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Ryzen 3 1200

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

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Average Bench: 55.6% (218th of 1182)

Based on 28,965 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]

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Poor: 40%Average: 55.6% Great: 70%
Gaming
Gaming 56%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 64%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 34%
Sail boat

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Average average bench

The AMD Ryzen 3 1200 averaged 44.4% 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. Single Core Mixed Speed 94.3Pts
Avg. Dual Core Mixed Speed 185Pts

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 3 1200 is 30.9%. 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 356Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 353Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 28,965 samples)
Rank 21855.6%
Min Avg Max
76.6 1-Core 94.3 114
146 2-Core 185 227
65.9% 140 Pts
Min Avg Max
223 4-Core 345 444
244 8-Core 353 443
47.6% 349 Pts
Min Avg Max
265 64-Core 356 449
23.9% 356 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Extreme
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
71.8% Very good
1-Core 114
2-Core 226
80% 170 Pts
4-Core 452
8-Core 452
62% 452 Pts
64-Core 456
31% 456 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
67.3% Good
1-Core 111
2-Core 220
78% 165 Pts
4-Core 420
8-Core 427
58% 424 Pts
64-Core 428
29% 428 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
58.4% Above average
1-Core 100
2-Core 186
68% 143 Pts
4-Core 366
8-Core 365
50% 365 Pts
64-Core 362
24% 362 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
55.7% Above average
1-Core 89.1
2-Core 176
62% 132 Pts
4-Core 351
8-Core 350
48% 350 Pts
64-Core 336
22% 336 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
47.2% Average
1-Core 88.6
2-Core 174
62% 131 Pts
4-Core 279
8-Core 319
40% 299 Pts
64-Core 333
22% 333 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 19,370,293 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 36%
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Desktop
Desktop 54%
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Workstation
Workstation 30%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME A320M-K - $62

CPU
Ryzen 3 1200AMD  $56Bench 56%, 28,965 samples1,699x
GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $150Bench 38%, 400,154 samples2,294x
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 37,689 samples1,373x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $270Bench 70%, 667,469 samples1,150x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $30Bench 65%, 74,140 samples837x
A400 120GBKingston  $22Bench 60%, 49,580 samples818x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $104Bench 106%, 477,755 samples214x
RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 41%, 26,669 samples493x
1x8GBAdataBench 38%, 8,198 samples448x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 42%, 24,080 samples332x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 61% - Good Total price: $299

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 Comments

CPUPro
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A landmark increase in processor performance...

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USA-User
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10 days ago.

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

TUR-User
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3,344

Excellent

5 days ago.

vry nice

FRA-User
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2,927

Poor

6 days ago.

OMG BEST CPU EVER 360 NOSCOPED

IND-User
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2,548

Excellent

19 days ago.

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

JPN-User
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2,260

Excellent

1 month ago.

i was looking for an econimical gaming cpu

CZE-User
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2,124

Terrible

7 days 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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2,088

Excellent

27 days ago.

Have a great cpu low cost/high preformance

PHL-User
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1,850

Good

21 days ago.

it hasn't burned out on me yet lol

BGR-User
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1,774

Excellent

19 days 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.

HRV-User
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1,574

Excellent

20 days 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

FIN-User
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1,572

Excellent

25 days ago.

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

CPUPro
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1,252

Good

2 years ago.

GamingEliot
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492

Good

24 months ago.

Not as good of a value as the 1300X, but if you somehow don't have the extra money, this is a good choice.

gvrax
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360

Terrible

23 months ago.

low perfomance for that price

dwhichard
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34

Excellent

1 month ago.

fast cpu great overclocking

IsaacR100
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14

Excellent

6 months ago.

great value and easily overclocked

LOKKI
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10

Excellent

7 months ago.

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

Robotonic
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10

Good

1 month ago.

I got one of these myself for a sub-£300 gaming PC build. The performance isn't crazy but in the U.K. I can buy it for less (atleast at time of buying) than an equivalent Intel dual core - I got it for £54 and it's even cheaper since. My best guess is these quad-cores'll be replacing the old role of dual-cores as a super budget gaming option soon enough and might be outdated even faster than dual-cores were. For now however it can still handle Nvidia's GTX 1060 or the equivalent and sometimes cheaper AMD RX 570. Keep in mind that this CPU is /already/ almost outdated in this day and age of 6-core CPU's so it's now the budget option for gaming. But there is an important thing to keep in mind about the CPU; almost every motherboard will let you upgrade to a Ryzen 5 1600 or 2600 with no issue and if you have a B450 board even a Ryzen 5 3600. And that's just too much of an opportunity for me to pass up.

SraamaR
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4

Excellent

17 months ago.

Incredible value for money

doushio
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2

Good

14 months ago.

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

Logatron01
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2

Excellent

13 days ago.

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

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