Check Intel Core i7-3770K testing with a ASUS P8Z77-V PRO and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB on Ubuntu 12.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 1: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V PRO, Chipset: Intel Ivy DRAM, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CT12 + 2 x 2000GB Western Digital WD2003FYYS-0 + 1500GB SAMSUNG HD154UI, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2048MB (705/3004MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection + Atheros AR9485 Wireless OS: Ubuntu 12.04, Kernel: 3.2.0-31-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 5.14.0, Display Server: X Server 1.11.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 295.40, OpenGL: 4.2.0 NVIDIA 295.40, Compiler: GCC 4.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 1 . 93.92 |====================================================================