xavv Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 testing with a Gigabyte EP45-UD3LR and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 896MB on Ubuntu 11.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. legros_ram: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte EP45-UD3LR, Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH10R, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 500GB Seagate ST3500418AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 896MB (625/1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 11.10, Kernel: 3.0.0-17-generic-pae (i686), Desktop: Unity 4.28.0, Display Server: X Server 1.10.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 280.13, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 280.13, Compiler: GCC 4.6.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 disk_1: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte EP45-UD3LR, Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH10R, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 2 x 500GB Seagate ST3500418AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 896MB (625/1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC888, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-25-generic-pae (i686), Desktop: Unity 5.12.0, 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: 1920x1200 RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Copy - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better legros_ram . 4504.49 |========================================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Copy - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better legros_ram . 4447.22 |========================================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Scale - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better legros_ram . 4530.74 |========================================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Scale - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better legros_ram . 4474.06 |========================================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Add - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better legros_ram . 5133.67 |========================================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Add - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better legros_ram . 5056.40 |========================================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Triad - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better legros_ram . 5136.42 |========================================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Triad - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better legros_ram . 5056.90 |========================================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better legros_ram . 4835.96 |========================================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better legros_ram . 4764.81 |========================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 Test: Random Read - Size Per Thread: 256MB - Thread Count: 32 MB/s > Higher Is Better disk_1 . 1.38 |================================================================