Ryzen7_vs_i7_6900K
Intel Core i5-2500K testing with a Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 and Intel HD 3000 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

Intel Core i5-2500K@4,8GHz: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 5.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3, Chipset: Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 128GB SAMSUNG SSD 830 + 30GB INTEL SSDMCEAC03, Graphics: Intel HD 3000 (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC889, Monitor: SMT24A350, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411

	OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.10.4-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.12, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 20170306, File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


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 |=============================================
Intel Core i5-2500K@4,8GHz . 221 |===========================================


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 |=============================================
Intel Core i5-2500K@4,8GHz . 230 |=========================================


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  |=================
Intel Core i5-2500K@4,8GHz . 163.81 |==========================================


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 |==================
Intel Core i5-2500K@4,8GHz . 24.74 |===========================================


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 |=======================================
Intel Core i5-2500K@4,8GHz . 5.88 |==========================================


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 |=========================================
Intel Core i5-2500K@4,8GHz . 597.27  |=================