openssl-results Intel Xeon X3450 testing with a Dell 05XKKK and Matrox s MGA G200eW WPCM450 on Debian 8.3 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 1: Processor: Intel Xeon X3450 @ 2.66GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 05XKKK, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 2399GB VIRTUAL DISK, Graphics: Matrox s MGA G200eW WPCM450, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5716 Gigabit OS: Debian 8.3, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4 2: Processor: Intel Xeon X3450 @ 2.66GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 05XKKK, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 2 x 4096 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 2399GB VIRTUAL DISK, Graphics: Matrox s MGA G200eW WPCM450, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5716 Gigabit OS: Debian 8.3, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4 OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better 1 . 250.00 |=================================================================== 2 . 249.57 |===================================================================