first AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core testing with a MSI 990XA-GD55 (MS-7640) v4.0 and AMD Radeon HD 6450 1024MB on Ubuntu 12.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. first ubuntu test: Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI 990XA-GD55 (MS-7640) v4.0, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-9YN1, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6450 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: 22T41-H-AN, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Ralink RT3062 Wireless 802.11n 2T/2R OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.99.99, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x720 AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core: Processor: AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI 990XA-GD55 (MS-7640) v4.0, Chipset: AMD ATI RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-9YN1, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6450 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: 22T41-H-AN, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Ralink RT3062 Wireless 802.11n 2T/2R OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-22-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.99.99, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x720 PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better first ubuntu test . 2507 |===================================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8150 Eight-Core . 17143 |===============================================