Dell Precision 5520 Build Linux Kernel AMD Phenom II X4 840 testing with a ASUS M4A87TD/USB3 (1005 BIOS) and Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce 210 512MB on Gentoo/Linux via the Phoronix Test Suite. Dell Precision 5520 Build Linux Kernel: Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1505M v6 @ 2.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Dell 06X96V, Chipset: Intel Device 5918, Memory: 2 x 16384 MB DDR4-2400MHz Micron, Disk: 230GB, Graphics: Intel Device 591d, Audio: Realtek ALC3266, Network: Intel Device 24fd OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-41-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 11.2.0, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 PC Intel i5-4670: Processor: Intel Core i5-4670 @ 3.80GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Z97-K, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 2 x 8192 MB DDR3-1867MHz, Disk: 128GB ADATA SP900 + 82GB Maxtor 6Y080M0, Graphics: Intel HD 4600 (1200MHz), Audio: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th, Monitor: EV2750, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: openSUSE 42.3, Kernel: 4.4.104-39-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, Compiler: GCC 4.8.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 AMD Phenom II X4 840: Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 840 @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M4A87TD/USB3 (1005 BIOS), Chipset: AMD RX780/RX790, Memory: 4096MB, Disk: 500GB Western Digital WD5000AAKX-0 + 500GB Seagate ST3500412AS, Graphics: Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce 210 512MB (590/800MHz), Audio: AMD SBx00 Azalia, Monitor: LG W2343, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Gentoo/Linux, Kernel: 4.14.83-gentoo (x86_64), Display Server: X Server 1.20.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 340.107, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.13 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Dell Precision 5520 Build Linux Kernel . 117 |=========== PC Intel i5-4670 ....................... 148 |============= AMD Phenom II X4 840 ................... 365 |=================================