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Ryzen 5 1600AF

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 72% (360th of 1442)

Based on 52,721 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00800F82 Model: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Six-Core Processor
Poor: 63%Average: 72% Great: 82%
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 64%
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Good average bench

The AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF averaged 28.0% 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 76.3Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 104Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF is just 18.8%. 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 Speed 764Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 594Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 52,721 samples)
Rank 36072%
Min Avg Max
68.4 Memory 76.3 83.8
85.6 1-Core 104 115
160 2-Core 200 228
71.6% 127 Pts
Min Avg Max
295 4-Core 365 443
493 8-Core 594 680
58.7% 479 Pts
Min Avg Max
636 64-Core 764 868
47.3% 764 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
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)
79.6% Very good
Memory 80.6
1-Core 111
2-Core 221
77% 137 Pts
4-Core 423
8-Core 658
67% 541 Pts
64-Core 875
54% 875 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
78.8% Very good
Memory 76
1-Core 108
2-Core 228
76% 137 Pts
4-Core 439
8-Core 665
68% 552 Pts
64-Core 889
55% 889 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
77.6% Very good
Memory 79.2
1-Core 112
2-Core 222
77% 138 Pts
4-Core 409
8-Core 667
66% 538 Pts
64-Core 874
54% 874 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
77% Very good
Memory 76.4
1-Core 108
2-Core 215
74% 133 Pts
4-Core 418
8-Core 654
66% 536 Pts
64-Core 835
52% 835 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
73.7% Very good
Memory 77.8
1-Core 98.9
2-Core 210
72% 129 Pts
4-Core 376
8-Core 580
59% 478 Pts
64-Core 749
46% 749 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
67.9% Good
Memory 72.4
1-Core 108
2-Core 211
72% 130 Pts
4-Core 342
8-Core 572
56% 457 Pts
64-Core 824
51% 824 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 43%
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Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 40%
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Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M DS3H - $95

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AFAMD  $97Bench 72%, 52,721 samples1x
GPU
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples1,285x
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples982x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia  $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples980x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples668x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples419x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples346x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples930x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair  $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples593x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL  $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples425x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $390

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USA-User
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4 months ago.

FRA-User
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4,573

Excellent

7 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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3,952

Excellent

8 months ago.

Its basically a 2600X in disguise.

ESP-User
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3,729

Good

21 months ago.

My processor and it runs very well

GRC-User
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3,145

Excellent

2 years ago.

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

Vycyous
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196

Average

4 years ago.

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

wulfri
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Excellent

4 years ago.

Almost like ryzen 5 2600

Chan
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44

Terrible

3 years ago.

trash.

L1am335
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12

Excellent

4 years ago.

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

habub
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2

Excellent

3 years ago.

Good value for money

Deprescion
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2

Excellent

3 years ago.

My favorite budget CPU

Caeler
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2

Excellent

3 years 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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