compr Intel Core i7-2600K testing with a ASUS P8P67 REV 3.1 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2048MB on Ubuntu 13.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7-2600K: Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8P67 REV 3.1, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST3500620AS + 2000GB TOSHIBA DT01ACA2, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 313.30, OpenGL: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 313.30, Compiler: GCC 4.7 + CUDA 5.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-2600K . 19336 |================================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-2600K . 8.91 |=================================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-2600K . 10.59 |================================================== LZMA Compression 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-2600K . 127.15 |=================================================