vigor Intel Core i7 960 testing with a MSI X58A-GD65 (MS-7522) v4.0 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1024MB on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. test1: Processor: Intel Core i7 960 @ 3.20GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X58A-GD65 (MS-7522) v4.0, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1 + 120GB ADATA SSD S511 1, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1024MB (900/2100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.4, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.49, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.49, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 test2: Processor: Intel Core i7 960 @ 3.20GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X58A-GD65 (MS-7522) v4.0, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1 + 120GB ADATA SSD S511 1, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1024MB (900/2100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.4, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.49, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.49, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 test3: Processor: Intel Core i7 960 @ 3.20GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X58A-GD65 (MS-7522) v4.0, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1 + 120GB ADATA SSD S511 1, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1024MB (900/2100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.4, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.49, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.49, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Unigine Heaven 3.0 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better test1 . 55.57 |================================================================ Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better test1 . 110.63 |=============================================================== Unigine Tropics 1.3 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better test1 . 96.69 |================================================================ World of Padman 1.2 1920 x 1200 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better test2 . 490.40 |=============================================================== Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better test2 . 12279.76 |============================================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Scale MB/s > Higher Is Better test2 . 12112.42 |============================================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Triad MB/s > Higher Is Better test2 . 12903.07 |============================================================= Stream 2009-04-11 Type: Add MB/s > Higher Is Better test2 . 12772.91 |============================================================= NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: EP.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better test2 . 217.52 |=============================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: LU.A Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better test2 . 6989.93 |============================================================== NAS Parallel Benchmarks 3.3 Test / Class: MG.B Total Mop/s > Higher Is Better test2 . 3278.85 |============================================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better test2 . 7.51 |================================================================= John The Ripper 1.7.9 Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better test2 . 14758000 |============================================================= TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2w Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better test2 . 50.49 |================================================================ x264 2011-12-06 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better test2 . 108.78 |=============================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better test2 . 148 |================================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better test2 . 69 |=================================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better test2 . 69 |=================================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.12 Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better test2 . 127 |================================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better test2 . 1325.93 |============================================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better test2 . 15593 |================================================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better test2 . 55.94 |================================================================ test3 . 55.71 |================================================================ Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.0.5 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better test2 . 10.90 |================================================================ Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better test2 . 114 |================================================================== Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better test2 . 87.96 |================================================================ FLAC Audio Encoding 1.2.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better test2 . 8.78 |================================================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better test2 . 18.32 |================================================================ FFmpeg 0.10 AVI To NTSC VCD Seconds < Lower Is Better test2 . 13.70 |================================================================ POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better test2 . 778 |================================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.0e RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better test2 . 53.60 |================================================================ PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better test2 . 18.87 |================================================================ RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better test3 . 12327.16 |============================================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better test3 . 12436.20 |=============================================================