kjkj Intel Core i7 930 testing with a ASUS P6T and Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 1280MB on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570: Processor: Intel Core i7 930 @ 2.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P6T, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 240GB Corsair Force 3, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 1280MB (732/1900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1200, Monitor: HP LE2201w, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Ralink RT2790 Wireless 802.11n 1T/2R OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.11.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.0, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.38, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + CUDA 5.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Corsair Force 3: Processor: Intel Core i7 930 @ 2.80GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P6T, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 12288MB, Disk: 240GB Corsair Force 3, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 1280MB (732/1900MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1200, Monitor: HP LE2201w, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.11.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.1, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.38, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + CUDA 5.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 . 28.00 |========================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1680 x 1050 Points > Higher Is Better Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 . 44450 |========================================= IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Corsair Force 3 . 8393.92 |==================================================== IOzone 3.405 Record Size: 1MB - File Size: 8GB - Disk Test: Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better Corsair Force 3 . 202.22 |=====================================================