linux Intel Core i7-3770S testing with a ASUS P8Z77-V PRO (2104 BIOS) and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 on Debian 9.6 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7-3770S: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770S @ 4.30GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V PRO (2104 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 512GB SAMSUNG MZVLW512HMJP-000L7 + 256GB SAMSUNG MZ7PD256 + 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAKX-6, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel 82579V OS: Debian 9.6, Kernel: 4.9.0-8-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce, Display Server: X Server 1.19.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.2, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Intel Core i7-3770S - NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 - ASUS: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770S @ 4.30GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V PRO (2104 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 512GB SAMSUNG MZVLW512HMJP-000L7 + 256GB SAMSUNG MZ7PD256 + 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAKX-6, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel 82579V OS: Debian 9.6, Kernel: 4.9.0-8-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce, Display Server: X Server 1.19.2, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.2, Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 20170516, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 x264 2018-09-25 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-3770S . 33.64 |================================================== Intel Core i7-3770S . 33.53 |================================================== FFmpeg 4.0.2 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-3770S . 6.71 |=================================================== Intel Core i7-3770S . 6.67 |=================================================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Add - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-3770S - NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 - ASUS . 24460 |================== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Copy - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-3770S - NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 - ASUS . 21395.11 |=============== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Scale - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-3770S - NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 - ASUS . 21284.07 |=============== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Triad - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-3770S - NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 - ASUS . 24106.84 |=============== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Integer MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-3770S - NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 - ASUS . 22814.40 |=============== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Add - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-3770S - NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 - ASUS . 24097.66 |=============== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Copy - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-3770S - NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 - ASUS . 21347.67 |=============== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Scale - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-3770S - NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 - ASUS . 21364.12 |=============== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Triad - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-3770S - NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 - ASUS . 24112.73 |=============== RAMspeed SMP 3.5.0 Type: Average - Benchmark: Floating Point MB/s > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-3770S - NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 - ASUS . 22794.87 |===============