Intel Core i7 720QM Intel Core i7 720Q testing with a LENOVO 4318CTO and NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7 720QM: 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 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-10-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 290.10, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: Firefox Canvas Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 29.71 |================================================== cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: GNOME Terminal Vim Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 5.36 |=================================================== cairo-perf-trace 1.10.2 Cairo Trace: Poppler Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 2.99 |=================================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: 500px PutImage Square Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 1200 |=================================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: Scrolling 500 x 500 px Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 10300 |================================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: Fill 300 x 300px AA Trapezoid Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 9773 |=================================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: 500px Copy From Window To Window Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 10100 |================================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: 500px Compositing From Pixmap To Window Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 9763 |=================================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: 500px Compositing From Window To Window Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 0.90 |=================================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: Copy 500x500 From Pixmap To Pixmap Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 10700 |================================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: PutImage XY 500x500 Square Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 154 |==================================================== x11perf 1.5 Test: Char in 80-char aa line Operations / Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 2460000 |================================================ Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 13304.78 |=============================================== NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 16944.24 |=============================================== FFmpeg 0.10 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 15.97 |================================================== Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 109.17 |================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 106.72 |================================================= Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 52.34 |================================================== Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 111.52 |================================================= VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 9.92 |=================================================== x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 58.15 |================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 181.99 |================================================= TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 61.45 |================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 41.93 |================================================== Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Bibd Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 209.13 |================================================= Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Graceful Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 111.38 |================================================= Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Quasigroup Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 261.19 |================================================= Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 206.10 |================================================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 30.92 |================================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 3007333 |================================================ John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 12375 |================================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 770 |==================================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 22.94 |================================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 8896 |=================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720QM . 1073.74 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