just a test Intel Core i5 750 testing with a Gigabyte P55-USB3 and Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 1024MB on Debian 8.4 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i5 750: Processor: Intel Core i5 750 @ 2.66GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte P55-USB3, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 128GB SAMSUNG MZ7LN128, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 1024MB (405/324MHz), Audio: Intel 5 /3400, Monitor: HP LP2465, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Debian 8.4, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: LXDE 0.7.2, Display Server: X Server 1.16.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Intel Core i5 750 - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT 240: Processor: Intel Core i5 750 @ 2.66GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte P55-USB3, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 128GB SAMSUNG MZ7LN128, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 1024MB (405/324MHz), Audio: Intel 5 /3400, Monitor: HP LP2465, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Debian 8.4, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: LXDE 0.7.2, Display Server: X Server 1.16.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 750 . 245.00 |=================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i5 750 - Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 . 195.17 |=====================