10 1GB File Encryption Seconds < Lower Is Better Q6600_4GB_RAM . 16.20 |======================================================== Open FMM Nero2D 2.0.2 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Q6600_4GB_RAM . 1390.06 |====================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Q6600_4GB_RAM . 15.30 |======================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better Q6600_4GB_RAM . 79.33 |======================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Q6600_4GB_RAM . 14353.04 |=====================================================