PC upgrade Intel Core i7-4700MQ testing with a MSI MS-1758 and MSI NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M 2048MB on Ubuntu 15.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. MSI GP70: Processor: Intel Core i7-4700MQ @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI MS-1758, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CT12 + 1000GB HGST HTS721010A9, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M 2048MB (135/405MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8161 Gigabit + Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.2.0-42-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 352.63, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 SQLite 3.8.10.2 Test Target: Default Test Directory Seconds < Lower Is Better MSI GP70 . 14.56 |============================================================= Unpacking The Linux Kernel linux-2.6.32.tar.bz2 Seconds < Lower Is Better MSI GP70 . 8.84 |============================================================== Stream 2013-01-17 Type: Copy MB/s > Higher Is Better MSI GP70 . 19887.10 |========================================================== x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better MSI GP70 . 163.78 |============================================================ x264 OpenCL 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better MSI GP70 . 163.80 |============================================================ 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better MSI GP70 . 18368 |============================================================= Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.9.0 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better MSI GP70 . 78.85 |============================================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better MSI GP70 . 163.06 |============================================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better MSI GP70 . 33.53 |============================================================= dcraw RAW To PPM Image Conversion Seconds < Lower Is Better MSI GP70 . 55.26 |============================================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better MSI GP70 . 14.04 |============================================================= FFmpeg 2.8.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better MSI GP70 . 11.51 |============================================================= Tachyon 0.98.9 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better MSI GP70 . 18.19 |============================================================= OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better MSI GP70 . 439.83 |============================================================ PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better MSI GP70 . 102932.98 |========================================================= PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better MSI GP70 . 681.98 |============================================================ PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better MSI GP70 . 29461.18 |========================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better MSI GP70 . 67638.36 |========================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better MSI GP70 . 257.17 |============================================================ PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better MSI GP70 . 71382.69 |========================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better MSI GP70 . 5787.58 |=========================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better MSI GP70 . 6966.14 |=========================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better MSI GP70 . 19255.32 |========================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better MSI GP70 . 99493.61 |========================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better MSI GP70 . 19966.44 |========================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better MSI GP70 . 1321.72 |=========================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: On-Disk - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better MSI GP70 . 679.48 |============================================================ PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Single Thread - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better MSI GP70 . 1426.48 |=========================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better MSI GP70 . 65684.75 |========================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better MSI GP70 . 67694.86 |========================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Mostly RAM - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better MSI GP70 . 6032.72 |=========================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 9.4.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Heavy Contention - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better MSI GP70 . 6641.37 |=========================================================== PyBench 2008-08-14 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better MSI GP70 . 1626 |============================================================== NGINX Benchmark 1.0.11 Static Web Page Serving Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better MSI GP70 . 39359.28 |==========================================================