PC upgrade
Running pts/sqlite-1.9.0, pts/unpack-linux-1.0.0, pts/stream-1.3.0, pts/x264-2.0.0, pts/x264-opencl-1.9.0, pts/compress-7zip-1.6.1, pts/build-imagemagick-1.7.2, pts/build-linux-kernel-1.6.0, pts/c-ray-1.1.0, pts/dcraw-1.1.0, pts/encode-mp3-1.4.0, pts/ffmpeg-2.5.0, pts/tachyon-1.1.1, pts/openssl-1.9.0, pts/pgbench-1.5.2, pts/pybench-1.0.0, pts/nginx-1.1.0 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


MSI GP70: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-4700MQ @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-1758, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CT12 + 1000GB HGST HTS721010A9, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M 2048MB (135/405MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 7260

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-42-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 352.63, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

PC B150 R9 270: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-6600 @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock B150M Combo-G, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake /DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Crucial_CT250MX2, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 200 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: IPS224, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-42-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.4.13399, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-6600 @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock B150M Combo-G, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake /DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 250GB Crucial_CT250MX2, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 200 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: IPS224, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-42-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.4.13399, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-6600 @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock B150M Combo-G, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake /DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CT12, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R7 370 / R9 270/370 OEM 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: IPS224, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-42-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


SQLite 3.8.10.2
Test Target: Default Test Directory
Seconds < Lower Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 14.56 |=================
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 37.88 |=============================================
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 14.11 |=================


Unpacking The Linux Kernel
linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2
Seconds < Lower Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 8.84 |==============================================
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 7.75 |========================================
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 7.65 |========================================
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 7.87 |=========================================


Stream 2013-01-17
Type: Copy
MB/s > Higher Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 19887.10 |==================================
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 24734.56 |==========================================
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 24786.82 |==========================================
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 24722.48 |==========================================


x264 2015-11-02
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 163.78 |============================================
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 150.65 |========================================
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 149.66 |========================================
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 149.55 |========================================


x264 OpenCL 2014-08-30
H.264 Video Encoding
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 163.80 |============================================
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 148.98 |========================================


7-Zip Compression 9.20.1
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 18368 |=============================================
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 15180 |=====================================
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 15088 |=====================================
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 15030 |=====================================


Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.9.0
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 78.85 |=============================================
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 57.26 |=================================
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 57.37 |=================================
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 58.43 |=================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 163.06 |============================================
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 128.00 |===================================
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 127.97 |===================================
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 127.76 |==================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 33.53 |=============================================
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 21.47 |=============================
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 21.51 |=============================
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 21.54 |=============================


dcraw
RAW To PPM Image Conversion
Seconds < Lower Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 55.26 |=============================================
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 40.99 |=================================
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 40.96 |=================================
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 41.93 |==================================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 14.04 |=============================================
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 11.16 |====================================
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 11.16 |====================================
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 12.35 |========================================


FFmpeg 2.8.1
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 11.51 |=============================================
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 9.16  |====================================
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 9.26  |====================================
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 9.23  |====================================


Tachyon 0.98.9
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 18.19 |=============================================
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 12.76 |================================
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 12.72 |===============================
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 13.27 |=================================


OpenSSL 1.0.1g
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 439.83 |================================
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 611.57 |============================================
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 613.77 |============================================
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 611.90 |============================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only
TPS > Higher Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 102932.98 |===================================
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 32490.54  |===========
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 31053.66  |==========
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 121736.73 |=========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 681.98  |========
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 1884.27 |=======================
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 3471.36 |===========================================
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 1985.32 |=========================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Only
TPS > Higher Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 29461.18 |==================================
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 3077.76  |====
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 3212.78  |====
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 36559.22 |==========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only
TPS > Higher Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 67638.36 |=====================================
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 77228.36 |==========================================
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 77653.69 |==========================================
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 76651.98 |=========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 257.17  |==========
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 267.80  |==========
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 1102.15 |===========================================
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 524.32  |====================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only
TPS > Higher Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 71382.69 |====================================
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 84089.52 |==========================================
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 84019.26 |==========================================
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 83725.84 |==========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 5787.58 |==================================
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 2695.93 |================
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 5118.45 |==============================
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 7216.67 |===========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 6966.14 |====================================
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 2249.31 |============
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 7756.29 |========================================
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 8326.52 |===========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Only
TPS > Higher Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 19255.32 |====================================
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 22344.58 |==========================================
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 22269.41 |==========================================
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 22356.91 |==========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Only
TPS > Higher Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 99493.61  |=======================================
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 35983.04  |==============
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 32571.86  |=============
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 104079.10 |=========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Only
TPS > Higher Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 19966.44 |===================================
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 24225.18 |==========================================
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 24071.44 |==========================================
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 23422.98 |=========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 1321.72 |=========================
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 367.78  |=======
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 2238.85 |===========================================
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 2060.76 |========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 679.48  |========
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 3272.51 |========================================
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 3475.77 |===========================================
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 1820.10 |=======================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 1426.48 |=======================
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 325.09  |=====
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 2640.20 |===========================================
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 2168.79 |===================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Only
TPS > Higher Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 65684.75 |=======================================
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 70758.44 |==========================================
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 71297.77 |==========================================
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 70591.99 |==========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Only
TPS > Higher Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 67694.86 |====================================
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 76404.84 |=========================================
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 78148.10 |==========================================
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 76039.69 |=========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 6032.72 |==================================
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 5021.45 |============================
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 5166.88 |=============================
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 7629.42 |===========================================


PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3
Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write
TPS > Higher Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 6641.37 |=====================================
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 3499.06 |====================
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 6865.46 |=======================================
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 7626.07 |===========================================


PyBench 2008-08-14
Total For Average Test Times
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 1626 |==============================================
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 1264 |====================================
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 1266 |====================================
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 1270 |====================================


NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
MSI GP70 ................. 39359.28 |===================================
PC B150 R9 270 ........... 46800.21 |=========================================
PC B150 R9 270 nobarrier . 47044.27 |==========================================
PC B150 R9 270 Intel SSD . 47592.98 |==========================================