Core 2 Duo multicore Intel Core 2 6600 testing with a American Megatrends P2.30 and NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT 1024MB on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Core 2 Duo multicore: Processor: Intel Core 2 6600 @ 2.31GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: American Megatrends P2.30, Chipset: VIA PT880 Ultra/PT894, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 40GB Western Digital WD400JB-00EN, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT 1024MB (550/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888, Network: VIA VT6102 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-24-generic-pae (i686), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo multicore . 3186 |================================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Core 2 Duo multicore . 47.80 |================================================= x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo multicore . 22.79 |================================================= OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo multicore . 14.70 |================================================= John The Ripper 1.7.9 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo multicore . 1100 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo multicore . 20 |==================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo multicore . 51 |==================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo multicore . 645.23 |================================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core 2 Duo multicore . 427.25 |================================================ POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core 2 Duo multicore . 1076 |================================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Core 2 Duo multicore . 702 |=================================================== Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core 2 Duo multicore . 0.01 |================================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Core 2 Duo multicore . 66.44 |================================================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Core 2 Duo multicore . 29.03 |================================================= Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Quasigroup Seconds < Lower Is Better Core 2 Duo multicore . 307.93 |================================================ Minion 0.12 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Core 2 Duo multicore . 216.63 |================================================ NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo multicore . 30.11 |================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: IS.C Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo multicore . 72.79 |================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo multicore . 1563.40 |=============================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: UA.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better Core 2 Duo multicore . 5.65 |================================================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core 2 Duo multicore . 110.20 |================================================