Arakis1 Intel Core i7-4771 testing with a ASUS Z87-C and ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2048MB on LinuxMint 15 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Mint: Processor: Intel Core i7-4771 @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Z87-C, Chipset: Intel Haswell DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3 + 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH1 + 1000GB Seagate ST31000333AS + 2 x 3001GB My Book 1130, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2048MB (549/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, 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: NVIDIA 310.44, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.44, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 i5-3570K @ 3.4: Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77-D3H, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 128GB OCZ VECTOR + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EURS-63S + 2 x 2000GB Western Digital WD20EFRX-68A + 1000GB Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5450 1024MB (650/800MHz), Audio: VIA VT2020, Monitor: HP ZR2740w + HP ZR2740w, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit OS: Fedora 19, Kernel: 3.11.6-200.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.11.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: fglrx 13.25.5, OpenGL: 4.3.12614, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 20131017 + Clang 3.3 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Mint ........... 6578 |======================================================== i5-3570K @ 3.4 . 5137 |============================================ RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Mint ........... 12923.60 |==================================================== i5-3570K @ 3.4 . 12132.99 |================================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Mint ........... 13866.23 |==================================================== i5-3570K @ 3.4 . 12875.42 |================================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Mint ........... 26.77 |=============================================== i5-3570K @ 3.4 . 31.11 |======================================================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Mint ........... 42117.98 |==================================================== i5-3570K @ 3.4 . 21682.83 |===========================