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Intel Core i3 540 testing with a Gigabyte H55M-S2 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE 768MB on Ubuntu 14.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


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	Processor: Intel Core i3 540 @ 3.06GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte H55M-S2, Chipset: Intel Core DRAM, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 320GB Western Digital WD3200AAKS-0 + 500GB Western Digital WD5002AALX-0, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 SE 768MB (648/1700MHz), Audio: Intel 5 /3400, Monitor: LG 24MP55, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-30-generic (x86_64), Desktop: LXDE 0.6.2, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.113, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


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