primo test Intel Core i5-3570K testing with a ASRock Z77 Pro4-M and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1024MB on Ubuntu 13.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. test1: Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro4-M, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB SAMSUNG SP2504C + 1000GB TOSHIBA DT01ACA1 + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EADS-11M, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1024MB (675/1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 319.60, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better test1 . 6049 |================================================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better test1 . 20590.23 |============================================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better test1 . 21672.88 |============================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better test1 . 27.40 |================================================================ Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better test1 . 43363.56 |=============================================================