savecput Intel Core i7-3970X testing with a ASUS SABERTOOTH X79 and eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Complex1: Processor: Intel Core i7-3970X @ 3.50GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS SABERTOOTH X79, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH1 + 240GB KINGSTON SV300S3, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB (549/3500MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + CUDA 5.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Complex1 . 4385 |============================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Complex1 . 11313.21 |========================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Complex1 . 12151.67 |========================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Complex1 . 20.11 |============================================================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Complex1 . 24974.21 |==========================================================