groslinux Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 testing with a Gigabyte X38T-DQ6 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 512MB on LinuxMint 16 via the Phoronix Test Suite. groslinux: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.67GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X38T-DQ6, Chipset: Intel 82X38/X48 + ICH9R, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 4 x 1000GB Western Digital WD10EACS-00Z, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 512MB (399/399MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: LinuxMint 16, Kernel: 3.11.0-12-generic (i686), Display Server: X Server 1.14.3, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.9, OpenGL: 3.1 Mesa 9.2.1 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 Monkey Audio Encoding 3.99u4b5s6 WAV To APE Seconds < Lower Is Better groslinux . 24.72 |============================================================ FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.0 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better groslinux . 12.07 |============================================================ LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better groslinux . 27.69 |============================================================ WavPack Audio Encoding 4.41.0 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better groslinux . 16.31 |============================================================ Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better groslinux . 174.22 |=========================================================== Timed MPlayer Compilation 1.0-rc3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better groslinux . 91.41 |============================================================ Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better groslinux . 58.00 |============================================================