Confused by slow compile times on my computer

Hola, I have tried everything I can find to get my compile times down and no matter what I do I cant get it less than about 25 seconds. Here is the strange thing, I am running Windows on an I7-5960x CPU with 32 gigs of ram, visual studio and all the unreal files are stored on a super fast Samsung Pro SSD drive. Unreal version is 4.17. I have tried editing the build configuration file and I have tried deleting all the derived files and rebuilding. I am currently only on Section 3 in the course which is a very tiny project. Im out of ideas, anyone else have any? :confused: