aligneddisk Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 testing with a ASRock 4Core1600P35-WiFi and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT 512MB on Ubuntu 13.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. SAMSUNG HD753LJ: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock 4Core1600P35-WiFi, Chipset: Intel 82G33/G31/P35/P31 + ICH9R, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 750GB SAMSUNG HD753LJ + 1000GB SAMSUNG HD103SJ, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT 512MB (650/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-19-generic (i686), Desktop: KDE 4.10.2, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.88, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 304.88, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock 4Core1600P35-WiFi, Chipset: Intel 82G33/G31/P35/P31 + ICH9R, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 750GB SAMSUNG HD753LJ + 1000GB SAMSUNG HD103SJ, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT 512MB (650/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-19-generic (i686), Desktop: KDE 4.10.2, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.88, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 304.88, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better SAMSUNG HD753LJ . 12.85 |====================================================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 . 51.48 |==============================================