4770K-stock Intel Core i7-4770K testing with a Gigabyte Z87X-SLI and 1024MB on Gentoo via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i7-4770K: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87X-SLI, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 2000GB Seagate ST2000VX000-9YW1 + 64GB TS64GSSD320 + 256GB PLEXTOR PX-256M5, Graphics: 1024MB, Monitor: BenQ G2220HD + SyncMaster OS: Gentoo, Kernel: 3.13.3 (x86_64), Desktop: KDE 4.14.3, Display Server: X Server 1.15.0, Compiler: GCC 4.8.3 + Clang 3.5.0 + LLVM 3.5.0, File-System: ext4 AMD-FX-8350_Mark13: Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3, Chipset: AMD nee ATI RD890, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 120GB INTEL SSDSC2CW12 + 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-9YN1, Graphics: LLVMpipe, Audio: AMD nee ATI SBx00 Azalia, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168B OS: Debian 7.7, Kernel: 3.16-0.bpo.3-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.8, Display Server: X Server 1.12.4, Display Driver: radeon 6.14.99, OpenGL: 2.1 Mesa 8.0.5 Gallium 0.4, Compiler: GCC 4.7, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4770K . 22.92 |===================================== AMD-FX-8350_Mark13 .. 31.18 |================================================== N-Queens 1.0 Elapsed Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4770K . 38.32 |================================================== AMD-FX-8350_Mark13 .. 34.97 |============================================== Gcrypt Library 1.4.4 CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher Microseconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4770K . 1880 |======================================= AMD-FX-8350_Mark13 .. 2480 |=================================================== 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i7-4770K . 21152 |================================================== AMD-FX-8350_Mark13 .. 21117 |================================================== Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 3.18-rc6 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4770K . 97.92 |============================================= AMD-FX-8350_Mark13 .. 106.45 |================================================= dcraw RAW To PPM Image Conversion Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel Core i7-4770K . 48.39 |================================== AMD-FX-8350_Mark13 .. 71.25 |==================================================