maq Intel Core i7-3610QM testing with a ASUS K45VM v1.0 and Intel 3rd Gen Core on Ubuntu 12.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Western Digital WD5000BPVT-8: Processor: Intel Core i7-3610QM @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS K45VM v1.0, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000BPVT-8, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC269VB, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B + Atheros AR9485 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: intel 2.20.9, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD5000BPVT-8 . 14216.62 |====================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD5000BPVT-8 . 15112.09 |====================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Western Digital WD5000BPVT-8 . 40.31 |=========================================