build linux kernel 5960X Intel Core i7-5960X testing with a Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF (F24c BIOS) and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 124MB on Debian 11 via the Phoronix Test Suite. A: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF (F24c BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 32GB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 124MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel I218-V OS: Debian 11, Kernel: 5.10.0-10-amd64 (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.2, Compiler: GCC 10.2.1 20210110, File-System: ext4 B: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF (F24c BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 32GB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 124MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel I218-V OS: Debian 11, Kernel: 5.10.0-10-amd64 (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.2, Compiler: GCC 10.2.1 20210110, File-System: ext4 C: Processor: Intel Core i7-5960X @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: Gigabyte X99-UD4-CF (F24c BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 32GB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT 124MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel I218-V OS: Debian 11, Kernel: 5.10.0-10-amd64 (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.2, Compiler: GCC 10.2.1 20210110, File-System: ext4 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 5.16 Build: defconfig Seconds < Lower Is Better A . 124.92 |=================================================================== B . 125.35 |=================================================================== C . 125.84 |=================================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 5.16 Build: allmodconfig Seconds < Lower Is Better A . 1629.90 |================================================================== B . 1633.32 |================================================================== C . 1631.25 |==================================================================