Blender Core i9 Intel Core i9-7980XE testing with a ASUS PRIME X299-A (1704 BIOS) and NVIDIA NV120 12GB on Ubuntu 18.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i9-7980XE - NVIDIA NV120 12GB - ASUS PRIME: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.20GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1704 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB, Graphics: NVIDIA NV120 12GB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS PB278, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-17-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.1, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 18.2.8, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Blender 2.79 Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i9-7980XE - NVIDIA NV120 12GB - ASUS PRIME . 134.15 |=============== Blender 2.79 Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i9-7980XE - NVIDIA NV120 12GB - ASUS PRIME . 406.54 |=============== Blender 2.79 Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i9-7980XE - NVIDIA NV120 12GB - ASUS PRIME . 194.05 |=============== Blender 2.79 Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i9-7980XE - NVIDIA NV120 12GB - ASUS PRIME . 653.06 |=============== Blender 2.79 Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i9-7980XE - NVIDIA NV120 12GB - ASUS PRIME . 325.56 |===============