mlticore Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 testing with a ASUS P5QL PRO and ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1024MB on Ubuntu 13.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 3ghz: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P5QL PRO, Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH10, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5002AALX-0, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1024MB (740/1000MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1200, Monitor: BenQ G2410HD, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 OS: Ubuntu 13.10, Kernel: 3.11.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.1.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 319.60, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better 3ghz . 8639 |================================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better 3ghz . 44.02 |================================================================= Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better 3ghz . 117.73 |================================================================ Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better 3ghz . 1077.39 |=============================================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better 3ghz . 2858 |================================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1f RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better 3ghz . 220.07 |================================================================ Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better 3ghz . 14.01 |================================================================= Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better 3ghz . 241 |=================================================================== Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better 3ghz . 25.62 |================================================================= Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better 3ghz . 12.16 |================================================================= Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 3ghz . 57.94 |=================================================================