sanddybridge Running pts/compress-7zip-1.5.0, pts/compress-gzip-1.1.0, pts/compress-pbzip2-1.3.0, pts/compress-lzma-1.2.0. 2600k: Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: BIOSTAR TP67XE v5.0, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 1500GB Seagate ST31500341AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 1024MB (550/1700MHz) OS: Ubuntu 11.04, Kernel: 2.6.38-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 3.6.6, Display Server: X Server 1.10.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 270.30, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 270.30, Compiler: GCC 4.5.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 7-Zip Compression 9.13 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better 2600k . 25370 |================================================================ Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better 2600k . 9.10 |================================================================= Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better 2600k . 6.18 |================================================================= LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better 2600k . 98.56 |================================================================