bare-metal
Intel Core i5-4590S testing with a Gigabyte H81M-DS2 and Intel Gen7 on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Intel Core i5-4590S: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-4590S @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte H81M-DS2, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 1 x 8192 MB DDR3-1600MHz, Disk: 256GB Crucial_CT256MX1, Graphics: Intel Gen7, Audio: Intel Haswell HDMI, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-63-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: SquashFS + AuFS, Screen Resolution: 1440x900


7-Zip Compression 9.20.1
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
Intel Core i5-4590S . 12427 |==================================================


Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.6
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Core i5-4590S . 11.91 |==================================================


Gzip Compression
2GB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Core i5-4590S . 11.91 |==================================================


LZMA Compression
256MB File Compression
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Intel Core i5-4590S . 178.08 |=================================================