nloop Intel Core i7-3770 testing with a LENOVO MAHOBAY (9SKT72AUS BIOS) and NVE7 2048MB on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770 @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: LENOVO MAHOBAY (9SKT72AUS BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 28672MB, Disk: 180GB INTEL SSDSC2BW18 + 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH1, Graphics: NVE7 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC662 rev3, Monitor: VE248, Network: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 17.2.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Loopback TCP Network Performance Time To Transfer 10GB Via Loopback Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection . 13.78 |=====================================