i7-ht 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 + 16GB, 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 11.0.6, Compiler: GCC 5.2.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 i7-noht: Processor: Intel Core i7-2820QM @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB GOODRAM CX100 + 16GB, 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 11.0.6, Compiler: GCC 5.2.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-2820QM . 914268 |=============================================== i7-noht .............. 938306 |================================================ Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-2820QM . 97.58 |================================================= i7-noht .............. 94.24 |===============================================