TESTS
Intel Core i7-2600 testing with a Gigabyte P67A-D3-B3 and MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Intel Core i7 2600 #1: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte P67A-D3-B3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-9YN1 + 1024GB Samsung SSD 850 + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EALX-009 + 251GB Maxtor 7Y250M0, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB (725/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-45-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.13.3, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, OpenGL: 4.2.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Intel Core i7 2600 #2: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte P67A-D3-B3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-9YN1 + 1024GB Samsung SSD 850 + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EALX-009 + 251GB Maxtor 7Y250M0, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB (725/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-45-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.13.3, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, OpenGL: 4.2.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Intel Core i7 2600 #3: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte P67A-D3-B3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-9YN1 + 1024GB Samsung SSD 850 + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EALX-009 + 251GB Maxtor 7Y250M0, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB (725/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-45-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.13.3, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, OpenGL: 4.2.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Intel Core i7 2600 #4: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte P67A-D3-B3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-9YN1 + 1024GB Samsung SSD 850 + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EALX-009 + 251GB Maxtor 7Y250M0, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1024MB (725/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-45-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.13.3, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, OpenGL: 4.2.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300: 

	Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 @ 2.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: PEGATRON EVANS v1.02, Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH7, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Seagate ST3500418AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce G210 512MB (589/499MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev1, Network: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-45-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.13.3, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.10, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1440x900


N-Queens 1.0
Elapsed Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Core i7 2600 #1 ... 39.69  |===============
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 . 122.43 |=============================================


7-Zip Compression 9.20.1
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
Intel Core i7 2600 #1 ... 19444 |==============================================
Intel Core i7 2600 #2 ... 19532 |==============================================
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 . 6852  |================


LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3
WAV To MP3
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Core i7 2600 #1 ... 14.06 |========================
Intel Core i7 2600 #2 ... 14.05 |========================
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 . 26.94 |==============================================


Apache Benchmark 2.4.7
Static Web Page Serving
Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel Core i7 2600 #1 ... 33558.22 |===========================================
Intel Core i7 2600 #2 ... 33555.95 |===========================================
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 . 11674.15 |===============


TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.2z
Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping
FPS > Higher Is Better
Intel Core i7 2600 #1 ... 176.69 |=============================================
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 . 58.55  |===============