fist Intel Xeon E3-1225 V2 testing with a ASUS P8H77-M and Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core on Ubuntu 13.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. first_run: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1225 V2 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8H77-M, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/Ivy, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000BEVT-0, Graphics: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core, Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: LCD171VXM, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.0.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.3, Display Driver: intel 2.21.6, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better first_run . 5515 |============================================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better first_run . 13993.73 |========================================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better first_run . 14905.70 |========================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better first_run . 37.55 |============================================================