Intel Core i5 2520M Intel Core i5-2520M testing with a HP 161C and Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+) on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Core i5 2520M: Processor: Intel Core i5-2520M @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: HP 161C, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160, Graphics: Intel Sandybridge Mobile (GT2+), Audio: IDT 92HD81B1X5, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.3.0-996-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.18.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.1 (git-a308098), Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1600x900 LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M . 168.04 |======================================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M . 7.24 |========================================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M . 16.72 |======================================================== Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M . 6.90 |========================================================= Ogg Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M . 9.51 |========================================================= Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M . 121.61 |======================================================= Timed MPlayer Compilation 1.0-rc3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M . 111.55 |======================================================= 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M . 7745 |========================================================= Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M . 57.15 |======================================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M . 21.97 |======================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M . 203.41 |======================================================= x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core i5 2520M . 58.10 |======================================================== FFmpeg 0.10 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M . 12.48 |======================================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i5 2520M . 15.31 |========================================================