m8700k Intel Core i7-8700K testing with a ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING (1101 BIOS) and EFI VGA on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 51 down to 46 with -4 on AVX: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 5.10GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING (1101 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 4GB Relay UFD + 512GB Western Digital WDS512G1X0C-00ENX0, Graphics: EFI VGA, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-38-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 weird one from 5.0 with manual overclocks: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 5.00GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING (1101 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 4GB Relay UFD + 512GB Western Digital WDS512G1X0C-00ENX0, Graphics: EFI VGA, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-38-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 5ghzAsusDefaults: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 5.00GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING (1101 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 3ec2, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 4GB Relay UFD + 512GB Western Digital WDS512G1X0C-00ENX0, Graphics: EFI VGA, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-38-generic (x86_64), Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better 51 down to 46 with -4 on AVX .............. 68.57 |=========================== weird one from 5.0 with manual overclocks . 69.86 |============================ 5ghzAsusDefaults .......................... 61.91 |=========================