initial 2 x Intel Xeon E5520 testing with a Dell 0D883F and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB on Debian 7.7 via the Phoronix Test Suite. first: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.26GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0D883F, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 6144MB, Disk: 200GB OCZ VERTEX2 + 1000GB Hitachi HUA72201, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB (783/1804MHz), Audio: Analog Devices AD1984A, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5761 Gigabit PCIe OS: Debian 7.7, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.4.2, Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.117, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 304.117, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better first . 28.87 |================================================================ RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better first . 13240.40 |============================================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better first . 13383.74 |============================================================= PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better first . 3011 |=================================================================