6core Intel Core i7-3930K testing with a ASUS X79-DELUXE and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2048MB on Ubuntu 13.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7-3930K: Processor: Intel Core i7-3930K @ 3.20GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS X79-DELUXE, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5/Core, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 256GB Samsung SSD 840 + 3001GB Western Digital WD30EFRX-68A, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2048MB (549/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection + Broadcom BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 319.32, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-3930K . 7.94 |=================================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-3930K . 4.09 |===================================================