q6600 i5-new-system Western Digital WD6400AAKS-7: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0FM586, Chipset: Intel 82G33/G31/P35/P31 + ICH9R, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 640GB Western Digital WD6400AAKS-7, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 256MB (567/300MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: Acer X193W, Network: Intel 82562V-2 10/100 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.38, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 q9550: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P5Q SE2, Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH10, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 640GB Western Digital WD6400AAKS-7, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 256MB (567/300MHz), Audio: VIA VT1708S, Monitor: Acer X193W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.38, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 newq9550: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P5KPL-CM, Chipset: Intel 82G33/G31/P35/P31 + ICH7, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 640GB Western Digital WD6400AAKS-7, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 256MB (567/300MHz), Audio: VIA VT1708B 8-Ch, Monitor: Acer X193W + HP S2031, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-35-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.12.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.38, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3040x900 newramq9550: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P5KPL-CM, Chipset: Intel 82G33/G31/P35/P31 + ICH7, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 640GB Western Digital WD6400AAKS-7, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 256MB (567/300MHz), Audio: VIA VT1708B 8-Ch, Monitor: Acer X193W + HP S2031, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-35-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.12.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.38, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3040x900 i5: Processor: Intel Core i5 650 @ 3.19GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0C522T, Chipset: Intel Core DRAM, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3, Graphics: XFX AMD Radeon HD 5000/6000/7350/8350 1024MB, Audio: Intel 5 /3400, Monitor: X193W + HP S2031, Network: Intel 82578DM Gigabit Connection OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 3.16-3-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.14.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.1, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 3040x900 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD6400AAKS-7 . 643 |====== q9550 ........................ 1577 |=============== newq9550 ..................... 1468 |============== newramq9550 .................. 2303 |====================== i5 ........................... 4307 |========================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD6400AAKS-7 . 2630.67 |=============== q9550 ........................ 3982.92 |======================= newq9550 ..................... 3215.74 |=================== newramq9550 .................. 3546.35 |===================== i5 ........................... 6706.22 |======================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD6400AAKS-7 . 2844.06 |=============== q9550 ........................ 4386.11 |======================== newq9550 ..................... 3522.23 |=================== newramq9550 .................. 3873.72 |===================== i5 ........................... 7169.00 |======================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Western Digital WD6400AAKS-7 . 52.63 |==================================== q9550 ........................ 42.56 |============================= newq9550 ..................... 42.94 |============================= newramq9550 .................. 41.62 |============================ i5 ........................... 60.59 |========================================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD6400AAKS-7 . 11662.48 |========================== q9550 ........................ 13038.01 |============================= newq9550 ..................... 15978.47 |=================================== newramq9550 .................. 16051.18 |=================================== i5 ........................... 17303.51 |======================================