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Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 65.8% (487th of 1443)

Based on 61 user benchmarks.  Device: 0000000000000000 Model: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core Processor
Poor: 44%Average: 65.8% Great: 80%
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Yacht

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Above average average bench

The AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core averaged 34.1% 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 108Pts
Avg. Memory Latency 69.1Pts

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core is 36.3%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 531Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 475Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 61 samples)
Rank 48765.8%
Min Avg Max
49.9 Memory 69.1 81.6
80.6 1-Core 108 119
97.5 2-Core 197 241
69.8% 125 Pts
Min Avg Max
110 4-Core 344 464
112 8-Core 475 736
51.7% 410 Pts
Min Avg Max
108 64-Core 531 938
32.9% 531 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
None, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
67.5% Good
Memory 75
1-Core 101
2-Core 192
70% 123 Pts
4-Core 323
8-Core 533
52% 428 Pts
64-Core 519
32% 519 Pts
None, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
67.2% Good
Memory 65.6
1-Core 108
2-Core 207
70% 127 Pts
4-Core 369
8-Core 616
60% 492 Pts
64-Core 790
49% 790 Pts
None, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
61.7% Good
Memory 63.9
1-Core 88.4
2-Core 184
62% 112 Pts
4-Core 321
8-Core 466
49% 394 Pts
64-Core 507
31% 507 Pts
None, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
53.5% Above average
Memory 52.4
1-Core 94.1
2-Core 179
59% 109 Pts
4-Core 294
8-Core 426
45% 360 Pts
64-Core 428
26% 428 Pts
None, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
43.1% Average
Memory 55.2
1-Core 95.7
2-Core 159
58% 103 Pts
4-Core 182
8-Core 176
24% 179 Pts
64-Core 184
11% 184 Pts
None, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 3 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
39.4% Below average
Memory 39.1
1-Core 58.4
2-Core 136
42% 77.8 Pts
4-Core 220
8-Core 278
32% 249 Pts
64-Core 285
18% 285 Pts
None, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
34.4% Below average
Memory 31.2
1-Core 69.9
2-Core 134
41% 78.3 Pts
4-Core 206
8-Core 270
30% 238 Pts
64-Core 293
18% 293 Pts
None, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
31% Below average
Memory 22.4
1-Core 39.7
2-Core 90.2
27% 50.8 Pts
4-Core 212
8-Core 331
34% 271 Pts
64-Core 447
28% 447 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 59%
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Workstation
Workstation 2%
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Disqualified System: bin bin

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600 Six-CoreAMDBench 66%, 61 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 samples1,045x
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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