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Ryzen 5 1600X

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6 Cores, 12 Threads @3.6GHz, Zen.
Release date: Q2 2017.

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Average Bench: 74% (73rd of 1182)

Based on 74,829 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00800F11 Model: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Six-Core Processor

The Ryzen 5 1600X is the flagship processor from AMD's latest generation of Ryzen 5 processors which feature the Zen architecture. Following on from last month's release of the Ryzen 7 series, the Ryzen 5 series is positioned as a less expensive mid-performance alternative to Intel's i5 mainstream offerings. Once again, AMD excels in multi-core technology. Like the Ryzen 5 1600, the 1600X features 6 cores and 12 threads, but has roughly 11% higher clock speeds (out of the box) for a 14% premium. Like all Ryzen CPUs the 1600X is unlocked. The 1600X is the only Ryzen 5 CPU with a TDP of 95W, the 1600, 1500X and 1400 all have 50% lower power consumption of 65W. Due to its high thread count, UserBenchmarks show that at stock clocks the 1600X outperforms the i7-7700k on multi-threaded tasks by 23%, but it lags behind by 23% for single and 14% for quad-core performance. The 1600X is priced keenly at $249 so a more appropriate CPU comparison is the i5-7600k where the 1600X wins on stock multi-core by a whopping 81%. The 1600X does represent great value for workstation users that also game but its $30 cheaper sibling, the 1600 (non x version), which includes a cooler and has great overclocking potential out of the box is arguably the the value king in this segment. [Apr '17 CPUPro]

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Poor: 61%Average: 74% Great: 83%
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Battle cruiser

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Good average bench

The AMD Ryzen 5 1600X averaged 26.0% 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 109Pts
Avg. Dual Core Mixed Speed 215Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 5 1600X is 21.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Ryzen 5 1600X performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 901Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 692Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 74,829 samples)
Rank 7374%
Min Avg Max
99.1 1-Core 109 118
186 2-Core 215 235
76.4% 162 Pts
Min Avg Max
336 4-Core 417 469
604 8-Core 692 781
70.1% 554 Pts
Min Avg Max
776 64-Core 901 1,003
60.5% 901 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Extreme
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
81.5% Excellent
1-Core 115
2-Core 231
81% 173 Pts
4-Core 461
8-Core 786
79% 624 Pts
64-Core 990
66% 990 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
74.2% Very good
1-Core 107
2-Core 213
75% 160 Pts
4-Core 419
8-Core 656
69% 537 Pts
64-Core 900
60% 900 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
70.4% Very good
1-Core 109
2-Core 207
75% 158 Pts
4-Core 396
8-Core 614
65% 505 Pts
64-Core 708
48% 708 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
67.8% Good
1-Core 106
2-Core 202
73% 154 Pts
4-Core 379
8-Core 655
65% 517 Pts
64-Core 845
57% 845 Pts
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 20,208,212 CPUs tested.

 Prices

Approx. $249 @ launch in Apr '17
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Gaming 56%
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Desktop 71%
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Workstation 60%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B350-PLUS - $140

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD  $140Bench 74%, 74,829 samples4,135x
GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $250Bench 56%, 646,599 samples5,241x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $405Bench 79%, 656,806 samples2,835x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $150Bench 31%, 392,263 samples2,801x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $80Bench 104%, 476,048 samples2,573x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 200%, 152,538 samples1,519x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $105Bench 113%, 383,170 samples1,431x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $70Bench 86%, 236,250 samples2,780x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $66Bench 86%, 129,693 samples930x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $70Bench 88%, 75,687 samples822x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $680

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 Comments

CPUPro
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1,257

Official site www.amd.com/...

A landmark increase in processor performance...

Added 2 years ago.
USA-User
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5,558

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

23 days ago.

Exceptional price/performance, great overclocker.

DEU-User
Avatar level
3,611

Excellent

7 hrs ago.

bhjnm

CAN-User
Avatar level
3,034

Excellent

9 days ago.

better gaming and work station

BRA-User
Avatar level
2,935

Excellent

18 days ago.

Super veloz, baixa temperatura e ótimo pra games e aplicações. Melhor custo beneficio. 6 Núcleos e 12 Threads muito potentes.

POL-User
Avatar level
2,862

Excellent

4 days ago.

the best procesor in the year

IND-User
Avatar level
2,594

Excellent

5 months ago.

I'm personally using it and it has been flawless so far

ESP-User
Avatar level
2,531

Excellent

1 month ago.

amazing price to perfomance ratio

MEX-User
Avatar level
2,424

Excellent

19 days ago.

upgraded from a 2320 and i can say, increased the performance from games and started to run horrific even with a 750ti

JPN-User
Avatar level
2,304

Excellent

24 days ago.

For the price and all the features and power I get, I just get to calm down and sit and watch this CPU run a cheeta.

NLD-User
Avatar level
2,170

Excellent

13 days ago.

i bought it myself my computer runs like a bugatti

CZE-User
Avatar level
2,158

Excellent

23 days ago.

epic processor from amd amazing

GRC-User
Avatar level
2,003

Excellent

12 days ago.

King of value for money. I had intel and amd for many years and for the moment amd is one step front. Less money, less energy and temperatures.

COL-User
Avatar level
1,858

Excellent

2 months ago.

Es económico, y muy potente....

ZAF-User
Avatar level
1,632

Excellent

13 days ago.

Price roughly range R3000 for this.

BEL-User
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1,610

Excellent

5 days ago.

This site is really nice to check the benchmarks

SVN-User
Avatar level
1,478

Excellent

2 days ago.

Amaizing performance for amaizing price

CPUPro
Avatar level
1,257

Good

2 years ago.

EST-User
Avatar level
1,052

Excellent

15 months ago.

Got mine and it's so much better compared to my current I5 6600

MKD-User
Avatar level
792

Excellent

8 months ago.

good af,the price is so good for the performance of the processor

GamingEliot
Avatar level
494

Excellent

2 years ago.

One of the best Multi Core CPU's for budget out there. I wish i bought this instead of the i5-7600k ;-;

gvrax
Avatar level
360

Terrible

24 months ago.

low perfomance for that price

quantumniko
Avatar level
296

Excellent

17 months ago.

my reason

MDG-User
Avatar level
218

Excellent

2 years ago.

Multi Core Performance is all the rage today. RYZEN is king in smooth multitasking.

yaabalfazl
Avatar level
92

Poor

23 months ago.

low single core

raminro
Avatar level
80

Excellent

24 months ago.

boys boysSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS ON RYZEN ONLY USE DUAL CHANNEL NOT 2*SINGLE ON THREADRIPPR ONLY USE QUAD CHANNEL NOT 2*DUAL inside ram,(hardware ,IC and pcb )single,dual,quad not same ,completly diffrante ,, many people think = dual =2*single channel ram or quad =4* dual ram you must use only ram, write on box QUAD for threadripper (dual for ryzen) if you put wrong ram your system cant start , even if start , hiccops rip in windows, harm your cpu change your ram to this gskill ripjaws4 4*8 3200=250$ or gskil ripjaws4 4*4 2400=150$ از رم تک روی رایزن و زوتا دوال رو تریدریپر پرهیز کنید ، روشن نمیشه ، بشه هم لگ و سکسکه میده ، فقط رم درجه یک جی اسکیل یا ژل و لاغیر

Nolanimations
Avatar level
60

Good

10 months ago.

Great 6-core with hyper-threading for a decent price

saulaaaa23
Avatar level
54

Excellent

2 months ago.

Worth every penny!

Foxbit
Avatar level
34

Excellent

17 months ago.

Very good processor especially for the money. Amazing single core performance, outstanding multi-core performance. Overclocking potential is great. If you're trying to save money I'd go with the R5 1600 because it also comes with a cooler. If you want the best of the best get this!

blackwolf42
Avatar level
20

Excellent

2 years ago.

The 250$ contender from AMD, better suited for Workstations

Doncalypso
Avatar level
18

Terrible

11 months ago.

while there is ryzen 2600x this is too bad..

ISnortFlour
Avatar level
12

Excellent

2 years ago.

Personally i love mine now it's just a waiting game for the prices to drop in gfx cards so i can finish my rebuild. I was able to get its real life performance faster than the avg i7 7700 and just a tad behind the avg 7700k in single thread and quad thread with a way bigger lead in multi core. Runs fast, runs smooth, games great and never notice any kind of lag or bogging down of any type.

Info  www.userbenchmark.com/...

My personal bench which is stable enough to run any game thrown at it.

pojogermany
Avatar level
12

Excellent

21 months ago.

A good and "cheap" CPU for gaming. If you work with your pc aswell, I would recommend the 1700x

sasha96
Avatar level
8

Excellent

2 years ago.

For the price its worth it 6 cores and easy to overclock hot dam.

PepitoGames
Avatar level
6

Excellent

2 years ago.

Its the best price/performance chip of AMD PROBBALLY the best if you want a good performance with a good price

Howl
Avatar level
6

Good

10 months ago.

The zen architecture was a great surprise to everyone in this industry. And yes, I know. The Ryzen 5 1600 is better option money wise. But I prefer if AMD make the that work for me with XFR. I really appreciate the competition between hardware manufactures makes things move forward. Yes, no matter what side you are on, you should care to ;D

KingCrow
Avatar level
4

Outstanding

2 years ago.

Best i've had

Kelori
Avatar level
4

Excellent

6 months ago.

cheap, powerful, able to manage heavy multitasking very easily

jvandenbroek
Avatar level
2

Good

17 months ago.

Performs pretty damn good with multithreaded apps

pesfunplay
Avatar level
2

Excellent

10 months ago.

With gtx970 is beast :D

Vitus012
Avatar level
2

Good

7 months ago.

Great CPU. Good at multitasking as it should be. AM4 seems to be supported for the new 3000 series aswell, so the upgrade options are there. Does well in most games, although it struggels with some. (Compareable to an i7 4th/5th gen in games like Overwatch, but in games like Destiny it struggles greatly (sometimes 50 FPS with a 1080)) Sometimes the turbo is buggy but a new BIOS fixed that for me. Overall great choice especially for the price. It is good to see competition.

Sultan
Avatar level
2

Poor

2 months ago.

Can't even maintain a stable 2ghz OC, had to downclock it. Performance gardually worsened over 2 years of use, currently performing at the 7th percentile of average benches. Cinebench score and other benches all gradually dropped as time went by and multithreading issues started appearing. I update the BIOS periodically.

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