kernelcompile AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core testing with a Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 and ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB on Arch rolling via the Phoronix Test Suite. FX 8320 @ 4,2: Processor: AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core @ 4.20GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1 + 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1ER1, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1113/3505MHz), Audio: AMD SBx00 Azalia, Monitor: GRUNDIG WUXGA + ViewSonic VA2431, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.0.1-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.8.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 349.16, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2 20150304, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080 FX 8320 @ 4,4: Processor: AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1 + 128GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1ER1 + 500GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (135/324MHz), Audio: NVIDIA GM204 HD Audio, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.2.5-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.12.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 358.16, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.3.0 +, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080 FX 8320@4,4: Processor: AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1 + 128GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1ER1 + 500GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1113/3505MHz), Audio: NVIDIA GM204 HD Audio, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.2.5-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.12.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 358.16, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.3.0 +, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better FX 8320 @ 4,2 . 115.54 |====================================================== FX 8320@4,4 ... 117.39 |======================================================= Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better FX 8320 @ 4,4 . 129.34 |=======================================================