duh Running pts/apache-1.3.0, pts/c-ray-1.0.0, pts/ramspeed-1.4.0, pts/postmark-1.0.0 via the Phoronix Test Suite. first run: Processor: AMD Opteron 170 @ 2.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS A8N32-SLI-Deluxe, Chipset: NVIDIA C51, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 500GB HDS725050KLA360 + 74GB Western Digital WDC WD740GD-00FL, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT 512MB (500/333MHz) OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.7.2, 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: 1920x1848 Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better first run . 6654.31 |========================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better first run . 499.40 |=========================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better first run . 2187.45 |========================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better first run . 2377.93 |========================================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better first run . 310 |==============================================================