gnomeshell Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 testing with a Gigabyte 945GZM-S2 under Ubuntu 11.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. gnomeshell: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte 945GZM-S2, Chipset: Intel 82945G/GZ/P/PL + ICH7, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 1000GB SAMSUNG HD103SI, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT 512MB (600/700MHz) OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (i686), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.2.1, 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: 1680x1050 x11perf 1.5 Test: Char in 80-char aa line Operations / Second > Higher Is Better gnomeshell . 2746667 |=========================================================