Linux 3.18 Kernel Benchmark Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 testing with a MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0 and AMD Radeon HD 5770 1024MB on Ubuntu 14.10 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3: Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 @ 3.50GHz (20 Cores), Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 240GB OCZ VERTEX3 + 80GB INTEL SSDSCKGW08, Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 5770 1024MB, Audio: Intel C610/X99, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.1, Display Server: X Server 1.16.0, Display Driver: radeon 7.4.0, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.3.0 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Xeon E5-2687W v3 . 54.94 |===============================================