ignoramous-chess AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core testing with a Gigabyte 970A-DS3P and NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 1024MB on LinuxMint 17.1 via the Phoronix Test Suite. AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte 970A-DS3P, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH1 + 250GB Seagate ST9250315AS, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640 1024MB (950/891MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Monitor: GTW KX2153, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: LinuxMint 17.1, Kernel: 3.13.0-37-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 2.4.6, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.113, OpenGL: 4.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080 TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core . 745908 |============================================== Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core . 96.63 |===============================================