interzone Intel Core i5-3450 testing with a MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) v1.0 and MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB on Arch Linux via the Phoronix Test Suite. arch-21-3-17-rsteam-r: Processor: Intel Core i5-3450 @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-9YN1 + 2000GB D3 Station, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB (783/1804MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.10.4-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, Vulkan: 1.0.37, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20170306, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 arch-21-3-17-steam-n: Processor: Intel Core i5-3450 @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-9YN1 + 2000GB D3 Station, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB (783/1804MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.10.4-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, Vulkan: 1.0.37, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20170306, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 arch-23-3-17-performance-gov: Processor: Intel Core i5-3450 @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-9YN1 + 2000GB D3 Station, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 1024MB (783/1804MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.10.4-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, Vulkan: 1.0.37, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20170306, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 IOzone 3.405 4GB Read Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better arch-21-3-17-rsteam-r ........ 3983.68 |==================================== arch-21-3-17-steam-n ......... 4006.19 |==================================== arch-23-3-17-performance-gov . 4354.80 |======================================= IOzone 3.405 4GB Write Performance MB/s > Higher Is Better arch-21-3-17-rsteam-r ........ 162.18 |======================================== arch-21-3-17-steam-n ......... 162.35 |======================================== arch-23-3-17-performance-gov . 163.51 |======================================== Dota 2 1920 x 1080 GL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better arch-21-3-17-rsteam-r ........ 32.63 |========================================= arch-23-3-17-performance-gov . 32.63 |========================================= Team Fortress 2 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better arch-21-3-17-rsteam-r ........ 78.60 |========================================= arch-23-3-17-performance-gov . 78.50 |========================================= Xonotic 0.8 1920 x 1080 - ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better arch-21-3-17-rsteam-r ........ 89.09 |========================================= arch-23-3-17-performance-gov . 89.15 |========================================= Gzip Compression 2GB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better arch-21-3-17-rsteam-r ........ 13.02 |========================================= arch-23-3-17-performance-gov . 12.99 |=========================================