AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Linux Benchmarks: Great Multi-Core Performance For $329

[phoronix]

Phoronix: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Linux Benchmarks: Great Multi-Core Performance For $329

Yesterday we posted launch-day Ryzen 7 1800X Linux benchmarks that were particularly appealing for multi-core / heavily-threaded workloads like code compilation. Given all the code compilation done by Linux users in particular, if you were intrigued by the Ryzen 7 1800X performance but find the $499 USD price-tag to be too higher, today I have my initial benchmark figures on the Ryzen 7 1700. The Ryzen 7 1700 is still eight cores and sixteen threads but will only set you back $329 USD as the current low-end Ryzen processor for what's currently available.

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=24241

[Amarildo]

How come it takes 8 minutes for your Athlon II X3 425 to compile the Linux Kernel, when my FX 6300 OC'd at 4.4 GHz takes around 30 with all 6 cores? Do you do any optimization in the config, Michael?
And then it takes 11 minutes for the 'Ryzer 7 1700' to do the BMW scene in Blender, when my FX 6300 does it in 7?

[AsuMagic]

How come it takes 8 minutes for your Athlon II X3 425 to compile the Linux Kernel, when my FX 6300 OC'd at 4.4 GHz takes around 30 with all 6 cores? Do you do any optimization in the config, Michael?
And then it takes 11 minutes for the 'Ryzer 7 1700' to do the BMW scene in Blender, when my FX 6300 does it in 7?

I would assume he has a minimal kernel config for benchmarking. As for the Blender test, maybe is it the resolution/quality?

[Michael]

How come it takes 8 minutes for your Athlon II X3 425 to compile the Linux Kernel, when my FX 6300 OC'd at 4.4 GHz takes around 30 with all 6 cores? Do you do any optimization in the config, Michael?
And then it takes 11 minutes for the 'Ryzer 7 1700' to do the BMW scene in Blender, when my FX 6300 does it in 7?

PTS uses a defconfig for the kernel build. I would guess you are using something else. For Blender, probably either you are using a customized config or a different version?

[schmidtbag]

Seems the 1700 is a much better value, especially if you overclock it to 1800X speeds.

[rene]

How come it takes 8 minutes for your Athlon II X3 425 to compile the Linux Kernel, when my FX 6300 OC'd at 4.4 GHz takes around 30 with all 6 cores? Do you do any optimization in the config, Michael?
And then it takes 11 minutes for the 'Ryzer 7 1700' to do the BMW scene in Blender, when my FX 6300 does it in 7?

yeah, my allmodsconfig for binary distribution even takes much longer than that ;-)

https://t2-project.org/packages/linux.html

[rene]

Looks likes Ryzen is the CPU of choice for kernel developers then, … - could naturally yield to much better Zen optimization for the kernel in the long run ;-)

[zekesonxx]

So, the gaming benchmarks are with an R9 Fury. Could we see benchmarks with an Nvidia card too, just to see if that changes anything?

[Amarildo]

PTS uses a defconfig for the kernel build. I would guess you are using something else. For Blender, probably either you are using a customized config or a different version?

Nope, just vanilla Blender 2.78c, but I've been doing the benchmark since way before and that means I've used the same version as you (2.78a). I open the file and hit F12.

I'll check defconfig, see what it's about.

[Amarildo]

I would assume he has a minimal kernel config for benchmarking. As for the Blender test, maybe is it the resolution/quality?

I imagined that too. I use Arch's Git configs to build the kernel, but with agdf5's amd-staging tree. The same 30 mins for all the other kernels using Arch's configs, that means grsec, vanilla Linux, etc.