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Ryzen 3 2300X Quad-Core

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Release date ≈ Q3 2018.

Average Bench: 71.2% (376th of 1442)

Based on 10,689 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00800F82 Model: AMD Ryzen 3 2300X Quad-Core Processor
Poor: 54%Average: 71.2% Great: 82%
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Yacht

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Good average bench

The AMD Ryzen 3 2300X Quad-Core averaged 28.7% 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 115Pts
Avg. Dual Core Speed 226Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 3 2300X Quad-Core is 28.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Ryzen 3 2300X Quad-Core performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 403Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 402Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 10,689 samples)
Rank 37671.2%
Min Avg Max
60.3 Memory 75.1 84.1
85.1 1-Core 115 125
168 2-Core 226 249
76.7% 139 Pts
Min Avg Max
251 4-Core 387 482
273 8-Core 402 483
52.3% 394 Pts
Min Avg Max
274 64-Core 403 486
25% 403 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
83.4% Excellent
Memory 84.3
1-Core 124
2-Core 247
84% 152 Pts
4-Core 477
8-Core 477
64% 477 Pts
64-Core 475
29% 475 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
80.7% Excellent
Memory 79.6
1-Core 120
2-Core 230
80% 143 Pts
4-Core 475
8-Core 460
63% 467 Pts
64-Core 471
29% 471 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
75.8% Very good
Memory 77.5
1-Core 122
2-Core 240
81% 146 Pts
4-Core 425
8-Core 443
58% 434 Pts
64-Core 402
25% 402 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
75.4% Very good
Memory 75.4
1-Core 121
2-Core 239
80% 145 Pts
4-Core 435
8-Core 434
58% 434 Pts
64-Core 432
27% 432 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
74.4% Very good
Memory 76.2
1-Core 119
2-Core 235
79% 143 Pts
4-Core 424
8-Core 399
56% 411 Pts
64-Core 409
25% 409 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
71.7% Very good
Memory 70.3
1-Core 117
2-Core 232
76% 140 Pts
4-Core 419
8-Core 436
57% 428 Pts
64-Core 425
26% 425 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
70.7% Very good
Memory 76.8
1-Core 119
2-Core 232
79% 142 Pts
4-Core 364
8-Core 421
51% 393 Pts
64-Core 444
28% 444 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
66.6% Good
Memory 87.5
1-Core 121
2-Core 237
84% 149 Pts
4-Core 248
8-Core 405
40% 327 Pts
64-Core 436
27% 436 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
64.4% Good
Memory 68.6
1-Core 94.5
2-Core 195
66% 119 Pts
4-Core 349
8-Core 346
47% 348 Pts
64-Core 342
21% 342 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 38%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 32%
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Motherboard: Asrock A320M-HDV R4.0

CPU
Ryzen 3 2300X Quad-CoreAMDBench 71%, 10,689 samples1x
GPU
RX 570AMD  $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples456x
RX 580AMD  $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples425x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia  $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples404x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples204x
Green 240GB (2018)WD  $50Bench 45%, 156,194 samples155x
SU630 240GBAdataBench 64%, 60,212 samples149x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples131x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples127x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples114x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $203

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2 years ago.

Vycyous
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Average

4 years ago.

OEM Systems Only

devildeath246
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Good

4 years ago.

It is a powerful budget gaming CPU, as it can run very well with RX 570 graphics. I5 8400 is a alternative to this CPU. It will only be a 5% increase in performance.

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Excellent

4 years ago.

very good!

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