jtr Intel Core i9-7980XE testing with a ASUS PRIME X299-A (1401 BIOS) and NV134 8192MB on Ubuntu 18.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i9-7980XE: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.20GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1401 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: NV134 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180717, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 18.1.1- padoka PPA, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 + Clang 6.0.0-1ubuntu2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i9-7980XE . 7200 |================================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i9-7980XE . 4399000 |=============================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel Core i9-7980XE . 45708 |=================================================