first My first tests first: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ACER G33T-AM v1.0, Chipset: Intel 82G33/G31/P35/P31 + ICH9R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HDT72505 + 500GB External USB 3.0 + 300GB 00JB-00KFA0 + 500GB USB 3.0 Cable + 500GB 0AS, Graphics: Intel 82G33/G31 IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC1200, Monitor: DELL M782p OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: intel 2.15.901, OpenGL: 1.4 Mesa 7.11, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 OpenArena 0.8.5 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better first . 41.50 |================================================================ World of Padman 1.2 Resolution: 1024 x 768 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better first . 42.87 |================================================================ Loopback TCP Network Performance Time To Transfer 10GB Via Loopback Seconds < Lower Is Better first . 77.38 |================================================================ Apache Benchmark 2.2.17 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better first . 2086.56 |============================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.0.4 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better first . 178.23 |=============================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better first . 35.33 |================================================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better first . 98.65 |================================================================ 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better first . 6656 |================================================================= LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better first . 246.44 |=============================================================== FFmpeg 0.8.7 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better first . 21.07 |================================================================ x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better first . 49.07 |================================================================ Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better first . 820.62 |=============================================================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better first . 49.37 |================================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better first . 69 |=================================================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better first . 349 |================================================================== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better first . 20.01 |================================================================