OldVsNew Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 testing with a Gigabyte P35-DS3R and NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS 256MB on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Q6600-3600mhzOC: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte P35-DS3R, Chipset: Intel 82G33/G31/P35/P31 + ICH9R, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST31000528AS + 500GB Seagate ST3500320AS + 640GB Western Digital WD6400AAKS-2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS 256MB (421/413MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.14.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Q6600-3600mhzOC-RootOnRaid0: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte P35-DS3R, Chipset: Intel 82G33/G31/P35/P31 + ICH9R, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST31000528AS + 500GB Seagate ST3500320AS + 640GB Western Digital WD6400AAKS-2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS 256MB (421/413MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.14.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Q6600-Original2400mhz-Raid0: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.60GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte P35-DS3R, Chipset: Intel 82G33/G31/P35/P31 + ICH9R, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST31000528AS + 500GB Seagate ST3500320AS + 640GB Western Digital WD6400AAKS-2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS 256MB (421/413MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.14.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better Q6600-3600mhzOC ............. 5422.25 |======================================== Q6600-3600mhzOC-RootOnRaid0 . 5089.50 |====================================== Q6600-Original2400mhz-Raid0 . 4767.89 |=================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better Q6600-3600mhzOC ............. 5237.92 |======================================== Q6600-3600mhzOC-RootOnRaid0 . 4883.06 |===================================== Q6600-Original2400mhz-Raid0 . 4577.37 |=================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better Q6600-3600mhzOC ............. 5782.70 |======================================== Q6600-3600mhzOC-RootOnRaid0 . 5708.46 |======================================= Q6600-Original2400mhz-Raid0 . 5419.28 |===================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better Q6600-3600mhzOC ............. 5677.60 |======================================== Q6600-3600mhzOC-RootOnRaid0 . 5582.06 |======================================= Q6600-Original2400mhz-Raid0 . 5272.97 |===================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Q6600-3600mhzOC ............. 18.30 |=============================== Q6600-3600mhzOC-RootOnRaid0 . 19.17 |================================ Q6600-Original2400mhz-Raid0 . 24.99 |========================================== VP8 libvpx Encoding 0.9.7-p1 vpxenc Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Q6600-3600mhzOC ............. 17.20 |========================================= Q6600-3600mhzOC-RootOnRaid0 . 17.43 |========================================== Q6600-Original2400mhz-Raid0 . 11.60 |============================ x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Q6600-3600mhzOC ............. 80.86 |========================================== Q6600-3600mhzOC-RootOnRaid0 . 81.81 |========================================== Q6600-Original2400mhz-Raid0 . 56.44 |============================= 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Q6600-3600mhzOC ............. 10832 |========================================== Q6600-3600mhzOC-RootOnRaid0 . 10896 |========================================== Q6600-Original2400mhz-Raid0 . 7720 |============================== Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.6.3-4 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Q6600-3600mhzOC ............. 84.34 |======================================= Q6600-3600mhzOC-RootOnRaid0 . 67.81 |=============================== Q6600-Original2400mhz-Raid0 . 91.55 |========================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Q6600-3600mhzOC ............. 129.19 |============================== Q6600-3600mhzOC-RootOnRaid0 . 124.15 |============================= Q6600-Original2400mhz-Raid0 . 175.68 |========================================= Timed MPlayer Compilation 1.0-rc3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Q6600-3600mhzOC ............. 69.97 |================================= Q6600-3600mhzOC-RootOnRaid0 . 64.86 |============================== Q6600-Original2400mhz-Raid0 . 90.14 |========================================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Q6600-3600mhzOC ............. 41.10 |=============================== Q6600-3600mhzOC-RootOnRaid0 . 40.16 |=============================== Q6600-Original2400mhz-Raid0 . 55.01 |========================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Q6600-3600mhzOC ............. 10.84 |============================== Q6600-3600mhzOC-RootOnRaid0 . 11.22 |=============================== Q6600-Original2400mhz-Raid0 . 15.40 |========================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Q6600-3600mhzOC ............. 16.49 |=================================== Q6600-3600mhzOC-RootOnRaid0 . 13.38 |============================= Q6600-Original2400mhz-Raid0 . 19.52 |========================================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Q6600-3600mhzOC ............. 164.99 |================================== Q6600-3600mhzOC-RootOnRaid0 . 165.26 |================================== Q6600-Original2400mhz-Raid0 . 198.65 |========================================= Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better Q6600-3600mhzOC ............. 9.78 |============================ Q6600-Original2400mhz-Raid0 . 14.45 |========================================== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Q6600-3600mhzOC ............. 8.06 |============================ Q6600-3600mhzOC-RootOnRaid0 . 8.04 |============================ Q6600-Original2400mhz-Raid0 . 12.04 |========================================== LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Q6600-3600mhzOC ............. 19.71 |============================ Q6600-3600mhzOC-RootOnRaid0 . 19.77 |============================ Q6600-Original2400mhz-Raid0 . 29.62 |========================================== Ogg Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To Ogg Seconds < Lower Is Better Q6600-3600mhzOC ............. 10.76 |============================ Q6600-3600mhzOC-RootOnRaid0 . 10.76 |============================ Q6600-Original2400mhz-Raid0 . 16.12 |========================================== FFmpeg 0.10 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better Q6600-3600mhzOC ............. 13.59 |============================ Q6600-3600mhzOC-RootOnRaid0 . 13.51 |============================ Q6600-Original2400mhz-Raid0 . 20.23 |========================================== GnuPG 1.4.10 1GB File Encryption Seconds < Lower Is Better Q6600-3600mhzOC ............. 9.45 |==================== Q6600-3600mhzOC-RootOnRaid0 . 13.13 |============================ Q6600-Original2400mhz-Raid0 . 19.58 |========================================== OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Q6600-3600mhzOC ............. 53.20 |========================================== Q6600-3600mhzOC-RootOnRaid0 . 53.13 |========================================== Q6600-Original2400mhz-Raid0 . 35.38 |============================