CPUbenchmarks Intel Core i7-5820K testing with a ASRock X99 Extreme4 and eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 3072MB on Arch rolling via the Phoronix Test Suite. AMD FX-8320: 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: 4.5.0-4-DWC (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.12.1, Display Driver: NVIDIA 364.19, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.3.0 +, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080 i7-5820k: Processor: Intel Core i7-5820K @ 3.60GHz (12 Cores), Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme4, Chipset: Intel Xeon E7 v3/Xeon, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 1000GB Western Digital WD10EZEX-00B + 120GB Samsung SSD 840 + 320GB Seagate ST3320820AS + 320GB SAMSUNG HD322HJ, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 3072MB (324/324MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection OS: Arch rolling, Kernel: 4.5.1-1-ARCH (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Frameworks 5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 364.19, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.3.0 +, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x1080 7-Zip Compression 9.20.1 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better AMD FX-8320 . 21934 |=========================================== i7-5820k .... 29864 |========================================================== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8320 . 24.08 |========================================================== i7-5820k .... 16.66 |======================================== FFmpeg 2.8.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better AMD FX-8320 . 12.21 |====================================== i7-5820k .... 18.54 |==========================================================