test Intel Core i7 870 testing with a ASUS P7P55D and MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB on Ubuntu 14.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7 870: Processor: Intel Core i7 870 @ 2.93GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P7P55D, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00M + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00Y, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB, Audio: Intel 5 /3400, Monitor: L1940p Wide, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: SquashFS, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 870 . 8898.08 |================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 870 . 9550.27 |================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7 870 . 37.58 |==================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7 870 . 18875.62 |=================================================