reseultsc2 Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 testing with a ASUS P5Q SE and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1024MB on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. test1: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 @ 3.16GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P5Q SE, Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH10, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST500DM002-9YN14, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1024MB (738/1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1200, Monitor: DELL 2209WA, Network: Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.10.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: nouveau 0.0.16, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: tmpfs, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better test1 . 132.39 |=============================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better test1 . 3854.02 |============================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better test1 . 4407.26 |============================================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better test1 . 4166 |=================================================================