Desktop vs Laptop 2015 Comparing my systems Xeon E5450: Processor: Intel Xeon E5450 @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS P5QL-E, Chipset: Intel 4 DRAM + ICH10R, Memory: 4 x 2048 MB DDR2-800MHz, Disk: 115GB OCZ VERTEX2 + 750GB Western Digital WD7500AACS-6, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 6450/7450/8450 / R5 230 OEM 1024MB (150/600MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1200, Monitor: 37LF65 + DELL U2913WM, Network: Qualcomm Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.2.5-1-ARCH (x86_64), Display Driver: radeon 7.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1080 Timed Apache Compilation 2.4.7 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Xeon E5450 . 49.77 |=========================================================== Timed PHP Compilation 5.2.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Xeon E5450 . 51.68 |=========================================================== Timed ImageMagick Compilation 6.9.0 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Xeon E5450 . 112.20 |========================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Xeon E5450 . 242.51 |==========================================================