herve's kernel bench Kernel compilation becnhmark with a 5960x on an asus x99-deluxe motherboard herve_kernel_bench: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.90GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS X99-DELUXE, Chipset: Intel Xeon E5 v3/Core, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 250GB Samsung SSD 840 + 1000GB Samsung SSD 840 + 512GB SAMSUNG MZHPU512, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1202/3600MHz), Audio: Intel C610/X99, Network: Intel Connection + Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless OS: Ubuntu 14.10, Kernel: 3.16.0-30-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.12.2, Display Server: X Server 1.16.1.901 (1.16.2 RC 1), Display Driver: NVIDIA 346.35, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better herve_kernel_bench . 57.90 |=================================================== herve_kernel_bench . 57.30 |==================================================