From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EA301384B4 for ; Tue, 10 Nov 2015 18:37:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D272B21C02E; Tue, 10 Nov 2015 18:37:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wm0-f54.google.com (mail-wm0-f54.google.com [74.125.82.54]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 794DDE0835 for ; Tue, 10 Nov 2015 18:37:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wmww144 with SMTP id w144so130197354wmw.1 for ; Tue, 10 Nov 2015 10:37:14 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=fGLgBlvcybFWFeDY5iSaexEbDTao1ONcCVK3i5KQ3t4=; b=IODcsSoPOgmaayRA11zi5Dt0BPdaQsPz3xVfJNu6DIwZslG9mxYDmcuppZsCH3yKpk 1U/vMNIk3DfVeIYXboej4zhnaIgpyLkNcrQuEkJTPC3ohhNXPCwklw+ahvzsiByMKsb+ FjZ5GmbXOSxCymawwOJDYmpdZh2KXpm7r85JFoCuwh2AQGHK9Y/IDqy/mEhnSZLGjblD jFqkupyZq3TRK7nj7NRK8bVh20ftkR6eaw5HO74akg5gPowiPHTBrxZKBMrYz3xaz7cj lL8MQ7f54Ojp6hT6WYT2Dvj6uS8WDtwXxgL0Sl1RqjI/vh3nkEf/ujo3wDtLhFNNKZMe w6iA== X-Received: by 10.194.11.67 with SMTP id o3mr5680894wjb.3.1447180634193; Tue, 10 Nov 2015 10:37:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.88.253] ([130.204.240.118]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id cr5sm4886396wjb.16.2015.11.10.10.37.13 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 10 Nov 2015 10:37:13 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Better CPU for compiling with gcc To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <56422D9C.6060001@gmail.com> <201511101817.35016.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> From: Stanislav Nikolov Message-ID: <56423958.2030802@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 20:37:12 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.3.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <201511101817.35016.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 4e46b1d9-01d7-47c3-8c07-0fe74ec93251 X-Archives-Hash: c4ab3e31e53a38f0df860fb564684ea6 On 11/10/2015 08:17 PM, Mick wrote: > On Tuesday 10 Nov 2015 17:47:08 Stanislav Nikolov wrote: >> Dear Gentoo users, >> I'm building a new PC. I have a budget of ~$550-$650. No GPU, no special >> case (I may use a card box), not even a hdd or ssd. So, as you can see, >> it's pretty much "get the best CPU and mobo/ram that are compatible with >> it". The problem is, which is the best one. By "best" I mean to compile >> shit fast. My laptop with 3rd gen i5 compiles firefox for 40 minutes on >> average. >> >> The most expensive Intel CPU is the skylake i7-6700k. But is it the best? >> Is there something from AMD that will perform even better? I can't find >> any benchmarks with AMD/Intel CPUs. And how much does the mobo matter? >> Will a cheap $30 400W PSU power that thing? >> >> Thanks > I don't (yet) own a i7-6700k, but my 6 year old laptop with (1st generation) > i7 Q720 @1.60GHz takes slightly less than yours: > > Sat Oct 3 14:35:40 2015 >>> www-client/firefox-38.3.0 > merge time: 36 minutes and 53 seconds. > > Fri Nov 6 09:10:06 2015 >>> www-client/firefox-38.4.0 > merge time: 38 minutes and 8 seconds. > > > In contrast a year old AMD A10-7850K APU is significantly faster: > > Sat Oct 3 19:40:48 2015 >>> www-client/firefox-38.3.0 > merge time: 17 minutes and 42 seconds. > > Fri Nov 6 08:41:02 2015 >>> www-client/firefox-38.4.0 > merge time: 18 minutes and 18 seconds. > > > I would also be interested to see compile times of more modern i7s and FXs, > but bear in mind that in single core operations Intel is these days > significantly better than AMD. > So, I shouldn't prepare for a 8x times faster compile time... :(