svb 2 x Intel Xeon E5420 testing with a HP ProLiant ML350 G5 and AMD ES1000 128MB on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Xeon E5420: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5420 @ 2.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: HP ProLiant ML350 G5, Chipset: Intel 5000Z MCH, Memory: 26624MB, Disk: 106GB, Graphics: AMD ES1000 128MB, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-62-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 OfficePC: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon E5503 @ 2.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 0CRH6C, Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10R, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 300GB INTEL SSDSA2BW30 + 1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1NS1, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295 256MB (540/695MHz), Audio: Intel 82801JI, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5761 Gigabit PCIe OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.0-45-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.13.3, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E5420 . 1953 |============================================= OfficePC ......... 2343 |====================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E5420 . 3839.99 |================ OfficePC ......... 11883.41 |================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E5420 . 4022.42 |================= OfficePC ......... 11879.89 |================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E5420 . 23.52 |======================= OfficePC ......... 53.70 |===================================================== Apache Benchmark 2.4.7 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E5420 . 11490.25 |================================================== OfficePC ......... 8659.71 |======================================