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Intel Core i7 980 testing with a ASUS Rampage II Extreme and Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 1536MB on Ubuntu 18.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite.


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	Processor: Intel Core i7 980 @ 3.33GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Rampage II Extreme, Chipset: Intel 5520/5500/X58 + ICH10R, Memory: 6 x 2048 MB 1066MT/s, Disk: 240GB KINGSTON SH100S3 + 2 x 1000GB Seagate ST31000524AS + 4001GB Seagate ST4000DX001-1CE1 + 2000GB Western Digital WD2002FAEX-0, Graphics: Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 1536MB, Audio: Analog Devices AD1989B, Network: Marvell 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit

	OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 4480x1600


Unpacking The Linux Kernel
linux-4.15.tar.xz
Seconds < Lower Is Better
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