Matthew
Intel Core i7 980X testing with a Gigabyte X58A-UD3R and AMD Radeon HD 4670 1024MB on LinuxMint 15 via the Phoronix Test Suite, updated BIOS, Optimized-default CPU settings.


NormalClockspeed: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 980X @ 3.33GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X58A-UD3R, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 6 x 4096 MB 400MHz, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD1001FALS-4, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4670 1024MB (750/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL 1907FP, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168

	OS: LinuxMint 15, Kernel: 3.8.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 1.8.8, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024

SATA3Port_AfterWeirdness: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7 980X @ 3.33GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X58A-UD3R, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 6 x 4096 MB 400MHz, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD1001FALS-4, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 4670 1024MB (750/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL 1907FP, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168

	OS: LinuxMint 15, Kernel: 3.8.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 1.8.8, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: radeon 7.1.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 9.1.3 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024


Nexuiz 2.5.2
1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
NormalClockspeed ......... 31.85 |=============================================
SATA3Port_AfterWeirdness . 31.37 |============================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
NormalClockspeed ......... 13.50 |=============================================
SATA3Port_AfterWeirdness . 13.50 |=============================================


World of Padman 1.2
1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
NormalClockspeed ......... 60 |================================================
SATA3Port_AfterWeirdness . 60 |================================================


Urban Terror 4.2.013
1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
NormalClockspeed ......... 59.67 |=============================================
SATA3Port_AfterWeirdness . 59.73 |=============================================


Warsow 1.0
1280 x 1024
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
NormalClockspeed ......... 36.83 |=============================================
SATA3Port_AfterWeirdness . 36.87 |=============================================