netwroktest Running pts/network-loopback-1.0.1 via the Phoronix Test Suite. nettest6aug: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 @ 2.33GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0CU409, Chipset: Intel 82G33/G31/P35/P31 + ICH9R, Memory: 3072MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAKX-0, Graphics: Intel 82G33/G31 IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC888, Monitor: DELL E198WFP, Network: Intel 82562V-2 10/100 OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.5.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.18.0, Display Driver: intel 2.20.9, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 loopback test X8QB6-F: Processor: 4 x Intel 000 @ 1.87GHz (48 Cores), Motherboard: Supermicro X8QB6 v1.0, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 8 x 4096 MB DDR3-1066MHz Samsung, Disk: 4 x 25GB OCZ REVODRIVE X2, Graphics: Matrox s MGA G200eW WPCM450, Audio: Intel 82801JI, Monitor: NEC CI FT500, Network: Intel 82576 Gigabit Connection OS: openSUSE 13.1, Kernel: 3.11.6-4-desktop (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.11.2, Display Server: X Server 1.14.3.901 (1.14.4 RC 1), Display Driver: modesetting 0.8.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.1, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Loopback TCP Network Performance Time To Transfer 10GB Via Loopback Seconds < Lower Is Better nettest6aug ........... 34.86 |================================================ loopback test X8QB6-F . 29.06 |========================================