System Intel Core i5-3570 testing with a ASRock Z77 Pro4 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB on LinuxMint 17 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i5-3570: Processor: Intel Core i5-3570 @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro4, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARX-00P + 500GB Seagate ST3500418AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Ralink RT5392 PCIe Wireless OS: LinuxMint 17, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.916, OpenGL: 4.4.0 NVIDIA 343.36, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0: Processor: Intel Core i5-3570 @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro4, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARX-00P + 500GB Seagate ST3500418AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Ralink RT5392 PCIe Wireless OS: LinuxMint 17, Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.916, OpenGL: 4.4.0 NVIDIA 343.36, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i5-3570 . 30.96 |================================================== Intel Core i5-3570 . 31.34 |=================================================== AIO-Stress 0.21 Test: Random Write MB/s > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 . 60.65 |========================================= Western Digital WD1003FBYX-0 . 54.79 |=====================================