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 Testingcompress-7zip: Compress Speed Testbullet: 3000 Fallbullet: 1000 Stackbullet: 136 Ragdollsbullet: 1000 Convexbullet: Prim Trimeshbullet: Convex Trimeshbullet: Raytestsc-ray: Total Timeffmpeg: AVI To NTSC VCDgraphics-magick: Local Adaptive Thresholdinggraphics-magick: Resizinghimeno: Poisson Pressure Solverencode-mp3: WAV To MP3minion: Solitairenpb: FT.Bnpb: IS.Cnpb: LU.Anpb: MG.Bnpb: UA.Aopenssl: RSA 4096-bit Performancecompress-pbzip2: 256MB File Compressionpgbench: TPC-B Transactions Per Secondpovray: Total Timesmallpt: Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samplesbuild-apache: Time To Compilehmmer: Pfam Database Searchbuild-linux-kernel: Time To Compilettsiod-renderer: Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mappingx264: H.264 Video EncodingCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X771215.5218.338.6111.2111.2120.5924.01128.4213.114096286.8922.94143.973675.74156.255207.574211.8621.6373.1519.96146.5484722534.9925.01612.5562.1946.091261112.3614.116.528.839.1217.0319.8861.6510.9849123341.4519.22115.056574.63184.429338.245760.7735.0386.5311.23148.1770814424.0715.22352.71108.6074.171370216.1919.378.5012.2812.4323.4127.4071.2915.0357103199.7528.44185.814647.54124.318238.344560.7535.6645.6810.9593614430.3516.75366.38118.0074.532041314.2116.597.7110.5910.7820.0023.4034.0213.1579128451.6025.39187.493246.42133.899827.744361.5749.2453.437.02148.017889122.7911.71258.29179.86113.532395112.9115.227.009.779.9918.5621.6635.9412.1789143286.3022.45166.803959.76148.2211466.984525.7955.7557.736.057307223.2910.27227.78210.95135.23OpenBenchmarking.org

7-Zip Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgMIPS, More Is Better7-Zip Compression 9.13Compress Speed TestCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X5K10K15K20K25KSE +/- 106.85, N = 5SE +/- 8.65, N = 3SE +/- 197.11, N = 6SE +/- 217.92, N = 3SE +/- 309.89, N = 3771212611137022041323951

Bullet Physics Engine

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 3000 FallCore i7 920Core i3 2100Core i7 970Core i7 990XCore i5 2500K48121620SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 316.1915.5214.2112.9112.36

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 1000 StackCore i7 920Core i3 2100Core i7 970Core i7 990XCore i5 2500K510152025SE +/- 0.08, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 319.3718.3316.5915.2214.11

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 136 RagdollsCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990XCore i5 2500K246810SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 38.618.507.717.006.52

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: 1000 ConvexCore i7 920Core i3 2100Core i7 970Core i7 990XCore i5 2500K3691215SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 312.2811.2110.599.778.83

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: Prim TrimeshCore i7 920Core i3 2100Core i7 970Core i7 990XCore i5 2500K3691215SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 312.4311.2110.789.999.12

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: Convex TrimeshCore i7 920Core i3 2100Core i7 970Core i7 990XCore i5 2500K612182430SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 323.4120.5920.0018.5617.03

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterBullet Physics Engine 2.75Test: RaytestsCore i7 920Core i3 2100Core i7 970Core i7 990XCore i5 2500K612182430SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.01, N = 327.4024.0123.4021.6619.88

C-Ray

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterC-Ray 1.1Total TimeCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i7 970306090120150SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3128.4271.2961.6535.9434.02

FFmpeg

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterFFmpeg 0.6.1AVI To NTSC VCDCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i3 2100Core i7 990XCore i5 2500K48121620SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 3SE +/- 0.14, N = 315.0313.1513.1112.1710.98

GraphicsMagick

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: Local Adaptive ThresholdingCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X20406080100SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 34049577989

OpenBenchmarking.orgIterations Per Minute, More Is BetterGraphicsMagick 1.3.12Operation: ResizingCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i5 2500KCore i7 970Core i7 990X306090120150SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 396103123128143

Himeno Benchmark

OpenBenchmarking.orgMFLOPS, More Is BetterHimeno Benchmark 3.0Poisson Pressure SolverCore i7 920Core i7 990XCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 970100200300400500SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 0.94, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3199.75286.30286.89341.45451.60

LAME MP3 Encoding

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterLAME MP3 Encoding 3.98.2WAV To MP3Core i7 920Core i7 970Core i3 2100Core i7 990XCore i5 2500K714212835SE +/- 0.04, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.03, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 5SE +/- 0.02, N = 528.4425.3922.9422.4519.22

Minion

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterMinion 0.9Benchmark: SolitaireCore i7 970Core i7 920Core i7 990XCore i3 2100Core i5 2500K4080120160200SE +/- 0.31, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.78, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3187.49185.81166.80143.97115.05

NAS Parallel Benchmarks

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: FT.BCore i7 970Core i3 2100Core i7 990XCore i7 920Core i5 2500K14002800420056007000SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 56.81, N = 5SE +/- 1.62, N = 3SE +/- 17.54, N = 3SE +/- 6.60, N = 33246.423675.743959.764647.546574.63

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: IS.CCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990XCore i3 2100Core i5 2500K4080120160200SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3124.31133.89148.22156.25184.42

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: LU.ACore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i5 2500KCore i7 970Core i7 990X2K4K6K8K10KSE +/- 21.33, N = 3SE +/- 33.06, N = 3SE +/- 31.43, N = 3SE +/- 27.47, N = 3SE +/- 23.27, N = 35207.578238.349338.249827.7411466.98

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: MG.BCore i3 2100Core i7 970Core i7 990XCore i7 920Core i5 2500K12002400360048006000SE +/- 1.70, N = 3SE +/- 4.11, N = 3SE +/- 4.59, N = 3SE +/- 2.51, N = 3SE +/- 1.04, N = 34211.864361.574525.794560.755760.77

OpenBenchmarking.orgTotal Mop/s, More Is BetterNAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3Test / Class: UA.ACore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X1326395265SE +/- 0.01, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.28, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 321.6335.0335.6649.2455.75

OpenSSL

OpenBenchmarking.orgSigns Per Second, More Is BetterOpenSSL 1.0.0aRSA 4096-bit PerformanceCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990XCore i3 2100Core i5 2500K20406080100SE +/- 0.06, N = 4SE +/- 0.06, N = 4SE +/- 0.02, N = 4SE +/- 0.22, N = 4SE +/- 0.30, N = 445.6853.4357.7373.1586.53

Parallel BZIP2 Compression

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterParallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5256MB File CompressionCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X510152025SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 319.9611.2310.957.026.05

PostgreSQL pgbench

OpenBenchmarking.orgTPS, More Is BetterPostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.1TPC-B Transactions Per SecondCore i3 2100Core i7 970Core i5 2500K306090120150SE +/- 1.17, N = 3SE +/- 0.68, N = 3SE +/- 2.90, N = 3146.54148.01148.17

POV-Ray

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterPOV-Ray 3.6.1Total TimeCore i7 920Core i3 2100Core i7 970Core i7 990XCore i5 2500K2004006008001000936847788730708

Smallpt

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSmallpt 1.0Global Illumination Renderer; 100 SamplesCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i5 2500KCore i7 970Core i7 990X50100150200250SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 32251441449172

Timed Apache Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Apache Compilation 2.2.17Time To CompileCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i5 2500KCore i7 990XCore i7 970816243240SE +/- 0.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 334.9930.3524.0723.2922.79

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 i3 2100Core i7 920Core i5 2500KCore i7 970Core i7 990X612182430SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 325.0116.7515.2211.7110.27

Timed Linux Kernel Compilation

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterTimed Linux Kernel Compilation 2.6.25Time To CompileCore i3 2100Core i7 920Core i5 2500KCore i7 970Core i7 990X130260390520650SE +/- 10.33, N = 3SE +/- 6.16, N = 6SE +/- 2.06, N = 3SE +/- 6.43, N = 6SE +/- 8.95, N = 6612.55366.38352.71258.29227.78

TTSIOD 3D Renderer

OpenBenchmarking.orgFPS, More Is BetterTTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.1vPhong Rendering With Soft-Shadow MappingCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X50100150200250SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 0.58, N = 3SE +/- 0.75, N = 362.19108.60118.00179.86210.95

x264

OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is Betterx264 2010-11-22H.264 Video EncodingCore i3 2100Core i5 2500KCore i7 920Core i7 970Core i7 990X306090120150SE +/- 0.93, N = 3SE +/- 1.46, N = 6SE +/- 1.44, N = 3SE +/- 1.84, N = 6SE +/- 3.41, N = 646.0974.1774.53113.53135.23

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.