alienware-test1 Intel Core i7-3740QM testing with a Alienware M17xR4 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M 2048MB on LinuxMint 17 via the Phoronix Test Suite. alienware1: Processor: Intel Core i7-3740QM @ 2.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Alienware M17xR4, Chipset: Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 1000GB TOSHIBA MQ01ABD1 + 500GB SAMSUNG HM500JI + 32GB SAMSUNG SSD PM83, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M 2048MB (324/1800MHz), Audio: Creative CA0132, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v2.0 Gigabit + Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230 OS: LinuxMint 17, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.2.13, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better alienware1 . 15284 |=========================================================== alienware1 . 15150 |========================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better alienware1 . 18.99 |=========================================================== alienware1 . 19.00 |=========================================================== FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better alienware1 . 24.70 |===========================================================