result Intel Core i7-2600K testing with a Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3 and MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2048MB on openSUSE 20160422 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 8192 MB 1333MHz: Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 4.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4 x 8192 MB 1333MHz, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Hitachi HDS5C302 + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARX-00P, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2048MB (967/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: openSUSE 20160422, Kernel: 4.6.2-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.27, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: CUDA 7.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080 Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better 8192 MB 1333MHz . 11385.59 |=================================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better 8192 MB 1333MHz . 11322.00 |=================================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better 8192 MB 1333MHz . 12351.75 |=================================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better 8192 MB 1333MHz . 12349.61 |===================================================