_Manny_ , something is seriously wrong there. I have no idea how a e6750 @ 3520 MHz and dual channel ram @ 1320 MHz gets 19.XXX sec in SPI 1M. My e6300 @ 3.43 GHz & ram @ 980 MHz (4-4-4-12) gets 16.5xx secs......i have 2mb less cache too......