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Ryzen 5 1600

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6 Cores, 12 Threads @3.2GHz, Zen.
Release date: Q2 2017.

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Average Bench: 81% (62nd of 1129)

Based on 101,955 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00800F11 Model: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Six-Core Processor

The Ryzen 5 1600 is one of four new Ryzen 5 processors released this month. Based on the AMD Zen architecture, which is comparable to Intel in terms of IPC, the Ryzen 5 1600 has six cores which is more than the vast majority of games are able to use (most games cannot use more than four cores). Ryzen 5 CPUs offer gamers better value for money than the eight core Ryzen 7 models released last month. With six cores the 1600 is approximately 75% better at multi-threaded tasks than Intel's quad core i5 flagship – the similarly priced i5-7600K, the 1600 however, has 25% lower single and 33% lower quad core scores. The 1600 has stock base/boost clock speeds of 3.2/3.6 GHz and its price tag of $219 includes a cooler. Assuming a modest overclock of 10% brings the 1600 within striking range of the 1600X which is the Ryzen 5 flagship. The 1600X sports stock base/boost clocks of 3.6/4.0 GHz but costs $30 more than the 1600 and ships without a cooler included in the box. The Ryzen 5 1600 is the best value for money six core CPU we have seen to date. [Apr '17 CPUPro]

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Poor: 69%Average: 81% Great: 94%
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship

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Very good average bench

The AMD Ryzen 5 1600 averaged just 19.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Multi Core Integer Speed 825Pts
Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 852Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 is 24.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Single Core Integer Speed 97.7Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 102Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 101,955 samples)
Rank 6281%
Min Avg Max
83.9 SC Int 97.7 111
92.1 SC Float 106 120
88.9 SC Mixed 102 115
81.5% 102 Pts
Min Avg Max
308 QC Int 376 438
328 QC Float 407 477
320 QC Mixed 391 457
88.6% 391 Pts
Min Avg Max
692 MC Int 825 950
744 MC Float 861 987
725 MC Mixed 852 980
127% 846 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Single core Quad core Multi core
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
80.3% Excellent
SC Int 99.4
SC Float 108
SC Mixed 103
83% 103 Pts
QC Int 382
QC Float 418
QC Mixed 383
89% 394 Pts
MC Int 849
MC Float 877
MC Mixed 853
129% 860 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
66.4% Good
SC Int 95.9
SC Float 104
SC Mixed 100
80% 100 Pts
QC Int 316
QC Float 319
QC Mixed 321
72% 319 Pts
MC Int 413
MC Float 423
MC Mixed 423
63% 419 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 11,545,353 CPUs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $219 @ launch in Apr '17
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Gaming 69%
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Desktop
Desktop 75%
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Workstation
Workstation 68%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B350-PLUS - $85

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD  $155Bench 81%, 101,955 samples7,188x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $249Bench 71%, 361,982 samples3,333x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $155Bench 39%, 209,104 samples1,819x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $360Bench 100%, 365,950 samples1,667x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 104%, 285,868 samples1,822x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $99Bench 201%, 99,556 samples1,151x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $120Bench 112%, 236,872 samples954x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $147Bench 86%, 101,566 samples1,768x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $145Bench 91%, 50,667 samples566x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $146Bench 91%, 28,496 samples479x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $736

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 Comments

CPUPro
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1,217

Official site www.amd.com/...

A landmark increase in processor performance...

Added 19 months ago.
USA-User
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4,368

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1 day ago.

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Rather get this then an i5 for video editing—Jun '17

DEU-User
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2,809

Terrible

2 days ago.

Very short render time. I love it 3

FRA-User
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2,321

Good

12 days ago.

the best quality/price processor in 2017/18

POL-User
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2,302

Excellent

5 days ago.

exteremelly very good to games !

ITA-User
Avatar level
2,073

Excellent

9 days ago.

IDN-User
Avatar level
2,069

Excellent

9 days ago.

powerfull budget multitask processor

ROU-User
Avatar level
2,047

Excellent

3 days ago.

An excellent processor with a big big capacity to overclock to high values easily.

UKR-User
Avatar level
2,041

Excellent

1 day ago.

Excellent CPU for this price

VNM-User
Avatar level
1,873

Terrible

2 months ago.

I optimize about performance/price

CZE-User
Avatar level
1,796

Excellent

1 month ago.

Actually best mid-class CPU for gaming ... I use it with GTX 1080 turbo and Im happy :3 -Just my opinion

ARG-User
Avatar level
1,636

Good

1 month ago.

the best price-performance deal ever

BGR-User
Avatar level
1,510

Excellent

1 month ago.

It's at great price for the performance it gives. Best value processor at this time for the whole world!

SWE-User
Avatar level
1,448

Excellent

2 months ago.

Using one at the minute in my mATX-Build. The fan is a bit loud, but I can hear it shifting speed when it has to. Running games + OBS & 4 monitors with multiple apps like spotify and discord + multiple browsers. No issues performance issues anywhere (970 gpu).

AUT-User
Avatar level
1,419

Excellent

2 months ago.

Best PRICE to PERFORMANCE ratio!

FIN-User
Avatar level
1,330

Good

1 month ago.

I have it and it does what its supposed to do.

ZAF-User
Avatar level
1,262

Good

1 month ago.

I own one and it's fantastic value for money

LTU-User
Avatar level
1,256

Excellent

1 month ago.

i have it and its better than i3 intel core

CPUPro
Avatar level
1,217

Good

18 months ago.

DZA-User
Avatar level
1,078

Excellent

9 months ago.

the new amd Rayzen series is epic the R 5 1600 is destroying the intel I5 6600k with an awesome price

BLR-User
Avatar level
1,042

Good

6 months ago.

6 cores 12 threads and stability at 100% cpu usage/

CHN-User
Avatar level
956

Excellent

3 months ago.

great processor for budget gamers

BIH-User
Avatar level
866

Excellent

11 days ago.

rivals the i7 5th gen, what more do you want

GEO-User
Avatar level
862

Excellent

1 month ago.

Cheap, 6 core 12 thread, low power consumption, no overheating with stock cooler, can handle over 100 fps in any games with only 6gb Graphics card (60fps is more than enough) - but I have issue with picking the motherboard, any suggestion would be great 3

gvrax
Avatar level
360

Terrible

12 months ago.

low perfomance for that price

GamingEliot
Avatar level
286

Excellent

14 months ago.

A great AMD Budget CPU.

quantumniko
Avatar level
248

Excellent

7 months ago.

best in a long while...

JAM-User
Avatar level
206

Excellent

1 month ago.

Awesome price to performance!!

yaabalfazl
Avatar level
92

Poor

12 months ago.

low single core

Tuuube
Avatar level
22

Good

13 months ago.

Good value, but not as good as it can be due to ram prices being so high

No1Spank
Avatar level
16

Average

14 months ago.

The most average & boring CPU money can buy today. Not great at anything, but also adequate for everything.

zarzo
Avatar level
14

Poor

3 months ago.

good budget 1080p build cpu

hkey47
Avatar level
12

Terrible

7 months ago.

8600k better xhouce

gicioks
Avatar level
10

Excellent

1 month ago.

Really good performance and value

cayampa
Avatar level
8

Excellent

13 months ago.

What can I say? Excellent value for money!

retroturtle101
Avatar level
6

Excellent

14 months ago.

Pretty good.

qwertyit
Avatar level
4

Excellent

15 months ago.

good for everythink (gaming, streaming,rendering etc)

andymcelroy
Avatar level
4

Excellent

13 months ago.

Best value in CPUs by a landslide in 2017

pinkdream
Avatar level
4

Excellent

9 months ago.

Best in ryzen!

kritloaf
Avatar level
4

Excellent

8 months ago.

I used to own one before I switched to Intel for gaming.

jnarai
Avatar level
4

Excellent

7 months ago.

Best bang for your buck hands down. Handles overclocks extremely well if properly cooled.

ctmera
Avatar level
2

Excellent

15 months ago.

Insanely good value for great performance for any user.

Posija
Avatar level
2

Excellent

14 months ago.

Upgraded from Intel I7 4790K. Night and day when multitasking (opening several crypto wallets for example - with intel 2 wallets and my CPU is done, can't do anything anymore - with R1600 3 wallets calculating blockchain and i can still play a low demanging game (LoL)

Freon
Avatar level
2

Excellent

14 months ago.

AMD is back, baby.

YasinGNY
Avatar level
2

Excellent

11 months ago.

benim işlemcim

Jappleby
Avatar level
2

Excellent

9 months ago.

With a bit of creful overclocking this CPU is an absolute monster. Currently running 4.05 GHz on all 6/12 cores. 1339 in CB R15

Viktor791
Avatar level
2

Excellent

8 months ago.

Great CPU for a good price. My is currently running on 3,95GHz on 1,4V. Temps with SilentiumPC fera 3 max73°C.

bcwiseguy68
Avatar level
2

Excellent

6 months ago.

I have the 1600 overclocked to 4.0GHz and it screams when paired with 3000Mhz DDR4 Ram

GamesterX
Avatar level
2

Excellent

2 months ago.

Ive always used AMD because of their prices. After a decade of mediocre chips its nice to get more then what you paid for again! Im running this chip @4100Mhz with a GTX1070 @2002Mhz Core and 4600Mhz Mem clocks, 4X8GB G.Skill TridentZ 3200 running @3266Mhz, a 1TB Samsung Evo SSD and the GTX1070 is the weakest link. UserBenchmark scores 105 101 99, Outstanding for a budget chip.

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