after-install Intel Core i7-6700K testing with a MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) v1.0 and Intel Sky Lake on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7-6700K: Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.20GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A-G45 GAMING (MS-7977) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake /DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1ER1 + 500GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2400 Gigabit OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-21-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Crafty 23.4 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-6700K . 59.38 |==================================================