An improvement for linker throughput is available in Visual Studio 2015 Update 3

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Prerequisites

To apply this hotfix, you must have Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 installed. 

Restart requirement

You may have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix if no instance of Visual Studio is being used.

Hotfix replacement information

 This hotfix doesn't replace other hotfixes.