gijoe Intel Core i7 860 testing with a ASUS P7P55D and Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5800 1024MB on Ubuntu 14.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 860-default: Processor: Intel Core i7 860 @ 2.53GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P7P55D, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2 x 1000GB SAMSUNG HD103UJ, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5800 1024MB, Audio: VIA VT1828S, Monitor: HP w2408 + HP w2408, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-85-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.3.13399, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 800-default: Processor: Intel Core i7 860 @ 2.53GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P7P55D, Chipset: Intel Core DMI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2 x 1000GB SAMSUNG HD103UJ, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5800 1024MB, Audio: VIA VT1828S, Monitor: HP w2408 + HP w2408, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.13.0-85-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.10, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: fglrx 15.20.3, OpenGL: 4.3.13399, Compiler: GCC 4.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better 860-default . 11781 |========================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Copy - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better 860-default . 8288.56 |======================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Copy - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better 800-default . 8799.05 |======================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better 860-default . 694.22 |========================================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better 860-default . 320.23 |========================================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better 860-default . 182.99 |========================================================= SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better 860-default . 1073.98 |======================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better 860-default . 1169.04 |======================================================== SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better 860-default . 722.36 |========================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Blur Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 860-default . 74 |============================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 860-default . 54 |============================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 860-default . 92 |============================================================= GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 860-default . 105 |============================================================ GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Local Adaptive Thresholding Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better 860-default . 52 |=============================================================