Core 2 Duo P8400 timed compile kernel Kernel compilation performance on a Core 2 Duo P8400 p8400-kernel: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 @ 2.27GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 2241BN5, Chipset: Intel Mobile 4 MCH + ICH9M-E, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 160GB HITACHI HTS72321 + 500GB My Passport 0730 + 100GB OneTouch III, Graphics: Intel Mobile 4 IGP 256MB, Audio: Conexant CX20561 (Hermosa) OS: Ubuntu 10.04, Kernel: 2.6.32-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.7.6, Display Driver: intel 2.9.1, Compiler: GCC 4.4.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 corei5-650-kernel: Processor: Intel Core i5 650 @ 3.19GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: LENOVO 5852CB6, Chipset: Intel Core, Memory: 7680MB, Disk: 320GB Western Digital WDC WD3200AAKX-0, Graphics: Intel Core IGP 256MB OS: SUSE LINUX 11, Kernel: 2.6.32.12-0.7-default (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 2.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.6.5, Display Driver: intel 2.10.0, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 7.7, Compiler: GCC 4.3, File-System: ext2/ext3, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 2.6.25 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better p8400-kernel ...... 1174.87 |================================================== corei5-650-kernel . 603.50 |==========================