mypc Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 testing with a ASUS P5Q SE and Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core 2 Duo E4600: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P5Q SE, Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH10, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AADS-0, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB (810/1804MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1200, Monitor: FUS L22W-7SD, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-58-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.20.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.20, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 2014-02-02 09:16: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P5Q SE, Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH10, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AADS-0, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB (810/1804MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1200, Monitor: FUS L22W-7SD, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-58-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.20.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.20, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Western Digital WD5000AADS-0: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P5Q SE, Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH10, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AADS-0, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB (810/1804MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1200, Monitor: FUS L22W-7SD, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-58-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.20.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.20, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P5Q SE, Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH10, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AADS-0, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB (810/1804MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1200, Monitor: FUS L22W-7SD, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-58-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.20.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.20, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 . 182.06 |============================================== BLAKE2 20130131 Phoronix Test Suite v4.8.6 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 . 9.28 |================================================ RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better 2014-02-02 09:16 . 3173.97 |=================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better 2014-02-02 09:16 . 3492.38 |=================================================== PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Western Digital WD5000AADS-0 . 2043 |========================================== Lightsmark 2008 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 390.95 |======================================== X-Plane 9.45 Quality Setting: High - Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 103 |=========================================== X-Plane 9.45 Quality Setting: Ultra - Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 67 |============================================ VDrift 2010-06-30 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 47.09 |========================================= Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 . 15.14 |=========================================