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Ryzen 5 1600AF

Average Bench: 74.1% (277th of 1358)

Based on 88,151 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00800F82 Model: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Six-Core Processor
Poor: 66%Average: 74.1% Great: 81%
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser

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Good average bench

The AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF averaged 25.9% 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. Memory Latency 77.6Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 102Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF is just 14.5%. 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 857Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 644Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 88,151 samples)
Rank 27774.1%
Min Avg Max
70.1 Memory 77.6 84.7
91.4 1-Core 102 109
175 2-Core 200 217
73.5% 127 Pts
Min Avg Max
319 4-Core 380 424
567 8-Core 644 718
64.6% 512 Pts
Min Avg Max
730 64-Core 857 942
57.5% 857 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 3.45 GHz (avg)
79.4% Very good
Memory 83.1
1-Core 107
2-Core 208
77% 133 Pts
4-Core 408
8-Core 648
67% 528 Pts
64-Core 884
59% 884 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
78.1% Very good
Memory 79
1-Core 109
2-Core 214
77% 134 Pts
4-Core 415
8-Core 712
71% 563 Pts
64-Core 888
60% 888 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
75% Very good
Memory 80.9
1-Core 103
2-Core 204
75% 129 Pts
4-Core 371
8-Core 662
65% 517 Pts
64-Core 876
59% 876 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
72.1% Very good
Memory 72.9
1-Core 99.2
2-Core 202
71% 125 Pts
4-Core 384
8-Core 621
64% 502 Pts
64-Core 832
56% 832 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
71.8% Very good
Memory 73.2
1-Core 105
2-Core 202
73% 127 Pts
4-Core 379
8-Core 647
65% 513 Pts
64-Core 879
59% 879 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 47%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
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Workstation
Workstation 44%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $68

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AFAMD  $295Bench 74%, 88,151 samples1x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $260Bench 55%, 843,727 samples8,876x
RX 570AMD  $170Bench 47%, 417,109 samples6,685x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $222Bench 71%, 373,044 samples5,643x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $22Bench 68%, 443,928 samples4,384x
A400 480GBKingston  $39Bench 74%, 240,575 samples2,261x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 106%, 751,699 samples1,950x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $58Bench 86%, 616,718 samples5,278x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $64Bench 82%, 566,942 samples3,756x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $57Bench 85%, 305,714 samples2,616x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $703

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USA-User
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2 months ago.

FRA-User
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4,191

Excellent

4 months ago.

basically a ryzen 5 2600 but downclocked, can get the exact same performance as the 2600 by overclocking it basically

IRN-User
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3,446

Excellent

4 days ago.

Its basically a 2600X in disguise.

ESP-User
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3,395

Good

29 days ago.

My processor and it runs very well

GRC-User
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2,855

Excellent

7 months ago.

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

Vycyous
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196

Average

2 years ago.

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

wulfri
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Excellent

2 years ago.

Almost like ryzen 5 2600

Chan
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40

Terrible

19 months ago.

trash.

L1am335
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12

Excellent

2 years ago.

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

habub
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2

Excellent

2 years ago.

Good value for money

Deprescion
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Excellent

2 years ago.

My favorite budget CPU

Caeler
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Excellent

23 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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