rstribrn Intel Core i7-3520M testing with a LENOVO 2429H12 and Intel 3rd Gen Core on Ubuntu 12.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7-3520M: Processor: Intel Core i7-3520M @ 2.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 2429H12, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 500GB TOSHIBA MK5061GS + 4GB SP04G, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC269VC, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.6.3-030603-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 3.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: intel 2.20.9, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.0, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + LLVM 3.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-3520M . 9675 |=================================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-3520M . 19.28 |================================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-3520M . 12.86 |================================================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-3520M . 154.33 |=================================================