test1 Running pts/compress-7zip-1.6.0, pts/compress-pbzip2-1.4.0, pts/compress-gzip-1.1.0, pts/compress-lzma-1.2.0 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i5-3570K: Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS SABERTOOTH Z77, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 1000GB Seagate ST31000524AS + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2048MB (549/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-30-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, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 2x INTEL XEON X5550: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon X5550 @ 3.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: EVGA Classified SR-2, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 8 x 4096 MB 1333MHz, Disk: 476GB ServeRAID M5110, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 4096MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: HP 22xi + SONY TV, Network: NetEffect NE020 10Gb Accelerated OS: openSUSE 13.1, Kernel: 3.11.10-17-desktop (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.11.5, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3.901 (1.14.4 RC 1), Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.121, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 304.121, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1848 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5-3570K . 14763 |========================= 2x INTEL XEON X5550 . 29675 |================================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5-3570K . 9.62 |=================================================== 2x INTEL XEON X5550 . 5.46 |============================= Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5-3570K . 12.20 |============================================ 2x INTEL XEON X5550 . 13.92 |================================================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5-3570K . 121.16 |===================================== 2x INTEL XEON X5550 . 160.63 |=================================================