bare_metal_2nd_try Intel Core i9-12900K testing with a ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-F GAMING WIFI (2602 BIOS) and Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 on Fedora Linux 41 via the Phoronix Test Suite. second_try: Processor: Intel Core i9-12900K @ 5.10GHz (16 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX Z690-F GAMING WIFI (2602 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Alder Lake-S PCH, Memory: 2 x 16GB DDR5-6400MT/s G Skill F5-6400J3239G16G, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0 + 500GB Samsung SSD 860 + 500GB CT500MX500SSD1, Graphics: Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, Audio: Intel Alder Lake-S HD Audio, Network: Intel I225-V + Intel Wi-Fi 6E OS: Fedora Linux 41, Kernel: 6.11.8-300.fc41.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 47.1, Compiler: GCC 14.2.1 20240912, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 6.8 Build: defconfig Seconds < Lower Is Better second_try . 72.91 |===========================================================