Which Is Better For a Minecraft Server?

[avrona]

When it comes to hosting a MC server I have 2 options, either running it through my test bench, which features an fx-8350 which I can overclock if needed, and 24 GB RAM, and which will run nothing but the server, or run it on my normal PC, which has a Ryzen 3700X and 32GB RAM, but the server would have to share resources with the game itself, Discord, Chrome, etc. So which PC would run the server better?

[Jurrunio]

the Ryzen system. Minecraft server prefers single core performance a lot more, that's why 2B2T uses a 9900K for running the server instead of a Ryzen CPU with way more cores.

[Husky]

Your normal PC with the Ryzen will run the server a lot better due to higher IPC.

[Glenn S]

No doubt that the ryzen system will be faster. But, depending on the type of server (Modded, or just using spigot/vanilla) it might just be worth using the fx 8350 system. It has loads of ram to play with and it means that if there is ever an issue with your main machine, the server can still be played on by other people. 

[avrona]

44 minutes ago, Glenn S said:

No doubt that the ryzen system will be faster. But, depending on the type of server (Modded, or just using spigot/vanilla) it might just be worth using the fx 8350 system. It has loads of ram to play with and it means that if there is ever an issue with your main machine, the server can still be played on by other people. 

The sever will be fully vanilla, so would Ryzen still be better then, even when it has to share resources?

[Glenn S]

4 hours ago, avrona said:

The sever will be fully vanilla, so would Ryzen still be better then, even when it has to share resources?

Depends, whats the player count going to be like? Unless you've got loads of people, or multiple people loading chunks I doubt you will start getting performance issues.