bare_metal Intel Core i7-3770K testing with a Gigabyte Z77-HD4 and Intel Ivy on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. bare_metal: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77-HD4, Chipset: Intel Ivy DRAM, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH1, Graphics: Intel Ivy, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: L196WTQ, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.5.0-30-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.18.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: intel 2.20.9, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better bare_metal . 44.69 |=========================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better bare_metal . 14278.73 |======================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better bare_metal . 15161.67 |======================================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better bare_metal . 5952 |============================================================