bcllc-cluster0-20130302 Intel Core i7-3770K testing with a Gigabyte Z77X-D3H and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB on Ubuntu 12.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 1: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 2.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X-D3H, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 128GB C300-CTFDDAC128M + 1000GB Western Digital WD1002FAEX-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB (850/1960MHz), Audio: VIA VT2020, Network: Atheros AR8161 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.7.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 3.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.1.901 (1.13.2 RC 1), Display Driver: NVIDIA 310.32, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.32, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4 2: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 2.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X-D3H, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 128GB C300-CTFDDAC128M + 1000GB Western Digital WD1002FAEX-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB (850/1960MHz), Audio: VIA VT2020, Network: Atheros AR8161 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.7.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 3.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.1.901 (1.13.2 RC 1), Display Driver: NVIDIA 310.32, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.32, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4 3: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 2.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X-D3H, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 128GB C300-CTFDDAC128M + 1000GB Western Digital WD1002FAEX-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB, Audio: VIA VT2020, Network: Atheros AR8161 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.7.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 3.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.1.901 (1.13.2 RC 1), Display Driver: NVIDIA 310.32, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4 4: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X-D3H, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 128GB C300-CTFDDAC128M + 1000GB Western Digital WD1002FAEX-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB (850/1960MHz), Audio: VIA VT2020, Network: Atheros AR8161 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.7.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 3.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.2.902 (1.13.3 RC 2), Display Driver: NVIDIA 310.32, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.32, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4 SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better 1 . 549.73 |============================ 2 . 947.48 |================================================= 3 . 953.88 |================================================= 4 . 1284.05 |==================================================================