Standard Intel Core i7 740Q testing on Gentoo via the Phoronix Test Suite. Standard: Processor: Intel Core i7 740Q @ 1.73GHz (8 Cores), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 476GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M 2048MB (650/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC665 OS: Gentoo, Kernel: 3.11.4-gentoo-NVIDIA (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.11.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.13, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Standard . 1431 |============================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Standard . 10744.30 |========================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Standard . 10822.29 |========================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Standard . 57.65 |============================================================= Apache Benchmark 2.4.3 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Standard . 13233.19 |==========================================================