xrender1 AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core testing with a ASUS M5A99X EVO R2.0 and ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7700 2048MB on Arch Linux via the Phoronix Test Suite. 9590cool: Processor: AMD FX-9590 Eight-Core @ 4.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS M5A99X EVO R2.0, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1ER1 + 120GB SSD2SC120G3LA726 + 4001GB Seagate ST4000DM000-1F21, Graphics: ASUS AMD Radeon HD 7700 2048MB (1020/1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Monitor: CTX S760, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch Linux, Kernel: 4.2.5-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Driver: fglrx 15.30.3, OpenGL: 4.5.13416, Compiler: GCC 5.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1280x1024 QGears2 XRender + Text Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9590cool . 247.13 |============================================================ QGears2 XRender + Gears Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9590cool . 147.30 |============================================================ QGears2 XRender + Image Scaling Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better 9590cool . 774.21 |============================================================ Render Bench Phoronix Test Suite v6.0.1 Seconds < Lower Is Better 9590cool . 17.55 |=============================================================