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Ryzen 9 3900 12-Core

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Release date ≈ Q4 2019.

Average Bench: 87.5% (155th of 1445)

Based on 4,397 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00870F10 Model: AMD Ryzen 9 3900 12-Core Processor
Poor: 74%Average: 87.5% Great: 96%
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 98%
Nuclear submarine

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Very good average bench

The AMD Ryzen 9 3900 12-Core averaged just 12.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the AMD Ryzen 9 3900 12-Core near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Multi Core Speed 1,902Pts
Avg. Quad Core Speed 526Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD Ryzen 9 3900 12-Core is 22.4%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD Ryzen 9 3900 12-Core performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Memory Latency 76.8Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 997Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 4,397 samples)
Rank 15587.5%
Min Avg Max
66.5 Memory 76.8 85.7
108 1-Core 136 148
207 2-Core 269 297
87% 161 Pts
Min Avg Max
417 4-Core 526 584
798 8-Core 997 1,138
90.7% 761 Pts
Min Avg Max
1,332 64-Core 1,902 2,176
118% 1,902 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
90.4% Outstanding
Memory 78.6
1-Core 140
2-Core 282
90% 167 Pts
4-Core 546
8-Core 1,043
94% 795 Pts
64-Core 2,174
135% 2,174 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
89.7% Excellent
Memory 74.1
1-Core 142
2-Core 282
89% 166 Pts
4-Core 563
8-Core 1010
95% 787 Pts
64-Core 1,983
123% 1,983 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
83.9% Excellent
Memory 71.8
1-Core 141
2-Core 282
88% 165 Pts
4-Core 513
8-Core 1,033
91% 773 Pts
64-Core 1,941
120% 1,941 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
82.4% Excellent
Memory 70.2
1-Core 141
2-Core 284
88% 165 Pts
4-Core 506
8-Core 1,022
90% 764 Pts
64-Core 2,128
132% 2,128 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
82.3% Excellent
Memory 82.1
1-Core 111
2-Core 220
78% 138 Pts
4-Core 442
8-Core 890
78% 666 Pts
64-Core 1795
111% 1795 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
78.6% Very good
Memory 74.4
1-Core 111
2-Core 223
75% 136 Pts
4-Core 443
8-Core 890
79% 667 Pts
64-Core 1,800
111% 1,800 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg)
78.2% Very good
Memory 75.1
1-Core 109
2-Core 219
75% 134 Pts
4-Core 437
8-Core 804
74% 620 Pts
64-Core 1,738
108% 1,738 Pts
AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
72.3% Very good
Memory 80.6
1-Core 83.9
2-Core 170
65% 112 Pts
4-Core 344
8-Core 701
62% 523 Pts
64-Core 1,763
109% 1,763 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 90%
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Desktop
Desktop 89%
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Workstation
Workstation 100%
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Motherboard: MSI X470 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B79)

CPU
Ryzen 9 3900 12-CoreAMDBench 88%, 4,397 samples1x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples284x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples282x
RTX 3070Nvidia  $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples273x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples131x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples122x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples122x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples367x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples156x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples146x
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