Vostro Intel Core i5-3230M testing with a Dell 0VCMX3 and Intel 3rd Gen Core on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Vostro_compressTest: Processor: Intel Core i5-3230M @ 2.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0VCMX3, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000LPVX-7, Graphics: Intel 3rd Gen Core, Audio: Cirrus Logic CS4213, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Broadcom BCM43142 802.11b/g/n OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-58-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 2D 5.20.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Vostro_compressTest . 8846 |=================================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Vostro_compressTest . 14.42 |================================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Vostro_compressTest . 21.25 |================================================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Vostro_compressTest . 159.49 |=================================================