530-3 Intel Core i3 530 testing with a Gigabyte P55M-UD2 and MSI NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 512MB on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i3 530: Processor: Intel Core i3 530 @ 2.93GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte P55M-UD2, Chipset: Intel Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 80GB INTEL SSDSA2M080 + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EARS-00Y, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 512MB (550/1800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-57-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 3.9.90, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, OpenGL: 2.1.2, Compiler: GCC 4.8 + Clang 3.4-1ubuntu3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 530 . 32.81 |==================================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 530 . 17.00 |==================================================== Timed MrBayes Analysis 3.1.2 Primate Phylogeny Analysis Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 530 . 56.00 |==================================================== GMPbench 0.2 Total Time GMPbench Score > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 530 . 1805.70 |================================================== Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 530 . 6614.30 |================================================== BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Dhrystone 2 LPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 530 . 18735794.50 |============================================== SciMark 2.0 Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 530 . 668.18 |=================================================== TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i3 530 . 603947 |=================================================== Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 530 . 123.99 |=================================================== dcraw RAW To PPM Image Conversion Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 530 . 109.62 |=================================================== Minion 0.15 Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 530 . 163.17 |=================================================== Open FMM Nero2D 2.0.2 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 530 . 863.04 |=================================================== Sudokut 0.4 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i3 530 . 29.03 |====================================================