Core i7 5960X Running pts/build-linux-kernel-1.3.0 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Core i7 5960X: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-E DMI2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 128GB Crucial_CT128MX1, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6870 1024MB, Audio: Intel Wellsburg HD Audio, Monitor: SyncMaster, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.17.0-999-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.4.0-devel (git-6cd0dbc 2014-08-29 trusty-oibaf-ppa) Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2 + Clang 3.5.0-+rc4-1~gd~t, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1600 Q6600: Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.52GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P5N32-E SLI, Chipset: NVIDIA C55, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB SAMSUNG HD501LJ + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EACS-00Z + 256GB Samsung SSD 840, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275 896MB (633/1134MHz), Audio: Creative Labs SB X-Fi, Monitor: Ancor MW221 + IBM L191p, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR93xx Wireless OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Kernel: 3.16.1-031601-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.2.2, Display Server: X Server 1.15.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 331.38, OpenGL: 3.3.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.2, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 2960x1050 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Core i7 5960X . 42.71 |========== Q6600 ......... 226.15 |=======================================================