blah-results Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 testing with a Gigabyte P35C-DS3R and Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 2048MB on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. blah-run-config: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte P35C-DS3R, Chipset: Intel 82G33/G31/P35/P31 + ICH9R, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2 x 500GB Seagate ST3500820AS + 2 x 2000GB Seagate ST2000DL003-9VT1, Graphics: Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 2048MB (550/700MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-29-lowlatency (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.123, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better blah-run-config . 12.47 |====================================================== Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better blah-run-config . 19.73 |======================================================