linuxkernel Intel Core i7-2600 testing with a Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3R and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 512MB on Ubuntu 12.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. linuxkernel: Processor: Intel Core i7-2600 @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3R, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-9YN1, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 512MB (566/499MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Ubuntu 12.10, Kernel: 3.5.0-25-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME 3.6.0, Display Server: X Server 1.13.0, Display Driver: nouveau 1.0.2, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1360x768 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better linuxkernel . 91.73 |==========================================================