bigdaddy262c Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 testing with a ASRock G41M-VS3. and ATI Radeon HD 5450 1024MB on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. HTPC: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock G41M-VS3., Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH7, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 123GB Maxtor 6L120M0 + 60GB OCZ ILITY3, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5450 1024MB, Audio: VIA VT1705, Monitor: M320VT, Network: Atheros AR8152 v2.0 Fast OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-38-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.18.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: fglrx 8.96.4, OpenGL: 4.2.11627, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 HTPC2: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock G41M-VS3., Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH7, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 123GB Maxtor 6L120M0 + 60GB OCZ ILITY3, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5450 1024MB, Audio: VIA VT1705, Monitor: M320VT, Network: Atheros AR8152 v2.0 Fast OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-38-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.18.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: fglrx 8.96.4, OpenGL: 4.2.11627, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Minion 0.15 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better HTPC . 176.28 |================================================================ Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better HTPC2 . 15.10 |================================================================ RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better HTPC2 . 4604.39 |============================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better HTPC2 . 5230.70 |==============================================================