first Intel Core i7-4930K testing with a ASUS RAMPAGE IV EXTREME and ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB on Arch Linux via the Phoronix Test Suite. Overkill: Processor: Intel Core i7-4930K @ 3.90GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS RAMPAGE IV EXTREME, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 240GB Corsair Neutron + 750GB Samsung SSD 840 + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EFRX-68F + 1000GB Western Digital WD10EALS-00Z + 120GB KINGSTON SHFS37A, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (1189/5005MHz), Audio: Intel C600/X79, Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Connection OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.12.8-2-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.24.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 384.59, Vulkan: 1.0.46, Compiler: GCC 7.1.1 20170630 + Clang 4.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 5760x1080 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Overkill . 116.31 |============================================================