i7-multicore Intel Core i7-2820QM testing with a HP 161C and Intel HD 3000 on Arch rolling via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7-2820QM: Processor: Intel Core i7-2820QM @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB GOODRAM CX100, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.2.5-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-2820QM . 1248.20 |=============================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-2820QM . 18.59 |================================================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-2820QM . 8.13 |================================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-2820QM . 3343 |================================================== x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-2820QM . 101.98 |================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-2820QM . 146 |=================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-2820QM . 75 |==================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-2820QM . 1370.46 |=============================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-2820QM . 14447 |================================================= Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-2820QM . 46.57 |================================================= Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-2820QM . 44.83 |================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-2820QM . 39.69 |================================================= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-2820QM . 12.25 |================================================= Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-2820QM . 136 |=================================================== Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-2820QM . 90.83 |================================================= Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-2820QM . 91.93 |================================================= Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Quasigroup Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-2820QM . 151.25 |================================================ OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-2820QM . 354.78 |================================================