Initial Config T5400 2 x Intel Xeon E5430 testing with a Dell 0RW203 and NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 256MB on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. first install 12.04: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5430 @ 2.67GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0RW203, Chipset: Intel 5400 MCH, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB SanDisk SDSSDP12 + 1000GB Western Digital WD1002FAEX-0 + 160GB Western Digital WD1600BEVE-11UYT, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 256MB (459/400MHz), Audio: Creative Labs SB Audigy, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5754 Gigabit PCI OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.5.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 3.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.64, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 304.64, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4 Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better first install 12.04 . 15802.61 |=============================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better first install 12.04 . 39.57 |================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better first install 12.04 . 5198.71 |================================================ RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better first install 12.04 . 5154.76 |================================================ PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better first install 12.04 . 2266 |===================================================