head to head
vs
DayZvsThe Cycle: Frontier
DayZ leans Variance (Grand Arena); The Cycle: Frontier leans Execution (Grand Arena).
DayZThe Cycle: Frontier
Axis by axis
Execution6 vs 7
The Cycle: Frontier leans harder on execution: Gunfights against other squads punish weak aim
Reads6 vs 6
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance7 vs 6
DayZ leans harder on variance: loot spawns and who you meet are unknowable
Optimization5 vs 5
Even - both lean on optimization about the same.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.