Intel Core i7 990X Testing

Benchmarks for an Intel Core i7 990X Gulftown comparison. This is currently Intel's $999 USD fastest six-core system based on Gulftown, not Sandy Bridge. Look for more in an upcoming Phoronix article.

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Core i3 2100

Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: ATI Device 6738, Monitor: DELL P2210H

OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.9-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024

System Notes: Intel SpeedStep was enabled.

Core i5 2500K

Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: ATI Device 6738 (960/1150MHz), Monitor: DELL P2210H

OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Core i7 920

Processor: Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock X58 Super, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB (675/1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Monitor: DELL S2409W

OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-020638-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Core i7 970

Processor: Intel Core i7 970 @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock X58 Super, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB (675/1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Monitor: DELL S2409W

OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-020638-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.9-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5 + Clang 4.2.1 + llvm 2.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Core i7 990X

Processor: Intel Core i7 X 990 @ 3.47GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock X58 Super, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB (675/1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Monitor: DELL S2409W

OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-020638-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Intel Core i7 990X TestingProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsMonitorAudioOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990XIntel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores)SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 HydraIntel Sandy Bridge3072MB250GB Seagate ST3250310ASATI Device 6738DELL P2210HUbuntu 10.102.6.38-999-generic (x86_64)GNOME 2.32.0X Server 1.9.0vesa 2.3.02.1 Mesa 7.9-develGCC 4.4.5ext41280x1024Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores)ATI Device 6738 (960/1150MHz)radeon 6.14.992.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.41920x1080Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 Cores)ASRock X58 SuperIntel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R320GB Seagate ST3320620ASNVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB (675/1100MHz)Realtek ALC889ADELL S2409W2.6.38-020638-generic (x86_64)nouveau 0.0.16Intel Core i7 970 @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores)2.1 Mesa 7.9-develGCC 4.4.5 + Clang 4.2.1 + llvm 2.6Intel Core i7 X 990 @ 3.47GHz (12 Cores)GCC 4.4.5OpenBenchmarking.orgSystem Details- Core i3 2100, Core i7 920, Core i7 970, Core i7 990X: Intel SpeedStep was enabled.

Core i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990XResult OverviewPhoronix Test Suite100%169%239%308%377%C-RayTTSIOD 3D RendererParallel BZIP2 CompressionSmallpt7-Zip Compressionx264Timed Linux Kernel CompilationTimed HMMer SearchHimeno BenchmarkOpenSSLGraphicsMagickMinionTimed Apache CompilationNAS Parallel BenchmarksLAME MP3 EncodingFFmpegBullet Physics EnginePOV-Ray

Intel Core i7 990X Testingc-ray: Total Timettsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mappingcompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressionsmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplescompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testnpb: UA.Ahmmer: Pfam Database Searchhimeno: Poisson Pressure Solvergraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdingnpb: LU.Anpb: FT.Bopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performanceminion: Solitairebuild-apache: Time To Compilegraphics-magick: Resizingnpb: IS.Cencode-mp3: WAV To MP3bullet: 1000 Convexbullet: Raytestsbullet: Convex Trimeshbullet: 1000 Stackffmpeg: AVI To NTSC VCDnpb: MG.Bbullet: Prim Trimeshpovray: Total Timebullet: 136 Ragdollsbullet: 3000 Fallpgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Secondbuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilex264: H.264 Video EncodingCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X128.4262.1919.96225771221.6325.01286.89405207.573675.7473.15143.9734.9996156.2522.9411.2124.0120.5918.3313.114211.8611.218478.6115.52146.54612.5546.0961.65108.6011.231441261135.0315.22341.45499338.246574.6386.53115.0524.07123184.4219.228.8319.8817.0314.1110.985760.779.127086.5212.36148.17352.7174.1771.29118.0010.951441370235.6616.75199.75578238.344647.5445.68185.8130.35103124.3128.4412.2827.4023.4119.3715.034560.7512.439368.5016.19366.3874.5334.02179.867.02912041349.2411.71451.60799827.743246.4253.43187.4922.79128133.8925.3910.5923.4020.0016.5913.154361.5710.787887.7114.21148.01258.29113.5335.94210.956.05722395155.7510.27286.308911466.983959.7657.73166.8023.29143148.2222.459.7721.6618.5615.2212.174525.799.997307.0012.91227.78135.23OpenBenchmarking.org

C-Ray

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeCore i7 970Core i7 990XCore i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i3 2100306090120150SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 334.0235.9461.6571.29128.42

TTSIOD 3D Renderer

OpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterTTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.1vPhong Rendering With Soft-Shadow MappingCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500KCore i3 210050100150200250SE +/- 0.75, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3210.95179.86118.00108.6062.19

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5256MB File CompressionCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500KCore i3 2100510152025SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 36.057.0210.9511.2319.96

Smallpt

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i3 210050100150200250SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 37291144144225

7-Zip Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.13Compress Speed TestCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500KCore i3 21005K10K15K20K25KSE +/- 309.89, N = 3SE +/- 217.92, N = 3SE +/- 197.11, N = 6SE +/- 8.65, N = 3SE +/- 106.85, N = 5239512041313702126117712

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.ACore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500KCore i3 21001326395265SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 355.7549.2435.6635.0321.63

Timed HMMer Search

This test searches through the Pfam database of profile hidden markov models. The search finds the domain structure of Drosophila Sevenless protein. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed HMMer Search 2.3.2Pfam Database SearchCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i3 2100612182430SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 310.2711.7115.2216.7525.01

Himeno Benchmark

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverCore i7 970Core i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 990XCore i7 920100200300400500SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.94, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3451.60341.45286.89286.30199.75

GraphicsMagick

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Local Adaptive ThresholdingCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500KCore i3 210020406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 38979574940

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.ACore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i3 21002K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 23.27, N = 3SE +/- 27.47, N = 3SE +/- 31.43, N = 3SE +/- 33.06, N = 3SE +/- 21.33, N = 311466.989827.749338.248238.345207.57

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: FT.BCore i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 990XCore i3 2100Core i7 97014002800420056007000SE +/- 6.60, N = 3SE +/- 17.54, N = 3SE +/- 1.62, N = 3SE +/- 56.81, N = 5SE +/- 0.39, N = 36574.634647.543959.763675.743246.42

OpenSSL

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.0aRSA 4096-bit PerformanceCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 92020406080100SE +/- 0.30, N = 4SE +/- 0.22, N = 4SE +/- 0.02, N = 4SE +/- 0.06, N = 4SE +/- 0.06, N = 486.5373.1557.7353.4345.68

Minion

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.9Benchmark: SolitaireCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 990XCore i7 920Core i7 9704080120160200SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.78, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.31, N = 3115.05143.97166.80185.81187.49

Timed Apache Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Apache Compilation 2.2.17Time To CompileCore i7 970Core i7 990XCore i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i3 2100816243240SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.11, N = 322.7923.2924.0730.3534.99

GraphicsMagick

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: ResizingCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i3 2100306090120150SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 314312812310396

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: IS.CCore i5 2500KCore i3 2100Core i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 9204080120160200SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3184.42156.25148.22133.89124.31

LAME MP3 Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2WAV To MP3Core i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i3 2100Core i7 970Core i7 920714212835SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.04, N = 519.2222.4522.9425.3928.44

Bullet Physics Engine

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 1000 ConvexCore i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i3 2100Core i7 9203691215SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 38.839.7710.5911.2112.28

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: RaytestsCore i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i3 2100Core i7 920612182430SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 319.8821.6623.4024.0127.40

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: Convex TrimeshCore i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i3 2100Core i7 920612182430SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 317.0318.5620.0020.5923.41

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 1000 StackCore i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i3 2100Core i7 920510152025SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.08, N = 314.1115.2216.5918.3319.37

FFmpeg

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 0.6.1AVI To NTSC VCDCore i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i3 2100Core i7 970Core i7 92048121620SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 310.9812.1713.1113.1515.03

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: MG.BCore i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 990XCore i7 970Core i3 210012002400360048006000SE +/- 1.04, N = 3SE +/- 2.51, N = 3SE +/- 4.59, N = 3SE +/- 4.11, N = 3SE +/- 1.70, N = 35760.774560.754525.794361.574211.86

Bullet Physics Engine

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: Prim TrimeshCore i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i3 2100Core i7 9203691215SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 39.129.9910.7811.2112.43

POV-Ray

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPOV-Ray 3.6.1Total TimeCore i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i3 2100Core i7 9202004006008001000708730788847936

Bullet Physics Engine

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 136 RagdollsCore i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i3 2100246810SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 36.527.007.718.508.61

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 3000 FallCore i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i3 2100Core i7 92048121620SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 312.3612.9114.2115.5216.19

PostgreSQL pgbench

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.1TPC-B Transactions Per SecondCore i5 2500KCore i7 970Core i3 2100306090120150SE +/- 2.90, N = 3SE +/- 0.68, N = 3SE +/- 1.17, N = 3148.17148.01146.54

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 2.6.25Time To CompileCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i3 2100130260390520650SE +/- 8.95, N = 6SE +/- 6.43, N = 6SE +/- 2.06, N = 3SE +/- 6.16, N = 6SE +/- 10.33, N = 3227.78258.29352.71366.38612.55

x264

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2010-11-22H.264 Video EncodingCore i7 990XCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i5 2500KCore i3 2100306090120150SE +/- 3.41, N = 6SE +/- 1.84, N = 6SE +/- 1.44, N = 3SE +/- 1.46, N = 6SE +/- 0.93, N = 3135.23113.5374.5374.1746.09

Core i3 2100

Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: ATI Device 6738, Monitor: DELL P2210H

OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: vesa 2.3.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.9-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024

System Notes: Intel SpeedStep was enabled.

Testing initiated at 16 March 2011 20:03 by user phoronix.

Core i5 2500K

Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: SAPPHIRE Pure Black P67 Hydra, Chipset: Intel Sandy Bridge, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250310AS, Graphics: ATI Device 6738 (960/1150MHz), Monitor: DELL P2210H

OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11-devel Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Testing initiated at 14 March 2011 16:10 by user phoronix.

Core i7 920

Processor: Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock X58 Super, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB (675/1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Monitor: DELL S2409W

OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-020638-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

System Notes: Intel SpeedStep was enabled.

Testing initiated at 19 March 2011 15:04 by user phoronix.

Core i7 970

Processor: Intel Core i7 970 @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock X58 Super, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB (675/1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Monitor: DELL S2409W

OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-020638-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.9-devel, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5 + Clang 4.2.1 + llvm 2.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

System Notes: Intel SpeedStep was enabled.

Testing initiated at 26 March 2011 20:47 by user phoronix.

Core i7 990X

Processor: Intel Core i7 X 990 @ 3.47GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock X58 Super, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 512MB (675/1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Monitor: DELL S2409W

OS: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel: 2.6.38-020638-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.9.0, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, Compiler: GCC 4.4.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

System Notes: Intel SpeedStep was enabled.

Testing initiated at 21 March 2011 16:03 by user phoronix.