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Ryzen 5 1600AF

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 74.8% (240th of 1316)

Based on 55,674 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00800F82 Model: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Six-Core Processor
Poor: 66%Average: 74.8% Great: 81%
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser

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Good average bench

The AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF averaged 25.2% 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 77.8Pts
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 103Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF is just 15.4%. 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 848Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 643Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 55,674 samples)
Rank 24074.8%
Min Avg Max
70.2 Memory 77.8 84.4
89.6 1-Core 103 112
171 2-Core 202 222
73.9% 128 Pts
Min Avg Max
313 4-Core 386 436
555 8-Core 643 730
65.1% 515 Pts
Min Avg Max
747 64-Core 848 943
56.9% 848 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 3.6 GHz (avg)
79.8% Very good
Memory 77.4
1-Core 113
2-Core 225
79% 138 Pts
4-Core 442
8-Core 752
75% 597 Pts
64-Core 910
61% 910 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
78.1% Very good
Memory 79.6
1-Core 109
2-Core 216
78% 135 Pts
4-Core 411
8-Core 696
70% 554 Pts
64-Core 864
58% 864 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
77.3% Very good
Memory 86.4
1-Core 101
2-Core 194
75% 127 Pts
4-Core 367
8-Core 618
62% 492 Pts
64-Core 830
56% 830 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
76.2% Very good
Memory 75.8
1-Core 108
2-Core 210
75% 131 Pts
4-Core 412
8-Core 676
69% 544 Pts
64-Core 873
59% 873 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
71.8% Very good
Memory 74.5
1-Core 104
2-Core 195
72% 124 Pts
4-Core 371
8-Core 639
64% 505 Pts
64-Core 837
56% 837 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
69.2% Good
Memory 75.6
1-Core 102
2-Core 184
71% 120 Pts
4-Core 338
8-Core 609
59% 474 Pts
64-Core 812
54% 812 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 44,037,267 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 47%
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Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 43%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $69

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AFAMD  $152Bench 75%, 55,674 samples1x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $220Bench 54%, 692,956 samples6,900x
RX 570AMD  $150Bench 47%, 343,103 samples5,197x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $240Bench 71%, 268,091 samples4,315x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $35Bench 62%, 298,090 samples3,350x
A400 480GBKingston  $55Bench 75%, 156,295 samples1,656x
A400 120GBKingston  $28Bench 56%, 136,347 samples1,521x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $79Bench 85%, 449,640 samples3,928x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $92Bench 81%, 510,924 samples2,870x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $89Bench 84%, 212,382 samples2,026x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 70% - Good Total price: $555

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 Comments

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USA-User
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7,888

Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

2 days ago.

BRA-User
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3,829

Poor

6 days 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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3,794

Excellent

1 month ago.

Very nice prize, great performance.

IRN-User
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3,044

Excellent

4 months ago.

Its basically a 2600X in disguise.

CZE-User
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2,768

Excellent

24 days ago.

bought it with amd radeon rx 570 and it is awesome no problem at all

GRC-User
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2,655

Good

4 months ago.

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

Vycyous
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196

Average

17 months ago.

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

wulfri
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94

Excellent

17 months ago.

Almost like ryzen 5 2600

Chan
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40

Terrible

5 months ago.

trash.

L1am335
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12

Excellent

15 months ago.

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

habub
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2

Excellent

13 months ago.

Good value for money

Deprescion
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2

Excellent

11 months ago.

My favorite budget CPU

Caeler
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2

Excellent

9 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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