jtr AMD Phenom II X2 545 testing with a ASUS M4A78 PRO and ATI Radeon HD 3200 on Gentoo Base release 2.0.3 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 1: Processor: AMD Phenom II X2 545 @ 3.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M4A78 PRO, Chipset: AMD RS780 + SB700/SB800, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB SAMSUNG HD502HI, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 3200 (500/400MHz), Audio: ATI SBx00 Azalia, Monitor: W2246, Network: Attansic Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 OS: Gentoo Base release 2.0.3, Kernel: 3.1.0-rc9-00087-g4c41042 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.2, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.5.3 + Clang 4.2.1 + llvm 2.9, File-System: ext2/ext3, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better 1 . 2610333 |================================================================== John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better 1 . 13754 |==================================================================== John The Ripper 1.7.8 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better 1 . 854 |======================================================================