First test Intel Core i5-3570K testing with a ASRock Z77 Pro4 (P1.80 BIOS) and radeondrmfb on Gentoo via the Phoronix Test Suite. Linux kernel compilation time: Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro4 (P1.80 BIOS), Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5003AZEX-0, Graphics: radeondrmfb (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: SE2717H/HX OS: Gentoo, Kernel: 4.14.52-gentoo (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Server: X Server 1.19.5, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 + Clang 6.0.1 + LLVM 6.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux kernel compilation time . 234.41 |=======================================