kweenie Intel Core i7-3740QM testing with a Dell 0H3MT5 and Intel HD 4000 1024MB on LinuxMint 16 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 8192 MB DDR3-1600MHz: Processor: Intel Core i7-3740QM @ 2.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0H3MT5, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 256GB SAMSUNG SSD SM84, Graphics: Intel HD 4000 1024MB (202/324MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD93BXX, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Broadcom BCM43228 802.11a/b/g/n OS: LinuxMint 16, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.9, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better 8192 MB DDR3-1600MHz . 8799.61 |=============================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better 8192 MB DDR3-1600MHz . 7221.34 |=============================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better 8192 MB DDR3-1600MHz . 8124.88 |=============================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better 8192 MB DDR3-1600MHz . 8106.51 |===============================================