Kernel compile Intel Core i7-3770K testing with a ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP and ATI Radeon HD 5700 1024MB on Gentoo Base 2.1 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Linux kernel compile: Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 160GB SAMSUNG HD160JJ + 500GB Western Digital WD5000AADS-0, Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5700 1024MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SyncMaster OS: Gentoo Base 2.1, Kernel: 3.6.6-gentoo (i686), Desktop: KDE 4.8.5, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: fglrx 9.1.11, OpenGL: 4.2.11978, Compiler: GCC 4.5.4 + LLVM 3.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 AMD X6-1100T DDR2-940 3.5GHz: Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T @ 3.00GHz (6 Cores), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 640GB Western Digital WD6401AALS-0 + 500GB Hitachi HDP72505, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 896MB (655/1050MHz) OS: Gentoo Base 2.1, Kernel: 3.6.6 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: NVIDIA 304.64, OpenGL: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 304.64, Compiler: GCC 4.5.4 + LLVM 3.1 + CUDA 4.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1680x1050 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux kernel compile ......... 89.21 |========================================= AMD X6-1100T DDR2-940 3.5GHz . 87.60 |========================================