PCUpgrade Intel Core 2 6400 testing with a Dell 0WG855 and NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX 512MB on Debian unstable via the Phoronix Test Suite. OldConfig: Processor: Intel Core 2 6400 @ 2.13GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0WG855, Chipset: Intel 82P965/G965 + ICH8DH, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 320GB Western Digital WD3200KS-75P, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX 512MB (650/800MHz), Audio: SigmaTel STAC9227, Network: Intel 82566DC Gigabit Connection OS: Debian unstable, Kernel: 3.2.0-2-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.12.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 3200x1200 NewConfigATIDriver: Processor: Intel Core 2 6400 @ 2.13GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0WG855, Chipset: Intel 82P965/G965 + ICH8DH, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 320GB Western Digital WD3200KS-75P + 128GB OCZ VERTEX4, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6670 2048MB (800/800MHz), Audio: SigmaTel STAC9227, Monitor: DELL 2007FP, Network: Intel 82566DC Gigabit Connection OS: Debian 7.0, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.4.2, Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, Display Driver: fglrx 8.98.2, OpenGL: 4.2.11762, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + Clang 3.1-8 + LLVM 3.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x1200 SPECViewPerf 9 ensight-03 Weighted Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better OldConfig .......... 10.56 |========================== NewConfigATIDriver . 20.49 |=================================================== SPECViewPerf 9 maya-02 Weighted Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better OldConfig .......... 28.08 |=================================================== NewConfigATIDriver . 27.51 |================================================== SPECViewPerf 9 Pro/Engineer Weighted Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better OldConfig .......... 9.42 |==================================================== NewConfigATIDriver . 7.89 |============================================ VDrift 2010-06-30 3200 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OldConfig . 511.02 |=========================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better OldConfig . 7111.86 |========================================================== NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better OldConfig . 11724.77 |========================================================= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better OldConfig .......... 171 |====== NewConfigATIDriver . 1437 |==================================================== IOzone 3.405 Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better OldConfig .......... 37.20 |========== NewConfigATIDriver . 182.88 |================================================== IOzone 3.405 Size: 4GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better OldConfig .......... 43.10 |=========== NewConfigATIDriver . 195.77 |================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better OldConfig .......... 203.97 |================================================== NewConfigATIDriver . 205.54 |================================================== POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better OldConfig . 1572 |============================================================= Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better OldConfig .......... 163.45 |================================================== NewConfigATIDriver . 162.54 |================================================== PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better OldConfig .......... 54466 |=================================================== NewConfigATIDriver . 54319 |=================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better OldConfig .......... 63 |====================================================== NewConfigATIDriver . 63 |====================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better OldConfig . 31.28 |============================================================ John The Ripper 1.7.9 Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better OldConfig .......... 1167 |==================================================== NewConfigATIDriver . 1151 |=================================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better OldConfig . 28.90 |============================================================ Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better OldConfig .......... 738.51 |================================================= NewConfigATIDriver . 756.72 |================================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better OldConfig .......... 55.23 |=================================================== NewConfigATIDriver . 53.05 |================================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better OldConfig .......... 33.59 |=================================================== NewConfigATIDriver . 33.38 |=================================================== FFmpeg 0.10 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better OldConfig .......... 23.81 |=================================================== NewConfigATIDriver . 23.17 |================================================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better OldConfig .......... 273.41 |================================================== NewConfigATIDriver . 241.28 |============================================ Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better OldConfig .......... 42.27 |=================================================== NewConfigATIDriver . 39.14 |=============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better OldConfig .......... 31.37 |=================================================== NewConfigATIDriver . 31.52 |=================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better OldConfig .......... 69.17 |================================================== NewConfigATIDriver . 70.04 |=================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better OldConfig .......... 1277.51 |============================================ NewConfigATIDriver . 1433.33 |================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better OldConfig .......... 1262.17 |=========================================== NewConfigATIDriver . 1422.88 |================================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better OldConfig .......... 3009.52 |========================================= NewConfigATIDriver . 3606.26 |================================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better OldConfig .......... 2973.70 |========================================= NewConfigATIDriver . 3570.40 |================================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better OldConfig .......... 3384.87 |====================================== NewConfigATIDriver . 4308.69 |================================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better OldConfig .......... 3410.51 |====================================== NewConfigATIDriver . 4347.43 |================================================= Nexuiz 2.5.2 3200 x 1200 w/ HDR Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OldConfig . 38.61 |============================================================ Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 3200 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OldConfig .......... 0.85 |== NewConfigATIDriver . 20.40 |=================================================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 3200 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OldConfig .......... 1.15 |==== NewConfigATIDriver . 14.85 |=================================================== Lightsmark 2008 3200 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OldConfig . 46.16 |============================================================ GtkPerf 0.40 GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs Seconds < Lower Is Better OldConfig .......... 2.84 |==================================================== NewConfigATIDriver . 0.57 |========== QGears2 XRender + Image Scaling Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better OldConfig .......... 470.98 |============================================ NewConfigATIDriver . 531.77 |==================================================