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Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core

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Release date ≈ Q4 2021.

Average Bench: 101% (20th of 1355)

Based on 18,128 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00A20F12 Model: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core Processor
Poor: 92%Average: 101% Great: 109%
Gaming
Gaming 101%
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Desktop
Desktop 102%
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Workstation
Workstation 117%
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Outstanding average bench

The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core averaged 1.0% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 2,396Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 162Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core is just 17%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Memory Latency 86Pts
Avg. Quad Core Mixed Speed 620Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 18,128 samples)
Rank 20101%
Min Avg Max
73.7 Memory 86 94.7
144 1-Core 162 173
284 2-Core 322 343
105% 190 Pts
Min Avg Max
542 4-Core 620 667
1,004 8-Core 1,183 1,291
112% 902 Pts
Min Avg Max
2,066 64-Core 2,396 2,589
161% 2,396 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg)
111% Outstanding
Memory 94.5
1-Core 176
2-Core 345
113% 205 Pts
4-Core 685
8-Core 1,200
118% 943 Pts
64-Core 2,539
170% 2,539 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
106% Outstanding
Memory 92.4
1-Core 161
2-Core 321
106% 191 Pts
4-Core 635
8-Core 1,236
116% 936 Pts
64-Core 2,648
178% 2,648 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg)
103% Outstanding
Memory 82.9
1-Core 164
2-Core 342
106% 196 Pts
4-Core 661
8-Core 1,269
119% 965 Pts
64-Core 2,465
165% 2,465 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
102% Outstanding
Memory 86.1
1-Core 162
2-Core 324
105% 191 Pts
4-Core 630
8-Core 1,168
112% 899 Pts
64-Core 2,295
154% 2,295 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
101% Outstanding
Memory 79.2
1-Core 169
2-Core 337
106% 195 Pts
4-Core 661
8-Core 1,296
121% 978 Pts
64-Core 2517
169% 2517 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
100% Outstanding
Memory 91.7
1-Core 147
2-Core 293
100% 177 Pts
4-Core 585
8-Core 1,122
106% 854 Pts
64-Core 2,405
161% 2,405 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
88.6% Excellent
Memory 76.9
1-Core 143
2-Core 281
92% 167 Pts
4-Core 537
8-Core 1,034
97% 785 Pts
64-Core 1,928
129% 1,928 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 53,521,951 CPUs tested.

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Gaming 121%
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Desktop
Desktop 105%
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Workstation
Workstation 139%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) - $199

CPU
Ryzen 9 5900X 12-CoreAMDBench 101%, 18,128 samples1x
GPU
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $500Bench 118%, 582,676 samples10,613x
RX 5700-XTAMD  $365Bench 105%, 424,650 samples9,371x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 154%, 406,951 samples6,533x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $110Bench 329%, 415,350 samples6,059x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $169Bench 296%, 309,853 samples4,822x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $64Bench 288%, 397,622 samples4,326x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $63Bench 85%, 606,492 samples3,909x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $80Bench 85%, 332,225 samples3,775x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $230Bench 88%, 134,678 samples3,491x
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Excellent

2 months ago.

This thing way outperforms the 3950X it replaced in my build at half the cost. Highly recommended.

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