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Ryzen 3 1200

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

Average Bench: 61.7% (522nd of 1358)

Based on 84,272 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: 46%Average: 61.7% Great: 73%
Gaming
Gaming 62%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 47%
Yacht

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Above average average bench

The AMD Ryzen 3 1200 averaged 38.2% 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 67.1Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 89.3Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 3 1200 is 27.1%. 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 330Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 330Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 84,272 samples)
Rank 52261.7%
Min Avg Max
51.4 Memory 67.1 76.7
63.8 1-Core 89.3 107
132 2-Core 174 212
63.8% 110 Pts
Min Avg Max
196 4-Core 325 403
222 8-Core 330 414
44.7% 328 Pts
Min Avg Max
219 64-Core 330 413
22.2% 330 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 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
67% Good
Memory 71.9
1-Core 89
2-Core 178
66% 113 Pts
4-Core 359
8-Core 359
49% 359 Pts
64-Core 357
24% 357 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
64.6% Good
Memory 68
1-Core 89.9
2-Core 178
65% 112 Pts
4-Core 355
8-Core 350
48% 353 Pts
64-Core 348
23% 348 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
63.6% Good
Memory 67.5
1-Core 88.4
2-Core 177
64% 111 Pts
4-Core 346
8-Core 342
47% 344 Pts
64-Core 342
23% 342 Pts
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 54,508,415 CPUs tested.

 Prices

MSRP ≈ $109 @ launch in Jul '17
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Gaming
Gaming 27%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 23%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME A320M-K - $63

CPU
Ryzen 3 1200AMD  $165Bench 62%, 84,272 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 31%, 994,730 samples4,620x
RX 570AMD  $170Bench 47%, 417,109 samples4,192x
Radeon Vega 8 GraphicsAMDBench 11%, 124,330 samples3,576x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $22Bench 68%, 443,928 samples3,487x
A400 120GBKingston  $19Bench 59%, 185,650 samples1,536x
A400 480GBKingston  $39Bench 74%, 240,575 samples1,373x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $58Bench 86%, 616,718 samples1,126x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 79%, 75,529 samples1,035x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX  $81Bench 81%, 135,838 samples976x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 67% - Good Total price: $463

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 Comments

CPUPro
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Official site www.amd.com/...

A landmark increase in processor performance...

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USA-User
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29 days ago.

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

DEU-User
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5,223

Average

5 months ago.

Its okay, though you should definitely get something better :)

FRA-User
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4,191

Good

13 months ago.

OMG BEST CPU EVER 360 NOSCOPED

IND-User
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4,174

Excellent

3 days ago.

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

ESP-User
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3,395

Excellent

2 years ago.

Is very expensive for this price i prefer Intel

UKR-User
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3,355

Excellent

12 months ago.

крутый у мого другша екироси

JPN-User
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3,220

Good

24 months ago.

i was looking for an econimical gaming cpu

CZE-User
Avatar level
3,030

Good

6 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.

ARG-User
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2,998

Excellent

15 months ago.

Have a great cpu low cost/high preformance

MYS-User
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2,963

Excellent

18 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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2,960

Good

23 days ago.

it hasn't burned out on me yet lol

BGR-User
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2,608

Good

19 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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2,288

Excellent

23 months ago.

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

HRV-User
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2,086

Excellent

2 years 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

CPUPro
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1,992

Good

5 years ago.

gvrax
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372

Terrible

4 years ago.

low perfomance for that price

IsaacR100
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16

Excellent

3 years ago.

great value and easily overclocked

Robotonic
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12

Good

2 years 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

3 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

4 years ago.

Incredible value for money

Logatron01
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4

Excellent

3 years ago.

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

doushio
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2

Good

4 years ago.

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

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