kernel1 AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core testing with a MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) v4.0 and ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2048MB on Arch Linux via the Phoronix Test Suite. kernel1: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING (MS-7693) v4.0, Chipset: AMD RD9x0/RX980, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DX001-1NS1, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2048MB (135/405MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.9.8-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.22.2, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, Vulkan: 1.0.37, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20170109, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better kernel1 . 164.67 |=============================================================