compute Intel Core i7 720Q testing with a HP 1521 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M on Ubuntu 12.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7 720Q: Processor: Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.60GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: HP 1521, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR3-1333MHz, Disk: 500GB Hitachi HTS72505, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M, Audio: IDT 92HD75B3X5, Network: Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-18-generic (x86_64), Display Driver: NVIDIA 1.0.0, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 640x480 Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 26.98 |=================================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 13.79 |=================================================== GMPbench 0.2 Total Time GMPbench Score > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 1760.90 |================================================= Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 8637.47 |================================================= BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Dhrystone 2 LPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 18094987.23 |============================================= SciMark 2.0 Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 728.02 |================================================== Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 108.68 |================================================== dcraw RAW To PPM Image Conversion Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 108.51 |================================================== Minion 0.12 Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 215.06 |================================================== Sudokut 0.4 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 720Q . 33.04 |===================================================