new tests Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 testing with a MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0 and AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB on Ubuntu 15.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: PNY CS1211 120GB + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD FirePro V7900 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 15.10, Kernel: 4.3.0-040300rc7-generic (x86_64) 20151026, Desktop: Unity, Display Server: X Server 1.17.2, Display Driver: radeon 7.5.99, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.0.2 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 5.2.1 20151010, File-System: f2fs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 FFmpeg 2.8.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 24.75 |=============================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 60.38 |=============================================== x264 2015-11-02 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 327.17 |============================================== TTSIOD 3D Renderer 2.3a Phong Rendering With Soft-Shadow Mapping FPS > Higher Is Better Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 380.82 |==============================================