buildlinuxkernel Intel Core i7-7567U testing with a Intel NUC7i7BNB (BNKBL357.86A.0057.2017.1122.1550 BIOS) and Intel Iris Plus 650 3072MB on LinuxMint 18.3 via the Phoronix Test Suite. run1-nuc1: Processor: Intel Core i7-7567U @ 4.00GHz (2 Cores / 4 Threads), Motherboard: Intel NUC7i7BNB (BNKBL357.86A.0057.2017.1122.1550 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 500GB Samsung SSD 850 + 250GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: Intel Iris Plus 650 3072MB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC283, Monitor: LG ULTRAWIDE, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 OS: LinuxMint 18.3, Kernel: 4.13.0-41-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 3.6.7, Display Server: X Server 1.18.4, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.8, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1600 run1: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7 (F3g BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 24576MB, Disk: 5001GB TOSHIBA MD04ACA5 + 512GB Western Digital WDS512G1X0C-00ENX0, Graphics: EFI VGA, Audio: NVIDIA Device 10ef, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Device e0b1 + Intel Device 24fd OS: LinuxMint 18.3, Kernel: 4.13.0-39-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 3.6.7, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 7.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 run2: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte X399 AORUS Gaming 7 (F3g BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 24576MB, Disk: 5001GB TOSHIBA MD04ACA5 + 512GB Western Digital WDS512G1X0C-00ENX0, Graphics: EFI VGA, Audio: NVIDIA Device 10ef, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Device e0b1 + Intel Device 24fd OS: LinuxMint 18.3, Kernel: 4.13.0-39-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 3.6.7, Display Driver: modesetting 1.18.4, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609 + CUDA 7.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better run1-nuc1 . 294.46 |=========================================================== run1 ...... 44.56 |========= run2 ...... 44.54 |=========