nettest Intel Core i9-7980XE testing with a ASUS ROG RAMPAGE VI EXTREME (1004 BIOS) and NVIDIA Quadro K620 2048MB on Ubuntu 16.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Connection: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 2.60GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG RAMPAGE VI EXTREME (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 2020, Memory: 4 x 16384 MB DDR4-3200MHz F4-3200C14-16GTZR, Disk: 360GB INTEL SSDSCKJW36 + 500GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA Quadro K620 2048MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: PA248, Network: Intel Connection + Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-24-generic (x86_64), Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200 Loopback TCP Network Performance Time To Transfer 10GB Via Loopback Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Connection . 15.64 |=====================================================