Core i7 990X Debian Intel Core i7 990X testing with a MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0 (V3.8 BIOS) and Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5450/6350 512MB on Debian 7.11 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Core i7 990X: Processor: Intel Core i7 990X @ 3.47GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X58M (MS-7593) v1.0 (V3.8 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 3 x 4096 MB 1066MHz Corsair CMZ12GX3M3A1600C9, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 5450/6350 512MB, Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: DELL S2409W, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Debian 7.11, Kernel: 3.2.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.4.2, Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 PostMark 1.51 Disk Transaction Performance TPS > Higher Is Better Core i7 990X . 4518 |========================================================== John The Ripper 1.9.0-jumbo-1 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Core i7 990X . 6504 |========================================================== John The Ripper 1.9.0-jumbo-1 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Core i7 990X . 228281 |======================================================== Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.41 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 990X . 33.30 |========================================================= Timed FFmpeg Compilation 4.2.2 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 990X . 118.35 |======================================================== Timed PHP Compilation 7.4.2 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 990X . 85.07 |========================================================= Tachyon 0.99b6 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 990X . 306.88 |========================================================