testresult Intel Core i7 965 testing with a Gigabyte EX58-UD4 and Zotac NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 512MB on Debian 8.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 12gbRAM: Processor: Intel Core i7 965 @ 3.33GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte EX58-UD4, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 6 x 2048 MB 400MHz, Disk: 640GB Western Digital WD6400AAKS-2 + 1000GB Western Digital WD1005FBYZ-0 + 160GB Western Digital WD1600AAJS-0, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 512MB (400/399MHz), Audio: Intel 82801JI, Network: Intel 82574L Gigabit Connection OS: Debian 8.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.16.4, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.11, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext3, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Add - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better 12gbRAM . 16343.52 |=========================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Copy - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better 12gbRAM . 14455.61 |=========================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Scale - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better 12gbRAM . 14265.39 |=========================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Triad - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better 12gbRAM . 15670.05 |=========================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better 12gbRAM . 15123.52 |=========================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Add - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better 12gbRAM . 16143.56 |=========================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Copy - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better 12gbRAM . 14614.13 |=========================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Scale - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better 12gbRAM . 14643.47 |=========================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Triad - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better 12gbRAM . 16364.84 |=========================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better 12gbRAM . 15472.52 |===========================================================