What I would really love is a benchmark that can quickly (<15 min) tell me if my vcores are high enough for a given set of conditions.
SuperPrime http://www.superprime.org/
It uses Linpack to compute primes. Set it to "check stability" and let run. 144m primes on an E2180 takes about 30 mins. If this passes, then run the Intel Linpack overnight to ensure no errors crop up about 30 iterations down the road since Superprime only runs about 16 iterations.