piotr Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 testing with a ASUS P5N32-E SLI PLUS and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT 512MB on Ubuntu 12.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 1: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P5N32-E SLI PLUS, Chipset: NVIDIA C55, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 250GB Seagate ST3250820NS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT 512MB (675/1000MHz), Audio: Analog Devices AD1988B, Network: Atheros AR2413/AR2414 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic (i686), Desktop: Unity 6.8.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.51, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 304.51, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better 1 . 154 |====================================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better 1 . 2026.52 |================================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better 1 . 1911.54 |================================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better 1 . 111.69 |===================================================================