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 ## Benchmarks
 
-Below are some [benchmarks](benchmarks) comparisons under Ubuntu 64 bit, Intel i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz:
+Below are some [benchmarks](benchmarks) under Ubuntu 64 bit, Intel i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz:
 
 #### Single thread bench
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