Xray Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 testing with a ASUS STRIKER II EXTREME and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 1536MB on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. lance_rayons: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS STRIKER II EXTREME, Chipset: NVIDIA Device 0808, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 82GB Maxtor 6Y080L0 + 2 x 250GB Seagate ST3250410AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 1536MB (772/2004MHz), Audio: Analog Devices AD1988B OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-37-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.4.1, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.64, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 304.64, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Sunflow Rendering System 0.07.2 Global Illumination + Image Synthesis Seconds < Lower Is Better lance_rayons . 5.90 |========================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better lance_rayons . 68.23 |========================================================= POV-Ray 3.6.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better lance_rayons . 967 |=========================================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better lance_rayons . 176 |===========================================================