systemd Intel Core i7-8700K testing with a ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (1601 BIOS) and eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB on Arch Linux via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7-8700K - eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080: Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K @ 4.70GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING (1601 BIOS), Chipset: Intel 8th Gen Core, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB OCZ VERTEX4 + 8GB Cruzer + 1000GB Samsung SSD 960 EVO 1TB, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (139/405MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS VE278, Network: Intel Connection OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.19.2-arch1-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.14.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 410.73, Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20180831, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Total ms < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-8700K - eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 . 2171 |==================== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Kernel ms < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-8700K - eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 . 1708 |==================== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Loader ms < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-8700K - eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 . 56 |====================== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Firmware ms < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-8700K - eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 . 11653 |=================== Systemd Total Boot Time Test: Userspace ms < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-8700K - eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 . 463 |=====================