Ryzen7_vs_i7_6900K
Intel Core i7-6900K testing with a ASUS X99-A II and eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB on Arch Linux via the Phoronix Test Suite.


Ryzen7@3,8GHz-1: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core @ 3.80GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B350M-A, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 500GB Samsung SSD 750 + Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4096MB (1261/3504MHz), Audio: NVIDIA Device 0fb9, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.10.1-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.37, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20170306 + Clang 3.9.1 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Ryzen7@3,8GHz-2: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core @ 3.80GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B350M-A, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 500GB Samsung SSD 750 + Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4096MB (17/3504MHz), Audio: NVIDIA Device 0fb9, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.10.1-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.37, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20170306 + Clang 3.9.1 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

Ryzen7@3,8GHz-3: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core @ 3.80GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B350M-A, Chipset: AMD Device 1450, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 500GB Samsung SSD 750 + Samsung SSD 960 EVO 250GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4096MB (40/3504MHz), Audio: NVIDIA Device 0fb9, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.10.1-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.37, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20170306 + Clang 3.9.1 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

i7_6900K@4,0GHz-1: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6900K @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS X99-A II, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 500GB Samsung SSD 850 + 480GB SanDisk SDSSDHII + 2 x Samsung SSD 950 PRO 512GB, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1265/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.10.1-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.37, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20170306 + Clang 3.9.1 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 5760x2160

i7_6900K@4,0GHz-2: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6900K @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS X99-A II, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 500GB Samsung SSD 850 + 480GB SanDisk SDSSDHII + 2 x Samsung SSD 950 PRO 512GB, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1265/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.10.1-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.37, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20170306 + Clang 3.9.1 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 5760x2160

i7_6900K@4,0GHz-3: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-6900K @ 4.00GHz (16 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS X99-A II, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v4/Xeon, Memory: 64512MB, Disk: 500GB Samsung SSD 850 + 480GB SanDisk SDSSDHII + 2 x Samsung SSD 950 PRO 512GB, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (1265/3505MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.10.1-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: NVIDIA 378.13, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.37, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20170306 + Clang 3.9.1 + CUDA 8.0, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 5760x2160


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ryzen7@3,8GHz-1 ... 201 |===============================================
Ryzen7@3,8GHz-2 ... 224 |====================================================
Ryzen7@3,8GHz-3 ... 223 |====================================================
i7_6900K@4,0GHz-1 . 195 |=============================================
i7_6900K@4,0GHz-2 . 232 |======================================================
i7_6900K@4,0GHz-3 . 232 |======================================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.19
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Ryzen7@3,8GHz-1 ... 220 |===============================================
Ryzen7@3,8GHz-2 ... 236 |===================================================
Ryzen7@3,8GHz-3 ... 237 |===================================================
i7_6900K@4,0GHz-1 . 214 |==============================================
i7_6900K@4,0GHz-2 . 251 |======================================================
i7_6900K@4,0GHz-3 . 250 |======================================================


Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 4.9
Time To Compile
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ryzen7@3,8GHz-1 ... 78.72 |====================================================
Ryzen7@3,8GHz-2 ... 76.39 |==================================================
Ryzen7@3,8GHz-3 ... 77.08 |===================================================
i7_6900K@4,0GHz-1 . 70.26 |==============================================
i7_6900K@4,0GHz-2 . 66.64 |============================================
i7_6900K@4,0GHz-3 . 66.24 |============================================


C-Ray 1.1
Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ryzen7@3,8GHz-1 ... 8.08  |=======================================
Ryzen7@3,8GHz-2 ... 7.98  |=======================================
Ryzen7@3,8GHz-3 ... 7.99  |=======================================
i7_6900K@4,0GHz-1 . 10.75 |====================================================
i7_6900K@4,0GHz-2 . 10.52 |===================================================
i7_6900K@4,0GHz-3 . 10.52 |===================================================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Ryzen7@3,8GHz-1 ... 5.76 |==================================================
Ryzen7@3,8GHz-2 ... 5.64 |=================================================
Ryzen7@3,8GHz-3 ... 5.65 |=================================================
i7_6900K@4,0GHz-1 . 6.14 |=====================================================
i7_6900K@4,0GHz-2 . 5.52 |================================================
i7_6900K@4,0GHz-3 . 5.50 |===============================================


OpenSSL 1.0.1g
RSA 4096-bit Performance
Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ryzen7@3,8GHz-1 ... 1168.27 |========================================
Ryzen7@3,8GHz-2 ... 1169.80 |========================================
Ryzen7@3,8GHz-3 ... 1168.67 |========================================
i7_6900K@4,0GHz-1 . 1428.33 |=================================================
i7_6900K@4,0GHz-2 . 1454.27 |==================================================
i7_6900K@4,0GHz-3 . 1456.77 |==================================================