ramxps Intel Core i7 920 testing with a DELL 0X501H under Ubuntu 11.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. ramspeed on xps: Processor: Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: DELL 0X501H, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 24064MB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WDC WD10EAVS-00D + 1000GB SAMSUNG HD103UJ, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 1792MB (518/1008MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1200 OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 280.13, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 280.13, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 my xps: Processor: Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: DELL 0X501H, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 24064MB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WDC WD10EAVS-00D + 1000GB SAMSUNG HD103UJ, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 1792MB (518/1008MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1200 OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 4.22.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 280.13, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 280.13, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Copy - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better ramspeed on xps . 11630.64 |=================================================== my xps .......... 11593.02 |=================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Copy - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better ramspeed on xps . 11373.53 |=================================================== my xps .......... 11400.83 |=================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Scale - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better ramspeed on xps . 11666.21 |=================================================== my xps .......... 11478.54 |================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Scale - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better ramspeed on xps . 11437.52 |=================================================== my xps .......... 11330.26 |=================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Add - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better ramspeed on xps . 11463.18 |=================================================== my xps .......... 11375.45 |=================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Add - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better ramspeed on xps . 12465.25 |=================================================== my xps .......... 12459.09 |=================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Triad - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better ramspeed on xps . 11437.92 |=================================================== my xps .......... 11344.60 |=================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Triad - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better ramspeed on xps . 12510.05 |=================================================== my xps .......... 12564.64 |=================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better ramspeed on xps . 11553.21 |=================================================== my xps .......... 11628.04 |=================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better ramspeed on xps . 11934.37 |=================================================== my xps .......... 12041.47 |===================================================