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CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core

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Release date ≈ Q1 2022.

Average Bench: 70.4% (393rd of 1442)

Based on 25 user benchmarks.  Device: 078BFBFF00A20F12 Model: 1st CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core Processor
Poor: 26%Average: 70.4% Great: 103%
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat

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Good average bench

The 1st CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core averaged 29.6% 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 Speed 143Pts
Avg. Dual Core Speed 265Pts

Very poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 1st CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core is 76.1%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the 1st CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 549Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 493Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 25 samples)
Rank 39370.4%
Min Avg Max
14.2 Memory 69.7 92.8
43.1 1-Core 143 173
55.8 2-Core 265 340
85.5% 159 Pts
Min Avg Max
63.7 4-Core 402 674
3.8 8-Core 493 1,316
57.8% 448 Pts
Min Avg Max
44.9 64-Core 549 1,936
34% 549 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU 0, 2 CPU, 16 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
108% Outstanding
Memory 92.8
1-Core 166
2-Core 333
106% 197 Pts
4-Core 660
8-Core 1,296
116% 978 Pts
64-Core 1,902
118% 1,902 Pts
CPU 0, 2 CPU, 20 cores, 20 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
86.1% Excellent
Memory 68.9
1-Core 146
2-Core 280
88% 165 Pts
4-Core 553
8-Core 939
91% 746 Pts
64-Core 1,732
107% 1,732 Pts
CPU 0, 2 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
55.1% Above average
Memory 67.4
1-Core 106
2-Core 205
70% 126 Pts
4-Core 245
8-Core 270
34% 257 Pts
64-Core 264
16% 264 Pts
CPU #000, 10 CPU, 10 cores, 10 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
50.9% Above average
Memory 24.2
1-Core 114
2-Core 223
59% 120 Pts
4-Core 414
8-Core 712
68% 563 Pts
64-Core 910
56% 910 Pts
CPU 0, 2 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
41.3% Average
Memory 72.2
1-Core 61.4
2-Core 114
51% 82.4 Pts
4-Core 63.7
8-Core 67.2
9% 65.4 Pts
64-Core 69
4% 69 Pts
CPU 0, 2 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
20.1% Poor
Memory 14.2
1-Core 109
2-Core 174
49% 99.2 Pts
4-Core 178
8-Core 3.8
16% 91.1 Pts
64-Core 135
8% 135 Pts
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Gaming 2%
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Desktop 67%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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CPU
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core1stBench 70%, 25 samples1x
GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples1,143x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples1,043x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples824x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples457x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples425x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples517x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples376x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples297x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 22% - Poor Total price: $28

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