new tests on clear Intel Core i9-7960X testing with a MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0 (1.A0 BIOS) and Gigabyte AMD Radeon RX 550/550X 2GB on Clear Linux OS 31480 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Intel Core i9-7960X: Processor: Intel Core i9-7960X @ 4.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) v1.0 (1.A0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: Gigabyte AMD Radeon RX 550/550X 2GB (1206/1750MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Intel I219-V + Intel I211 OS: Clear Linux OS 31480, Kernel: 5.3.8-854.native (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.3.0-devel (LLVM 9.0.0), Vulkan: 1.1.107, Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191103 gcc-9-branch@277748 + Clang 9.0.0 + LLVM 9.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 rav1e 0.1 1080p To AV1 Video Encode Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel Core i9-7960X . 1.144 |================================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel Core i9-7960X . 3869.80 |================================================ GROMACS 2019.4 Water Benchmark Ns Per Day > Higher Is Better Intel Core i9-7960X . 1.640 |==================================================