James1 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 testing with a ASUS Maximus Formula and MSI NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS 512MB on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Old PC: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.39GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Maximus Formula, Chipset: Intel 82X38/X48 + ICH9R, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 320GB Seagate ST3320813AS, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS 512MB (550/500MHz), Audio: C-Media CMI8788, Network: Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-43-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.3, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4 (ecryptfs), Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Old PC . 268 |================================================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Old PC . 3289 |================================================================ RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Old PC . 3675.24 |============================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Old PC . 55.54 |=============================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Old PC . 13120.13 |============================================================