Ubuntu 14.10 Linux 3.16 Intel Core i7-4790K testing with a ASRock Z97 Extreme6 and Intel HD 4600 on Ubuntu 14.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Bare Metal: Processor: Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1250MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.910, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.2.3, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3200x1080 Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 663.96 |========================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 316.36 |========================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 2513.03 |========================================================= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 5906 |============================================================ LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 1.0 Test: Rhodopsin Protein Loop Time < Lower Is Better Bare Metal . 29.81 |=========================================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 7559 |============================================================ John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 11737000 |======================================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 95591 |=========================================================== x264 2014-01-09 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 210.73 |========================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 1992.59 |========================================================= Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal . 26.16 |=========================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal . 65.31 |=========================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal . 20.15 |=========================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal . 11.01 |=========================================================== FFmpeg 2.1.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Bare Metal . 10.64 |=========================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Bare Metal . 704.03 |==========================================================