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Ryzen 5 1600AF

Average Bench: 75.6% (208th of 1293)

Based on 50,435 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00800F82 Model: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Six-Core Processor
Poor: 64%Average: 75.6% Great: 84%
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser

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Good average bench

The AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF averaged 24.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Memory Latency 78.7Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 104Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF is just 19.1%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 845Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 644Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 50,435 samples)
Rank 20875.6%
Min Avg Max
69.8 Memory 78.7 86.7
89.6 1-Core 104 115
166 2-Core 203 228
74.6% 129 Pts
Min Avg Max
303 4-Core 390 448
553 8-Core 644 737
65.4% 517 Pts
Min Avg Max
700 64-Core 845 967
56.7% 845 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
80.9% Excellent
Memory 83.5
1-Core 105
2-Core 215
78% 135 Pts
4-Core 421
8-Core 699
71% 560 Pts
64-Core 859
58% 859 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
80.1% Excellent
Memory 85.7
1-Core 107
2-Core 209
78% 134 Pts
4-Core 401
8-Core 679
68% 540 Pts
64-Core 905
61% 905 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
77.8% Very good
Memory 86.4
1-Core 106
2-Core 202
77% 131 Pts
4-Core 373
8-Core 628
63% 500 Pts
64-Core 775
52% 775 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
76.7% Very good
Memory 83.7
1-Core 93.6
2-Core 187
72% 122 Pts
4-Core 376
8-Core 624
63% 500 Pts
64-Core 795
53% 795 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
75.5% Very good
Memory 75
1-Core 105
2-Core 205
74% 128 Pts
4-Core 409
8-Core 624
66% 517 Pts
64-Core 853
57% 853 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
69.1% Good
Memory 73.5
1-Core 105
2-Core 203
73% 127 Pts
4-Core 348
8-Core 607
60% 477 Pts
64-Core 774
52% 774 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
68.5% Good
Memory 67.2
1-Core 94.7
2-Core 203
68% 122 Pts
4-Core 375
8-Core 614
63% 495 Pts
64-Core 816
55% 816 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 47%
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Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $73

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AFAMD  $160Bench 76%, 50,435 samples1x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $220Bench 55%, 659,180 samples6,201x
RX 570AMD  $125Bench 47%, 299,578 samples4,621x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 197,062 samples3,843x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $32Bench 67%, 275,230 samples2,984x
A400 480GBKingston  $53Bench 76%, 127,312 samples1,460x
A400 120GBKingston  $25Bench 60%, 112,395 samples1,394x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 85%, 424,286 samples3,514x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $73Bench 82%, 483,535 samples2,579x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $77Bench 85%, 204,681 samples1,834x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 71% - Very good Total price: $564

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USA-User
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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

4 days ago.

BRA-User
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3,693

Good

17 hrs ago.

IF found at the right price it's an very good purchase, especially to thouse just looking for an upgrade to an more modern platform.

POL-User
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3,644

Excellent

20 days ago.

Very nice prize, great performance.

IRN-User
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2,894

Excellent

1 month ago.

Its basically a 2600X in disguise.

NLD-User
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2,752

Good

5 months ago.

Insane price for 6 cores. Simply an amazing cpu

GRC-User
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2,573

Good

1 month ago.

Best Pair for a 1070 and a pretty good value for money option.

Vycyous
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196

Average

14 months ago.

Is this the 12 nm Zen+ Ryzen 5 2600 disguised as a 1600? The "AF" model?

wulfri
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92

Excellent

13 months ago.

Almost like ryzen 5 2600

Chan
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36

Terrible

2 months ago.

trash.

L1am335
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12

Excellent

11 months ago.

$85 R5 2600. Overclock to 3.9, 3000 mhz memory. $300 upgrade to AM4

habub
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2

Excellent

10 months ago.

Good value for money

Deprescion
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2

Excellent

8 months ago.

My favorite budget CPU

Caeler
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2

Excellent

6 months ago.

Performs better than the standard 1600 and similar to a 2600. I picked this up for around $100, which was much cheaper than the 1600 and 2600 at the time.

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