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What version of OS X should I run on an early 2008 (pre unibody) 15" MacBook Pro 2.4GHz 4GB RAM?

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Yes I know it will run all the way up to El Capitan.
I'm using this machine as a server (plex, file sharing, VPN for when I'm away on unsecured wifi, torrentbox).

I was going to keep it old school and run 10.6 but I was wondering what you all thought the sweet spot for performance would be for this machine. Perhaps Mountain Lion, or Mavericks?

Running 10.6 it's just a hair too slow for plex server to do high bitrate 1080p transcodes. I was hoping (perhaps erroneously) that something like...

What version of OS X should I run on an early 2008 (pre unibody) 15" MacBook Pro 2.4GHz 4GB RAM?

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