first Intel Core i7-5960X testing with a ASUS X99-A and Sapphire NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. first: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.90GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS X99-A, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 1000GB Samsung SSD 850 + 4001GB Western Digital WD40EFRX-68W, Graphics: Sapphire NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1024MB, Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: PHL 193V5, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-41-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.5, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1366x768 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better first . 6049 |================================================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better first . 27205.59 |============================================================= RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better first . 22674.78 |============================================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better first . 10.97 |================================================================ Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better first . 49906.65 |=============================================================