first Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 testing with a Gigabyte EP45-UD3P and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB on archlinux rolling via the Phoronix Test Suite. first: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte EP45-UD3P, Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH10R, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320620AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB (576/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: archlinux rolling, Kernel: 3.2-pf (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.00, Display Server: X Server 1.11.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.20, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 295.20, Compiler: GCC 4.6.2, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 SQLite 3.7.3 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better first . 1531.08 |==============================================================