cac3gb VMware testing on Debian 8.7 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Xeon X7560: Processor: 12 x Intel Xeon X7560 @ 2.26GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: Intel 440BX, Chipset: Intel 440BX/ZX/DX, Memory: 4096 MB + 2048 MB DRAM, Disk: 210GB Virtual disk, Graphics: VMware SVGA II, Network: Intel 82545EM Gigabit OS: Debian 8.7, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1176x885, System Layer: VMware Timed HMMer Search 2.3.2 Pfam Database Search Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon X7560 . 111.62 |==================================================== Timed MAFFT Alignment 6.864 Multiple Sequence Alignment Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon X7560 . 52.09 |===================================================== GMPbench 0.2 Total Time GMPbench Score > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon X7560 . 1424.20 |=================================================== Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon X7560 . 5450.90 |=================================================== BYTE Unix Benchmark 3.6 Dhrystone 2 LPS > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon X7560 . 15064269.70 |=============================================== SciMark 2.0 Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon X7560 . 590.91 |==================================================== TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon X7560 . 447596 |==================================================== Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon X7560 . 155.40 |==================================================== dcraw RAW To PPM Image Conversion Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon X7560 . 123.63 |====================================================