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Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
Just ran it in Mac OS Sierra on my Mac Pro. I'm rather surprised that Westmere holds its own so well in these sorts of tests.
Xeon X5680 3.33Ghz: 51.11 sec
Honestly, at this point Intel's domination in the CPU market is well entrenched. Although Ryzen might catch up to Intel in IPC performance, you have to consider the platform benefits at hand. Intel specific technologies may be more beneficial for the applications that you use and offer a better...