overclck Intel Core 2 6600 testing with a ASUS P5B and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450: Processor: Intel Core 2 6600 @ 3.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P5B, Chipset: Intel 82P965/G965 + ICH8/R, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AADS-0 + 1000GB Seagate ST31000520AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB (880/750MHz), Audio: Analog Devices AD1988, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-44-generic-pae (i686), Desktop: KDE, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 310.14, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: fuseblk, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 ET: Quake Wars Demo 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 30.33 |=============================================== World of Padman 1.2 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 162.67 |============================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 4022.25 |============================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 3962.22 |============================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 4610.97 |============================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 4536.56 |============================================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 21.81 |=============================================== TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 312729 |============================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 4508000 |============================================= John The Ripper 1.7.9-jumbo-7 Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 1462 |================================================ TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2z Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 42.20 |=============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 69 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 44 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 42 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.16 Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 67 |================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 855.89 |============================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 4228 |================================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 329.34 |============================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 35.49 |=============================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 545 |================================================= Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 0.01 |================================================ FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 10.85 |=============================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 25.95 |=============================================== POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 836 |================================================= Tachyon 0.98.9 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 78.94 |=============================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1c RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 19.20 |=============================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 4294.42 |=============================================