Intel Core i7-2600 Performance Various open-source benchmarks by the Phoronix Test Suite v5.2.1 (Khanino). Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 7950: Processor: Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z68M-ITX/HT, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB SAMSUNG SSD 830 + 750GB Seagate ST750LX003-1AC15, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 7950/8950 OEM / R9 280 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SHARP HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: LinuxMint 17, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.2.16, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 10.1.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 7950 . 13.33 |==========================================