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Ryzen 3 1200

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4 Cores, 4 Threads @3.1GHz, Zen.
Release date: Q3 2017.

Average Bench: 62.7% (453rd of 1305)

Based on 67,056 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00800F11 Model: AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Quad-Core Processor

The Ryzen 3 1200 is the second of AMD's new entry level CPUs which feature the latest Zen core architecture, as already seen in the Ryzen 5 and 7 series. Like its sister, the Ryzen 3 1300X, the 1200 is a four core CPU which offers fantastic value for money. Priced at just $109, this unlocked processor has stock base / boost clock speeds of 3.1 / 3.4 GHz respectively, compared to 3.5 / 3.7 GHz for the 1300X. Early benchmarks show that the Ryzen 3 1200 is worthy competition to Intel's six month old and currently 50% more expensive i3-7320. This may make the fact that the 1200 comes without integrated graphics more forgivable. The dual core, hyperthreaded i3-7320 beats the 1300 in single threaded tests by over 20% but the 1200 wins in multi-threaded tasks, scoring 10% higher for quad-core benchmarks, making the Ryzen 3 1200 a better choice for thread intensive workloads. [Jul '17 CPUPro]

Poor: 48%Average: 62.7% Great: 75%
Gaming
Gaming 63%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 48%
Yacht

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Above average average bench

The AMD Ryzen 3 1200 averaged 37.3% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Memory Latency 67.9Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 91.4Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 3 1200 is 27%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Ryzen 3 1200 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 338Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 337Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 67,056 samples)
Rank 45362.7%
Min Avg Max
52.3 Memory 67.9 77.5
71.5 1-Core 91.4 112
142 2-Core 180 222
65.2% 113 Pts
Min Avg Max
208 4-Core 331 433
224 8-Core 337 438
45.6% 334 Pts
Min Avg Max
232 64-Core 338 435
22.7% 338 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
75.3% Very good
Memory 72.4
1-Core 91.8
2-Core 232
73% 132 Pts
4-Core 454
8-Core 433
61% 443 Pts
64-Core 462
31% 462 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
64.9% Good
Memory 67.7
1-Core 98.6
2-Core 185
68% 117 Pts
4-Core 358
8-Core 361
49% 360 Pts
64-Core 362
24% 362 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
62.8% Good
Memory 71.6
1-Core 88.5
2-Core 174
65% 111 Pts
4-Core 310
8-Core 324
43% 317 Pts
64-Core 298
20% 298 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
43.1% Average
Memory 58.7
1-Core 69
2-Core 127
51% 84.8 Pts
4-Core 150
8-Core 252
25% 201 Pts
64-Core 212
14% 212 Pts
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 41,983,607 CPUs tested.

 Prices

MSRP ≈ $109 @ launch in Jul '17
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Gaming
Gaming 27%
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Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 23%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus PRIME A320M-K - $64

CPU
Ryzen 3 1200AMD  $146Bench 63%, 67,056 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 743,604 samples2,888x
RX 570AMD  $150Bench 47%, 306,061 samples2,822x
RX 580AMD  $220Bench 55%, 679,891 samples2,491x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 68%, 291,555 samples2,258x
A400 120GBKingston  $25Bench 60%, 132,270 samples1,033x
A400 480GBKingston  $49Bench 75%, 147,321 samples820x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 85%, 429,937 samples687x
1x8GBAdataBench 38%, 20,242 samples627x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 44,842 samples614x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $476

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 Comments

CPUPro
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1,933

Official site www.amd.com/...

A landmark increase in processor performance...

Added 3 years ago.
USA-User
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7,714

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

19 days ago.

GREAT COU FOUR CORE FOR A HUNDRED WOW!!!

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Good gaming performance and very high multicore performance.—Jan '18

GBR-User
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4,812

Average

2 months ago.

slow speed but good overclock

FRA-User
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3,839

Good

7 months ago.

OMG BEST CPU EVER 360 NOSCOPED

IND-User
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3,598

Disliked

12 days ago.

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Low price, good performance, can manage 1080p gaming too.—Jan '18

ESP-User
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3,177

Excellent

11 months ago.

Is very expensive for this price i prefer Intel

UKR-User
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3,131

Excellent

12 days ago.

крутый у мого другша екироси

JPN-User
Avatar level
2,960

Good

8 months ago.

i was looking for an econimical gaming cpu

ARG-User
Avatar level
2,744

Excellent

5 months ago.

Have a great cpu low cost/high preformance

CZE-User
Avatar level
2,722

Good

9 months ago.

Great CPU even in 2019. Waiting for 3rd gen. Ryzen and bought this as tepmorary one. But it surprised me by low cost and high performance when overclocked to 3.8 without any issues.

MYS-User
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2,607

Excellent

2 months ago.

Now you can buy it for really cheap used and it still holds up with modern games.

PHL-User
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2,542

Good

2 month ago.

it hasn't burned out on me yet lol

BGR-User
Avatar level
2,382

Good

3 months ago.

I made the mistake to buy Athlon X4 950 first, i got rid of it and this CPU totally smashed it. Its exceptional because its the cheapest and weakest entry level Ryzen at all but still manages everything (huge L3 cache). In the past years have you seen a new model of Celeron or i3 beat higher class older CPUs in such a way? No, the only one now is i3-8100 and it came in response to all the Ryzens. It is also great, i convinced a friend to buy it (he's Intel fan) and he's very pleased.

FIN-User
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2,076

Excellent

7 months ago.

I just upgraded from the g4560 and it's great I love it

CPUPro
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1,933

Good

3 years ago.

HRV-User
Avatar level
1,930

Excellent

17 months ago.

Comment 

The Ryzen R3 Pro has a 1024 KB bigger L2 cache than the Core i5-7400 3.0GHz, which means that it, at worst, wins out in this area, and at best, will provide superior gaming performance and will work much better with high-end graphics cards.—Jan '18

gvrax
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372

Terrible

3 years ago.

low perfomance for that price

IsaacR100
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16

Excellent

2 years ago.

great value and easily overclocked

Robotonic
Avatar level
12

Good

13 months ago.

I got one of these myself for a sub-£300 gaming PC build. The performance isn't outstanding but since the rest of the hardware was low-end too it fits together just fine. It can handle up to roughly an NVidia GTX 1060 or equivalent AMD RX 570. For the price I can buy it for here it's a nice option for when you don't need a strong CPU.

LOKKI
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10

Excellent

2 years ago.

My first Ryzen processor before moving to 2200g. Overclocks very well with the stock cooler. Has amazing price to performance ratio.

SraamaR
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4

Excellent

3 years ago.

Incredible value for money

Logatron01
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4

Excellent

20 months ago.

Superior Price/Performance with lots of room for upgrade, being AM4.

doushio
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2

Good

2 years ago.

Would be a 5/5 if ddr4 prices were reasonable.

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