epyc blk Tests for a future article. AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core testing with a ASRockRack EPYCD8 (P2.40 BIOS) and ASPEED on Debian 12 via the Phoronix Test Suite. a: Processor: AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASRockRack EPYCD8 (P2.40 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 7 x 4 GB DDR4-2666MT/s Micron 9ASF51272PZ-2G6B1, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 250GB, Graphics: ASPEED, Network: 2 x Intel I350 OS: Debian 12, Kernel: 6.1.0-11-amd64 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server, Compiler: GCC 12.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 b: Processor: AMD EPYC 7F32 8-Core @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASRockRack EPYCD8 (P2.40 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 7 x 4 GB DDR4-2666MT/s Micron 9ASF51272PZ-2G6B1, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 250GB, Graphics: ASPEED, Network: 2 x Intel I350 OS: Debian 12, Kernel: 6.1.0-11-amd64 (x86_64), Display Server: X Server, Compiler: GCC 12.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 6.8 Build: allmodconfig Seconds < Lower Is Better a . 2061.98 |================================================================== b . 2064.33 |================================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 6.8 Build: defconfig Seconds < Lower Is Better a . 152.41 |=================================================================== b . 152.58 |===================================================================