quick Intel Core i5-3570K testing with a ASUS P8Z77-V PRO and Intel Ivy on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. test1: Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.40GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V PRO, Chipset: Intel Ivy DRAM, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH1, Graphics: Intel Ivy, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: hp vx74, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection + Atheros AR9485 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.5.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.5, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: intel 2.17.0, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 8.0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better test1 . 37493.20 |============================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better test1 . 44.62 |================================================================ RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better test1 . 14339.54 |============================================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better test1 . 15186.94 |============================================================= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better test1 . 5245 |=================================================================