2013-10-09-computational AMD Athlon II X2 255 testing with a ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO and ATI Radeon HD 5700 1024MB on Ubuntu 13.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. old_pc: Processor: AMD Athlon II X2 255 @ 3.10GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO, Chipset: AMD RS880 + SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0, Memory: 2 x 2048 MB 1333MHz, Disk: 320GB SAMSUNG HD320KJ + 640GB SAMSUNG HD642JJ + 320GB Seagate ST3320620NS + 1000GB HD103UJ, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5700 1024MB, Audio: VIA VT1708S, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-31-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.10.5, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: fglrx 9.1.11, OpenGL: 4.2.11986, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 new_pc: Processor: Intel Core i5-4670K @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Z87-PRO, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3 + 3001GB Seagate ST3000DM001-1CH1 + 1000GB HD103UJ, Graphics: GK104 2048MB (540/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection I217-V + Atheros AR9462 Wireless 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: NVIDIA 304.88, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 304.88, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better old_pc . 37.23 |=============================================================== new_pc . 12.53 |===================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better old_pc . 21.33 |=============================================================== new_pc . 6.25 |================== Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2 Primate Phylogeny Analysis Seconds < Lower Is Better old_pc . 38.46 |=============================================================== new_pc . 12.70 |===================== GMPbench 0.2 Total Time GMPbench Score > Higher Is Better old_pc . 2956.60 |================================================ new_pc . 3762.60 |============================================================= Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better old_pc . 8547.63 |====================================== new_pc . 13333.43 |============================================================ BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Dhrystone 2 LPS > Higher Is Better old_pc . 15956930.87 |=========================== new_pc . 33386912.43 |========================================================= Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better old_pc . 117.05 |============================================================== new_pc . 70.38 |===================================== dcraw RAW To PPM Image Conversion Seconds < Lower Is Better old_pc . 119.52 |============================================================== new_pc . 49.99 |========================== Minion 0.15 Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better old_pc . 231.01 |============================================================== new_pc . 70.57 |=================== Open FMM Nero2D 2.0.2 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better old_pc . 1103.86 |============================================================= new_pc . 829.52 |============================================== Sudokut 0.4 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better old_pc . 30.40 |=============================================================== new_pc . 15.08 |===============================