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Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core

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3 Cores, 6 Threads.
Release date ≈ Q3 2019.

Average Bench: 77.1% (278th of 1445)

Based on 115 user benchmarks.  Device: 0000000000000000 Model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor
Poor: 57%Average: 77.1% Great: 88%
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser

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Good average bench

The AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core averaged 22.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Single Core Speed 134Pts
Avg. Dual Core Speed 253Pts

Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core is 31%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 692Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 628Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 115 samples)
Rank 27877.1%
Min Avg Max
59.5 Memory 71.9 82
111 1-Core 134 147
133 2-Core 253 290
82.9% 153 Pts
Min Avg Max
232 4-Core 451 557
238 8-Core 628 846
67.9% 539 Pts
Min Avg Max
240 64-Core 692 1,077
42.8% 692 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
None, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
83.2% Excellent
Memory 75.5
1-Core 133
2-Core 262
85% 157 Pts
4-Core 502
8-Core 631
73% 567 Pts
64-Core 642
40% 642 Pts
None, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
82.2% Excellent
Memory 76.4
1-Core 129
2-Core 257
84% 154 Pts
4-Core 487
8-Core 610
70% 549 Pts
64-Core 642
40% 642 Pts
None, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
81.6% Excellent
Memory 74.8
1-Core 130
2-Core 254
83% 153 Pts
4-Core 474
8-Core 790
77% 632 Pts
64-Core 991
61% 991 Pts
None, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
72% Very good
Memory 64
1-Core 119
2-Core 245
76% 143 Pts
4-Core 446
8-Core 535
64% 491 Pts
64-Core 552
34% 552 Pts
None, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
69.5% Good
Memory 59.3
1-Core 124
2-Core 234
74% 139 Pts
4-Core 437
8-Core 572
64% 504 Pts
64-Core 579
36% 579 Pts
None, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
64.5% Good
Memory 64.6
1-Core 104
2-Core 193
67% 120 Pts
4-Core 360
8-Core 430
51% 395 Pts
64-Core 513
32% 513 Pts
None, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz
56.7% Above average
Memory 58.9
1-Core 71.3
2-Core 170
55% 100 Pts
4-Core 293
8-Core 486
48% 389 Pts
64-Core 528
33% 528 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 2%
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Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 2%
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Disqualified System: bin bin

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600 6-CoreAMDBench 77%, 115 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 samples1,049x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples826x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples457x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples427x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples517x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples377x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples297x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 21% - Poor Total price: $28

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