[kwlug disc.] (advanced user only) Request for kernel compile time

[Rashkae]

William Park wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> After building two Athlon64 (single-core) system, I'm disappointed by
> the speed and throughput.  It's barely 50% faster than P4/2.8GHz +
> DDR-333.

You didn't specify what workload you were doing, but I think a 50% speed
improvement on a system with a CPU of the same clock speed as a 2.8 Ghz
P4 is nothing to sneeze at.