blah Running pts/compress-gzip-1.1.0 via the Phoronix Test Suite. blah: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5405 @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: HP ProLiant DL360 G5, Chipset: Intel 5000P MCH, Memory: 2048 MB + 1024 MB + 2048 MB + 1024 MB + 1024 MB + 1024 MB DDR2-667MHz, Disk: 10GB, Graphics: AMD ES1000, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit OS: Gentoo Base 2.2, Kernel: 3.8.12-hardened (x86_64), Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.7.3 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 blah2: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5405 @ 2.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: HP ProLiant DL360 G5, Chipset: Intel 5000P MCH, Memory: 2048 MB + 1024 MB + 2048 MB + 1024 MB + 1024 MB + 1024 MB DDR2-667MHz, Disk: 10GB, Graphics: AMD ES1000, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit OS: Gentoo Base 2.2, Kernel: 3.8.12-hardened (x86_64), Display Driver: radeon 7.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.7.3 + LLVM 3.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better blah .. 23.42 |================================================================ blah2 . 23.29 |================================================================