rex Intel Core i7-3615QM testing with a Apple Mac-4B7AC7E43945597E and Intel 3rd Gen Core on Ubuntu 13.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. rex hdd: Processor: Intel Core i7-3615QM @ 2.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-4B7AC7E43945597E, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB APPLE HDD HTS547, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core, Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4206, Monitor: Color LCD, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.9.0-030900-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 3.6.2, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.21.6, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.3, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + Clang 3.2-1~exp9ubuntu1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.8.1-10 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better rex hdd . 61.92 |============================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better rex hdd . 107.77 |============================================================= Timed MPlayer Compilation 1.0-rc3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better rex hdd . 61.49 |============================================================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better rex hdd . 34.97 |==============================================================