test AMD Phenom II X4 970 testing with a Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5 and Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 200 4096MB on LinuxMint 17 via the Phoronix Test Suite. AMD Phenom II X4 970: Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 970 @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 3 x 2000GB Hitachi HDS72302 + 3 x 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1 + 2 x 250GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 200 4096MB (957/1250MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: G2420HDBL + Xerox XA7-19i + G2420HDBL + Xerox XA7-19i, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: LinuxMint 17, Kernel: 3.13.11.8+mit-k8-kompiliert+ (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.2.16, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 14.30.4, OpenGL: 4.3.13084, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD Phenom II X4 970 . 46.58 |=================================================