first Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 testing with a Gigabyte P35C-DS3R (F12B BIOS) and MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2048MB on Ubuntu 18.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 @ 3.00GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte P35C-DS3R (F12B BIOS), Chipset: Intel 82G33/G31/P35/P31 + ICH9R, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 240GB SanDisk SSD PLUS + 16GB DT microDuo 3.0, Graphics: MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2048MB (1354/3504MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889A, Monitor: Q3279WG5B, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-36-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: NVIDIA 390.77, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Unigine Heaven 4.0 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 . 25.99 |========================================== Unigine Sanctuary 2.3 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 . 110.35 |========================================= Unigine Tropics 1.3 2560 x 1440 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 . 97.13 |==========================================