randombench Intel Core i7-4770 testing with a ASRock Z97 Anniversary and ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB on Arch rolling via the Phoronix Test Suite. AMD FX8320 xpander: Processor: AMD FX-8320 Eight-Core @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3, Chipset: AMD RD890 bridge, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2 x 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1CH1 + 128GB Samsung SSD 850 + 2000GB Seagate ST2000DM001-1ER1 + 500GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (1113/3505MHz), Audio: NVIDIA GM204 HD Audio, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.3.3-3-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.12.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 361.18, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.3.0 +, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080 Intel Core i7-4770: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770 @ 3.90GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Anniversary, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 2 x 2000GB Western Digital WD20EZRX-00D + 2000GB Western Digital WD20EARX-00P + 60GB Corsair Force 3, Graphics: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4096MB (135/324MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC887-VD, Network: Intel Connection OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.3.3-3-ARCH (x86_64), Display Driver: NVIDIA 358.16, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1200 John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better AMD FX8320 xpander . 6688 |==================================================== Intel Core i7-4770 . 5897 |============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better AMD FX8320 xpander . 108 |============================================= Intel Core i7-4770 . 126 |===================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX8320 xpander . 23.78 |=================================================== Intel Core i7-4770 . 23.21 |================================================== Parallel BZIP2 Compression 1.1.12 256MB File Compression Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX8320 xpander . 8.85 |============================================= Intel Core i7-4770 . 10.10 |=================================================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better AMD FX8320 xpander . 672.93 |================================================== Intel Core i7-4770 . 595.50 |============================================