Processor Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 testing with a alienware v2 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB on Debian testing via the Phoronix Test Suite. E6750: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 2.67GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: alienware v2, Chipset: NVIDIA C55, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5003AZEX-0 + 1000GB External, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB (625/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Monitor: Acer AL1715 OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 3.11-2-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Openbox 3.5.2, Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 319.76, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1024 E6850: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: alienware v2, Chipset: NVIDIA C55, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5003AZEX-0 + 1000GB External, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB (625/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Monitor: Acer AL1715 OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 3.11-2-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Openbox 3.5.2, Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 319.76, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1024 E6850@3.2GHz: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.20GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: alienware v2, Chipset: NVIDIA C55, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 1000GB External + 500GB Western Digital WD5003AZEX-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB (625/900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Monitor: Acer AL1715 OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 3.11-2-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Openbox 3.5.2, Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 319.76, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1024 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better E6750 ........ 348.10 |======================================================== E6850 ........ 335.22 |====================================================== E6850@3.2GHz . 308.92 |==================================================