openssl testing Intel Core i7 720Q testing with a LENOVO 4318CTO and NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB on Ubuntu 11.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. openssl performance: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 4318CTO, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz), Audio: Conexant CX20585, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 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: nouveau 0.0.16, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.11 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6.2 + LLVM 3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better openssl performance . 41.00 |================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better openssl performance . 41.50 |==================================================