scott Intel Core 2 Quad Q9505 testing with a MSI G41M-P28 (MS-7592) v5.0 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB on LinuxMint 13 via the Phoronix Test Suite. before_videocard_change: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9505 @ 2.83GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI G41M-P28 (MS-7592) v5.0, Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH7, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB KINGSTON SVP200S, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB (981/2257MHz), Audio: NVIDIA GPU 15 HDMI/DP, Network: Atheros AR8131 Gigabit OS: LinuxMint 13, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 just_checking: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9505 @ 2.83GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI G41M-P28 (MS-7592) v5.0, Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH7, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 240GB KINGSTON SVP200S, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1024MB (981/2257MHz), Audio: NVIDIA GPU 15 HDMI/DP, Network: Atheros AR8131 Gigabit OS: LinuxMint 13, Kernel: 3.2.0-23-generic (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 PostgreSQL pgbench 8.4.11 TPC-B Transactions Per Second TPS > Higher Is Better just_checking . 2492.62 |====================================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better just_checking . 15.78 |======================================================== Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better just_checking . 13.87 |======================================================== Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Read Compiled Tree MB/s > Higher Is Better just_checking . 505.33 |======================================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Initial Create MB/s > Higher Is Better just_checking . 180.33 |======================================================= Compile Bench 0.6 Test: Compile MB/s > Higher Is Better just_checking . 281.90 |======================================================= Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Write - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better just_checking . 49.96 |======================================================== Threaded I/O Tester 0.3.3 64MB Random Read - 32 Threads MB/s > Higher Is Better just_checking . 5172.70 |====================================================== IOzone 3.405 8GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better just_checking . 231.11 |======================================================= IOzone 3.405 8GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better just_checking . 272.99 |======================================================= Dbench 4.0 1 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better just_checking . 244.25 |======================================================= Dbench 4.0 128 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better just_checking . 664.92 |======================================================= Dbench 4.0 48 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better just_checking . 723.97 |======================================================= Dbench 4.0 12 Clients MB/s > Higher Is Better just_checking . 721.96 |======================================================= FS-Mark 3.3 1000 Files, 1MB Size Files/s > Higher Is Better just_checking . 157.80 |======================================================= SQLite 3.7.3 12,500 INSERTs Seconds < Lower Is Better just_checking . 50.08 |======================================================== Flexible IO Tester 1.57 Intel IOMeter File Server Access Pattern Seconds (Run Time) < Lower Is Better just_checking . 334.69 |======================================================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better before_videocard_change . 18900.61 |=========================================== just_checking ........... 18798.47 |=========================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better before_videocard_change . 74.47 |============================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better before_videocard_change . 5113.91 |============================================ RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better before_videocard_change . 4684.02 |============================================ PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better before_videocard_change . 2757 |=============================================== just_checking ........... 2777 |===============================================