my test file Intel Pentium D 3.40GHz testing with a Dell 0WK833 and Intel 82Q963/Q965 IGP on Debian 7.1 via the Phoronix Test Suite. stan: Processor: Intel Pentium D @ 3.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0WK833, Chipset: Intel 82Q963/Q965 + ICH8/R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 160GB Seagate ST3160812AS, Graphics: Intel 82Q963/Q965 IGP, Audio: Analog Devices AD1983, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5754 Gigabit PCI OS: Debian 7.1, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.8.4, Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, Display Driver: intel 2.19.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1360x768 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better stan . 2923 |==================================================================