standard Intel Core i7-3770 testing with a Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H and NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 2048MB on Ubuntu 12.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. first: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB SanDisk SDSSDX24, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC898, Monitor: DELL U2312HM, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 6.12.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better first . 6002 |================================================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better first . 14650.44 |============================================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better first . 15499.62 |============================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better first . 32.77 |================================================================