phoenix Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 testing with a Gigabyte EP43T-UD3L and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT 512MB on Ubuntu 13.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. q9550: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte EP43T-UD3L, Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH10, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 1500GB SAMSUNG HD154UI + 2 x 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAKS-0 + 160GB Seagate ST3160811AS + 500GB Seagate ST3500320AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT 512MB (650/900MHz), Audio: Creative Labs SB Audigy, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168 OS: Ubuntu 13.04, Kernel: 3.8.0-28-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.88, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 304.88, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better q9550 . 803 |================================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better q9550 . 3784.41 |============================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better q9550 . 4222.88 |============================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better q9550 . 52.67 |================================================================