all Intel Core i7 950 testing with a Gigabyte X58A-UD3R and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 512MB on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS: Processor: Intel Core i7 950 @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X58A-UD3R, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD1002FAEX-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 512MB (567/400MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-26-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, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 World of Padman 1.2 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS . 33.20 |=============================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS . 12450.07 |============================================ Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS . 12261.54 |============================================ Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS . 13087.27 |============================================ Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS . 12858.92 |============================================ Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS . 29.69 |=============================================== John The Ripper 1.7.9 Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS . 1485000 |============================================= TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS . 20.62 |=============================================== x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS . 17.71 |=============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS . 58 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS . 20 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS . 26 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS . 51 |================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS . 519.90 |============================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS . 3795 |================================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS . 462.04 |============================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS . 62.69 |=============================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS . 776 |================================================= Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS . 0.02 |================================================ FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS . 20.35 |=============================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS . 43.88 |=============================================== FFmpeg 0.10 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS . 29.02 |=============================================== POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS . 1446 |================================================ Tachyon 0.98.9 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS . 83.79 |=============================================== OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS . 11.30 |=============================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS . 241.43 |============================================== Apache Benchmark 2.2.21 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS . 13523.95 |============================================