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Matthew Wilson
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Featured Tech News, SSD Drives

Back in 2019, we heard rumblings from a few sources that the current batch of super-fast PCIe 4.0 SSDs were just the beginning. We were told at the time that a next-gen Phison SSD controller was already in the works, which would push beyond the 5,000MB/s speeds we are currently seeing. That next-gen Phison controller is known as the E18 and it is officially ready for prime time.

Phison announced its PS5018-E18 NVMe SSD controller today, a step above the E16 controller currently found on many PCIe 4.0 SSDs. The new controller is designed on the 12nm process node and will enable sequential read and write speeds of up to 7,000MB/s, another huge speed boost. Beyond that, this controller will also support capacities up to 8TB.

As you might expect, these speeds will only be possible via PCIe 4.0, so you will need a motherboard that supports that. Currently, only AMD’s X570 motherboards utilise PCIe 4.0, although we should see Intel make the jump soon too.

Don Jeanette, Vice President of SSD Research at TrendFocus, had this to say about Phison’s E18 SSD controller announcement: “It is forecasted that over the next few years, PCIe Gen 4 will lead in the client SSD market. Phison was one of the first to ship a Gen 4×4 SSD and has a leadership position in providing customers the best-in-class SSD for high-performance client and desktop applications and gaming”.

The first E18 equipped SSDs should begin popping up very soon. Phison has been working on the E18 for a long time now, with us first hearing about its capabilities last year.

KitGuru Says: Are many of you looking to make the jump to an even faster PCIe 4.0 SSD? Will you be waiting for new SSDs featuring Phison’s new controller for maximum performance?

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Just a couple of days ago BioWare announced the Legendary Edition of Mass Effect — a remaster of the original trilogy, ready for 4K Ultra HD. Few other details are available at this time, but if you can’t wait to get ready for it, NZXT might just have you covered.

The case and cooling manufacturer just announced the H510i in a limited-edition Mass Effect theme, which takes the excellent chassis and themes it in your favorite N7 armor’s styling.

Inside the chassis there is room for up to an ATX motherboard, GPUs, including the RTX 3090 up to 381mm long (or 325mm if you install an AIO), CPU coolers up to 165mm tall, along with up to three 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch drives.

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Of course, this version of the chassis also comes with the integrated RGB lighting, and NZXT still includes the Smart Device V2 for lighting and fan control using NZXT’s CAM software. Two addressable-RGB strips are included along with two 120mm Aer F120 fans.

Front IO consists of one USB 3.0 port, one USB Type-C port, and a headphone/mic combo jack.

But, to get into this themed goodness, this special edition of the case commands a steep premium over the standard H510i: it goes for twice the price, bumping the chassis from $100 to $200. Of course, the blow is softened with a Renegade/Paragon charm to keep on your keychain.

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Today marks the biggest change to our CPU benchmark hierarchy that we’ve seen in the last five years, and perhaps longer: AMD’s Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 processors have landed with the largest generational performance increase from a single processor since AMD’s first-gen Zen microarchitecture, and as a result, AMD has swept our benchmark hierarchy and taken the lead in every metric, including our gaming, single-threaded, and multi-threaded categories.

Make no mistake – the Zen 3 microarchitecture isn’t an evolution; it’s a revolution. AMD cleverly built upon its SoC design’s supporting elements, meaning there are many package-level similarities between Zen 2 and Zen 3 chips. However, this approach allowed AMD to focus its limited engineering resources on completely redesigning the compute cores/die, thus providing the biggest advance possible. And the results are nothing short of phenomenal.

Since the first-gen Zen processors arrived, we’ve seen AMD take the lead in our multi-threaded performance hierarchy. Still, while the company has steadily climbed the ranks in our gaming and single-threaded rankings, Intel’s Skylake-based chips have stubbornly refused to be unseated in those key rankings. That obviously changes today.

Tom’s Hardware has a long history spanning back 24 years, and we aren’t quite sure when the last time AMD held the top of the CPU hierarchy, as our list has gone through many revisions over the years. However, in the past, we assigned the hierarchy based on each respective company’s product stack, with the best products from each company taking the lead in its own category – but the hierarchy wasn’t a 1-to-1 comparison between the chipmakers. You can see those rankings in our legacy hierarchy, which we’ve kept for the sake of history, but you’ll have to scroll down pretty far to find that at the bottom of this article.

In 2017 we transitioned to ranking the processors based upon our performance testing, which removes at least *some* of the debate about whether our rankings are accurate. Our test results come in batches, and we maintain the list as best we can, given that we have to update our test images yearly, meaning we do have to rank some chips based on logical alignments inside the performance-based rankings. We hope to rectify that with a new level of automation in our new test suite, which we debuted this week with the Zen 3 review.

Thus, we will eventually have all processors re-ranked with the new tests and hardware, but for now, we have split the latest results for each category (gaming, single-threaded, and multi-threaded) into two different listings. One is listed as “Post-Zen 3,” as we are in a new era, and the other is listed as “Pre-Zen 3.”

We’re using different tests to measure performance in the new rankings, so the two lists aren’t directly comparable. This applies doubly-so for the gaming hierarchy, as we are now using an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 for gaming tests, which is significantly faster than the old 2080 Ti we used previously. For now, we’ve only tested 11 processors in the Post-Zen 3 era, but you can use the old table of results to get a rough sense of how the newly-tested processors compare to the un-retested models.

We’ll transition to a single table for each category once we’ve reached a tipping point in the number of processors tested. Trust me; we’re working on that endeavor full time. Sorry for the mess, but it won’t last long.

We’ll explain how we ranked the processors under each table. The game testing ranking is first. We also include an application performance metric in our application score tables, which we’ve split up into single- and multi-core measurements (below gaming table). Make sure to check the Post-Zen 3 rankings for all three categories.

Your CPU has a huge effect on overall performance and, to many, is a computer’s most important component. But when it comes time to buying a CPU for your desktop, you’ll find a dizzying collection of model numbers and specs from both Intel and AMD. We’ve listed our the best CPUs for gaming and best processors for work in other articles, but if you want to know how each chip stacks up against all the others and how we come to our decisions, this CPU Hierarchy is for you.

The most powerful chip gets a 100, and all others are scored relative to it. If you want our recommendations for specific price bands, please check out our Best CPUs for gaming page.

Intel and AMD CPU Gaming Hierarchy

CPU Gaming Benchmark Hierarchy Post-Zen 3
	1080p Gaming Score	1440p Gaming Score	CPU	Cores/Threads	Base/Boost	TDP	Buy
Ryzen 9 5900X	100%	100%	Zen 3	12/24	3.7 / 4.8 GHz	105W
Ryzen 9 5950X	99.77%	99.38%	Zen 3	16/32	3.4 / 4.9 GHz	105W
Intel Core i9-10900K	88.97%	95.30%	Comet Lake	10/20	3.7 / 5.3 GHz	125W	Intel Core i9-9900K
Intel Core i9-10850K	87.36%	94.52%	Comet Lake	10/20	3.6 / 5.2 GHz	95W
Core i7-10700K	84.39%	92.05%	Comet Lake	8/16	3.8 / 5.1 GHz	125W	Intel Core i7-10700K
Intel Core i9-10980XE	83.64%	88.18%	Cascade Lake-X	18/36	3.0 / 4.8 GHz	165W	Intel Core i9-10980XE
Threadripper 3960X	78.03%	82.32%	Zen 2	24/48	3.8 / 4.5 GHz	280W
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X	77.82%	84.25%	Zen 2	16/32	3.5 / 4.7 GHz	105W	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT	77.64%	85.29%	Zen 2	12/24	3.8 / 4.7 GHz	105W	AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
Ryzen 7 2700X	63.98%	71.64%	Zen+	8/16	3.7 / 4.3 GHz	105W	AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
Ryzen 7 1800X	58.21%	65.19%	Zen	8/16	3.6 / 4.0 GHz	95W	AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

We previously only listed 1080p game rankings, but we’ve now added 1440p testing into the mix. As such, we have two rankings for each chip, and the chart is aligned sequentially based on the 1080p game results. However, the 1440p listings aren’t listed in sequential order due to unfortunate limitations with our tables. Pay attention to the 1440p rankings: Some faster chips at 1440p may be listed below slower chips simply because of the 1080p results.

We measured performance for the 1080p games from a geometric mean of Borderlands 3, Far Cry 5, Hitman 2, Project CARS 3, Red Dead Redemption 2, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and The Division 2.

We measured performance for the 1440p games from a geometric mean of Borderlands 3, Far Cry 5, Flight Simulator 2020, Project CARS 3, Red Dead Redemption 2, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and The Division 2.

As you can see, AMD’s Ryzen 9 5950X and Ryzen 9 5900X take a healthy lead over Intel’s flagship Core i9-10900K in both 1080p and 1440p results, and as you’ll see in our Ryzen 9 5950X and 5900X review, overclocking can’t even the score for Intel.

The stock Ryzen processors beat the overclocked Intel processors, which is quite the feat, and Ryzen is even faster after overclocking, too. Also, check out those performance deltas between the previous-gen Ryzen processors compared to the 5000 series. That’s impressive.

Most folks overlook the incredible power efficiency of the Zen 3 processors, but that equates to a faster, cooler, and quieter system that doesn’t require super-expensive cooling solutions. Take note of the TDP divide in our charts – it’s surprising. Check out our review for more in-depth power testing.

*indicates an APU tested with a discrete GPU. Note: These types of processors are geared for performance with integrated graphics – please see individual reviews for those performance rankings.

This is our Pre-Zen 3 rankings, which you can use to gauge relative rankings compared to the table above this one. We’ve ranked all the consumer Intel 10th, 9th, 8th, and 7th Gen processors, along with AMD’s Ryzen and Threadripper chips from all four generations. We determined the order in the first table based on a geometric mean of gaming performance in four titles: Grand Theft Auto V, Hitman 2, Final Fantasy XV, and World of Tanks.

We used the Nvidia GTX 2080 Ti GPU for our tests at HD resolution. We have also included several newer processors that we haven’t tested yet, but we’ve assigned them basic positions in our hierarchy based on their capabilities. This list will soon be absorbed into the Post-Zen 3 rankings as we test more chips.

You may be surprised to find that some less-expensive chips ranked above their upscale siblings. For example, the Core i7-9700K comes out ahead of the Core i9-9900K on this list because it offers better performance in some games due to its lack of hyperthreading, which was enough to help it do better on the overall suite of tests. However, depending on the application, you may see stronger results from the higher-end chip.

Intel and AMD CPU Single-Threaded Performance Hierarchy

CPU Single-Threaded Benchmark Hierarchy Post-Zen 3
	Single-Threaded App Score	CPU	Cores/Threads	Base/Boost	TDP
Ryzen 9 5950X	100%	Zen 3	16/32	3.4 / 4.9 GHz	105W
Ryzen 9 5900X	98.34%	Zen 3	12/24	3.7 / 4.8 GHz	105W
Intel Core i9-10900K	88.64%	Comet Lake	10/20	3.7 / 5.3 GHz	125W
Intel Core i9-10850K	86.86%	Comet Lake	10/20	3.6 / 5.2 GHz	95W
Core i7-10700K	85.49%	Comet Lake	8/16	3.8 / 5.1 GHz	125W
Intel Core i9-10980XE	81.86%	Cascade Lake-X	18/36	3.0 / 4.8 GHz	165W
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT	81.68%	Zen 2	12/24	3.8 / 4.7 GHz	105W
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X	80.89%	Zen 2	12/24	3.8 / 4.6 GHz	105W
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X	80.62%	Zen 2	16/32	3.5 / 4.7 GHz	105W
Threadripper 3960X	79.32%	Zen 2	24/48	3.8 / 4.5 GHz	280W
Ryzen 7 2700X	66.01%	Zen+	8/16	3.7 / 4.3 GHz	105W
Ryzen 7 1800X	59.01%	Zen	8/16	3.6 / 4.0 GHz	95W

We calculate the above single-threaded rankings based on a geometric mean of y-cruncher, Cinebench, POV-Ray, and LAME. The latter consists of two tests: One short duration test and one extended duration test to measure performance once Intel’s boost duration limits have been exceeded.

Single-threaded performance is often tied directly to the responsiveness and snappiness of your PC in any number of daily applications, like loading an operating system or surfing the web. This metric largely depends upon a mixture of instruction per cycle (IPC) throughput (the number of operations the chip can execute in one clock cycle) and frequency, which is the speed at which the transistors switch between on and off states. However, a whole host of other considerations, such as cache, architecture, and interconnects (like rings, meshes, and infinity fabric) impact this measure of per-core performance, so these results do not align perfectly based upon clock frequency. Instead, performance varies with each application and how well it is tuned for the respective architectures.

With all that said, the delta between Intel’s flagship Core i9-10900K and the Ryzen 5000 processors is incredible – at worst, Ryzen 5000 is 10% faster in single-threaded performance.

CPU Single-Threaded Benchmark Hierarchy Pre-Zen 3
	Single-Threaded App Score	Architecture	Cores/Threads	Base/Boost	TDP
Core i9-10900K	100.0%	Comet Lake	10/20	3.7 / 5.3 GHz	125W
Core i9-10850K	98.68%	Comet Lake	10/20	3.6 / 5.2 GHz	95W
Core i7-10700K	97.25%	Comet Lake	8/16	3.8 / 5.1 GHz	125W
Core i9-10980XE	96.71%	Cascade Lake-X	18/36	3.0 / 4.8 GHz	165W
Core i9-9900K	96.61%	Coffee Lake-R	8/16	3.6 / 5.0 GHz	95W
Ryzen 7 3800XT	95.92%	Zen 2	8/16	3.9 / 4.7 GHz	105W
Core i7-9700K	94.72%	Coffee Lake-R	8/8	3.6 / 4.9 GHz	95W
Ryzen 9 3900XT	94.56%	Zen 2	12/24	3.8 / 4.7 GHz	105W
Ryzen 5 3600XT	94.43%	Zen 2	6/12	3.8 / 4.5 GHz	95W
Ryzen 9 3950X	94.30%	Zen 2	16/32	3.5 / 4.7 GHz	105W
Ryzen 9 3900X	93.97%	Zen 2	12/24	3.8 / 4.6 GHz	105W
Ryzen 7 3800X	93.84%	Zen 2	8/16	3.9 / 4.5 GHz	105W
Core i7-10700/F	93.18%	Comet Lake	8/16	2.9 / 4.8 GHz	65W
Core i9-9900KS	93.03%	Coffee Lake-R	8/16	4.0 / 5.0 GHz	127W
Core i5-10600K	93.02%	Comet Lake	6/12	4.1 / 4.8 GHz	125W
Threadripper 3970X	92.40%	Zen 2	32/64	3.7 / 4.5 GHz	280W
Threadripper 3960X	92.25%	Zen 2	24/48	3.8 / 4.5 GHz	280W
Ryzen 7 3700X	91.69%	Zen 2	8/16	3.6 / 4.4 GHz	65W
Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G	91.36%	Zen 2, Vega	8/16	3.6 / 4.4 GHz	65W
Ryzen 3 3300X	90.89%	Zen 2	4/8	3.8 / 4.3 GHz	65W
Ryzen 5 3600X	90.32%	Zen 2	6/12	3.8 / 4.4 GHz	95W
Threadripper 3990X	90.09%	Zen 2	64/128	2.9 / 4.3 GHz	280W
Core i3-9350KF	90.09%	Coffee Lake	4/4	4.0/4.6 GHz	91W
Core i9-9980XE	89.44%	Skylake	18/36	4.4 / 4.5 GHz	165W
Core i5-9600K	89.31%	Coffee Lake-R	6/6	3.7 / 4.6 GHz	95W
Core i7-7700K	88.21%	Kaby Lake	4/8	4.2 / 4.5 GHz	91W
Ryzen 5 3600	87.82%	Zen 2	6/12	3.6 / 4.2 GHz	65W
Xeon W-3175X	86.33%	Skylake	28/56	3.1 / 4.3 GHz	225W
Ryzen 5 3500X	84.69%	Zen 2	6/6	3.6 / 4.1 GHz	65W
Core i3-9100	82.52%	Coffee Lake-R	4/4	3.6 / 4.2 GHz	65W
Ryzen 3 3100	80.81%	Zen 2	4/8	3.8 / 3.9 GHz	65W
Core i5-9400 / -9400F	80.16%	Coffee Lake	6/6	2.9 / 4.1 GHz	65W
Ryzen 9 3900	77.41%	Zen 2	12/24	3.1 / 4.3 GHz	65W
Core i3-8350K	75.63%	Coffee Lake	4/4	4.0 / – GHz	91W
Core i3-7100	75.26%	Kaby Lake	2/4	3.9 / – GHz	51W
Threadripper 2950X	74.11%	Zen +	16/32	3.5 / 4.4 GHz	180W
Threadripper 2990WX	71.28%	Zen+	32/64	3.0 / 4.2 GHz	250W
Threadripper 2970WX	71.02%	Zen +	24/48	3.0 / 4.2 GHz	250W
Ryzen 5 2600X	70.98%	Zen+	6/12	3.6 / 4.2 GHz	95W
Ryzen 5 3400G	69.17%	Zen +	4/8	3.7 / 4.2 GHz	65W
Core i5-7400	68.23%	Kaby Lake	4/4	3.0 / 3.5 GHz	65W
Ryzen 5 2400G	64.81%	Zen+	4/8	3.6 / 3.9 GHz	65W
Ryzen 3 3200G	64.12%	Zen +	4/4	3.6 / 4.0 GHz	65W
Ryzen 3 1300X	63.85%	Zen	4/4	3.5 / 3.7 GHz	65W
Ryzen 5 1600AF	62.99%	Zen	6/12	3.2 / 3.6 GHz	65W
Pentium G5600	57.99%	Coffee Lake	2/4	3.9 / – GHz	54W
Ryzen 5 1600X	57.31%	Zen	6/12	3.6 / 4.0 GHz	95W
Pentium G5400	54.73%	Coffee Lake	2/4	3.7 / – GHz	54W
Athlon 3000G	54.61%	Zen+	2/4	3.5 / – GHz	35W
Athlon 220GE	53.98%	Zen	2/4	3.4 / – GHz	35W
Pentium G4560	51.55%	Kaby Lake	2/4	3.5 / – GHz	54W
Athlon 200GE	50.02%	Zen	2/4	3.2 / – GHz	35W
AMD A10-9700	41.97%	Bristol Ridge	4/4	3.5 / 3.8 GHz	65W
Zhaoxin KaiXian KX-U6780A	18.78%	LuJiaZui	8/8	2.7 / – GHz	70W

This is our Pre-Zen 3 single-threaded ranking, which you can use to gauge relative rankings compared to the newer table above this one.

We generated the single-threaded metric via a geometric mean of performance in single-threaded LAME, Cinebench, POV-Ray, and y-cruncher applications, giving you a good idea of performance in everyday desktop PC applications.

Intel and AMD CPU Multi-Threaded Performance

CPU Multi-Threaded Benchmark Hierarchy Post-Zen 3
	Multi-Threaded App Score	CPU	Cores/Threads	Base/Boost	TDP
Threadripper 3960X	100%	Zen 2	24/48	3.8 / 4.5 GHz	280W
Ryzen 9 5950X	82.74%	Zen 3	16/32	3.4 / 4.9 GHz	105W
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X	73.07%	Zen 2	16/32	3.5 / 4.7 GHz	105W
Ryzen 9 5900X	70.87%	Zen 3	12/24	3.7 / 4.8 GHz	105W
Intel Core i9-10980XE	66.50%	Cascade Lake-X	18/36	3.0 / 4.8 GHz	165W
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X	59.75%	Zen 2	12/24	3.8 / 4.6 GHz	105W
AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT	59.69%	Zen 2	12/24	3.8 / 4.7 GHz	105W
Intel Core i9-10900K	54.16%	Comet Lake	10/20	3.7 / 5.3 GHz	125W
Intel Core i9-10850K	53.27%	Comet Lake	10/20	3.6 / 5.2 GHz	95W
Core i7-10700K	43.51%	Comet Lake	8/16	3.8 / 5.1 GHz	125W
Ryzen 7 2700X	33.33%	Zen+	8/16	3.7 / 4.3 GHz	105W
Ryzen 7 1800X	29.61%	Zen	8/16	3.6 / 4.0 GHz	95W

The multi-threaded workload column is based on performance in Cinebench, POV-ray, vray, Blender (four tests – Koro, Barcellona, Classroom, bmw27), y-cruncher, and Handbrake x264 and x265 workloads that represent performance in productivity-focused applications that tend to require more compute horsepower.

Like we see with single-threaded performance metrics, multi-threaded performance, which is a measure of a chip’s performance in applications that utilize multiple software threads, varies based upon a whole host of architectural factors. It also depends heavily upon how well the software scales with additional compute cores. As such, these results do not align perfectly based upon core/thread count, though it does serve as a decent litmus of multi-threaded performance. Be aware that architectures, caches, and interconnects profoundly impact these results, as all of these factors impact how well performance scales with additional threads. Performance rarely scales perfectly with the addition of more cores/threads, so the scaling factor of each processor architecture weighs in heavily on the value proposition of going with a higher core count processor for your specific application.

It’s noteworthy that both Ryzen 5000 chips beat out Intel’s 18-core 32-thread Core i9-10980XE, and the Ryzen 9 5900X only comes with 12 cores. Again, pay attention to TDP – the Ryzen chips have a 105W ranking while Intel is specced at 165W.

CPU Multi-Threaded Benchmark Hierarchy Pre-Zen 3
	Multi-Threaded App Score	Architecture	Cores/Threads	Base/Boost	TDP
Threadripper 3990X	100.0%	Zen 2	64/128	2.9 / 4.3 GHz	280W
Threadripper 3970X	83.76%	Zen 2	32/64	3.7 / 4.5 GHz	280W
Threadripper 3960X	72.04%	Zen 2	24/48	3.8 / 4.5 GHz	280W
Xeon W-3175X	69.92%	Skylake	28/56	3.1 / 4.3 GHz	225W
Ryzen 9 3950X	53.48%	Zen 2	16/32	3.5 / 4.7 GHz	105W
Core i9-10980XE	52.75%	Cascade Lake-X	18/36	3.0 / 4.8 GHz	165W
Core i9-9980XE	52.14%	Skylake	18/36	4.4 / 4.5 GHz	165W
Threadripper 2990WX	48.00%	Zen+	32/64	3.0 / 4.2 GHz	250W
Ryzen 9 3900X	44.64%	Zen 2	12/24	3.8 / 4.6 GHz	105W
Ryzen 9 3900XT	44.55%	Zen 2	12/24	3.8 / 4.7 GHz	105W
Threadripper 2970WX	44.26%	Zen +	24/48	3.0 / 4.2 GHz	250W
Core i9-10900K	40.39%	Comet Lake	10/20	3.7 / 5.3 GHz	125W
Core i9-10850K	38.89%	Comet Lake	10/20	3.6 / 5.2 GHz	95W
Threadripper 2950X	39.51%	Zen +	16/32	3.5 / 4.4 GHz	180W
Ryzen 9 3900	38.34%	Zen 2	12/24	3.1 / 4.3 GHz	65W
Ryzen 7 3800XT	33.36%	Zen 2	8/16	3.9 / 4.7 GHz	105W
Core i9-9900KS	33.36%	Coffee Lake-R	8/16	4.0 / 5.0 GHz	127W
Ryzen 7 3800X	33.11%	Zen 2	8/16	3.9 / 4.5 GHz	105W
Core i7-10700K	32.87%	Comet Lake	8/16	3.8 / 5.1 GHz	125W
Core i9-9900K	32.69%	Coffee Lake-R	8/16	3.6 / 5.0 GHz	95W
Ryzen 7 3700X	32.56%	Zen 2	8/16	3.6 / 4.4 GHz	65W
Core i7-10700/F	32.05%	Comet Lake	8/16	2.9 / 4.8 GHz	65W
Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G	31.21%	Zen 2, Vega	8/16	3.6 / 4.4 GHz	65W
Core i7-9700K	27.01%	Coffee Lake-R	8/8	3.6 / 4.9 GHz	95W
Ryzen 5 3600XT	26.71%	Zen 2	6/12	3.8 / 4.5 GHz	95W
Ryzen 5 3600X	25.88%	Zen 2	6/12	3.8 / 4.4 GHz	95W
Ryzen 5 3600	25.58%	Zen 2	6/12	3.6 / 4.2 GHz	65W
Core i5-10600K	25.18%	Comet Lake	6/12	4.1 / 4.8 GHz	125W
Ryzen 5 2600X	20.10%	Zen+	6/12	3.6 / 4.2 GHz	95W
Core i5-9600K	20.04%	Coffee Lake-R	6/6	3.7 / 4.6 GHz	95W
Ryzen 3 3300X	19.03%	Zen 2	4/8	3.8 / 4.3 GHz	65W
Ryzen 5 3500X	18.94%	Zen 2	6/6	3.6 / 4.1 GHz	65W
Core i5-9400 / -9400F	18.12%	Coffee Lake	6/6	2.9 / 4.1 GHz	65W
Core i7-7700K	17.77%	Kaby Lake	4/8	4.2 / 4.5 GHz	91W
Ryzen 5 1600AF	17.72%	Zen	6/12	3.2 / 3.6 GHz	65W
Ryzen 3 3100	17.23%	Zen 2	4/8	3.8 / 3.9 GHz	65W
Ryzen 5 1600X	16.94%	Zen	6/12	3.6 / 4.0 GHz	95W
Core i3-9350KF	14.52%	Coffee Lake	4/4	4.0/4.6 GHz	91W
Ryzen 5 3400G	13.83%	Zen +	4/8	3.7 / 4.2 GHz	65W
Core i3-9100	13.03%	Coffee Lake-R	4/4	3.6 / 4.2 GHz	65W
Ryzen 5 2400G	12.93%	Zen+	4/8	3.6 / 3.9 GHz	65W
Core i3-8350K	12.79%	Coffee Lake	4/4	4.0 / – GHz	91W
Core i3-8100	11.90%	Coffee Lake	4/4	3.6 / – GHz	65W
Core i5-7400	10.97%	Kaby Lake	4/4	3.0 / 3.5 GHz	65W
Ryzen 3 3200G	10.61%	Zen +	4/4	3.6 / 4.0 GHz	65W
Ryzen 3 1300X	9.85%	Zen	4/4	3.5 / 3.7 GHz	65W
Core i3-7100	8.53%	Kaby Lake	2/4	3.9 / – GHz	51W
Pentium G5600	6.84%	Coffee Lake	2/4	3.9 / – GHz	54W
Athlon 3000G	6.59%	Zen+	2/4	3.5 / – GHz	35W
Athlon 220GE	6.46%	Zen	2/4	3.4 / – GHz	35W
Pentium G5400	6.42%	Coffee Lake	2/4	3.7 / – GHz	54W
Athlon 200GE	6.11%	Zen	2/4	3.2 / – GHz	35W
Pentium G4560	6.07%	Kaby Lake	2/4	3.5 / – GHz	54W
AMD A10-9700	5.45%	Bristol Ridge	4/4	3.5 / 3.8 GHz	65W
Zhaoxin KaiXian KX-U6780A	5.09%	LuJiaZui	8/8	2.7 / – GHz	70W

This is our Pre-Zen 3 single-threaded ranking, which you can use to gauge relative rankings compared to the newer table above this one. The multi-threaded workload column is based on performance in Cinebench, POV-ray, vray, Blender, y-cruncher, and Handbrake x264 and x265 workloads represent performance in productivity-focused applications that tend to require more compute horsepower.

The Threadripper rankings need a bit of explanation. With an industry-leading slathering of core counts, these processors offer the utmost performance in many different threaded workloads, but can suffer in some less-demanding desktop PC-class applications that either don’t utilize the cores and threads fully, or aren’t optimized for the architecture. That reduces the gap separating the rankings in the mainstream applications we use for this list, but in many cases, you can see much larger deltas with specific applications. You should view individual reviews and our best processors for applications list for a better sense of how those processors fare in professional workloads.

Test System and Configuration

Hardware
AMD Socket AM4 (400-Series)	AMD Ryzen 2000- 3000- 5000- series processors
	MSI MEG X570 Godlike
	2x 8GB Trident Z Royal DDR4-3600
Intel LGA 1151 (Z370)	Intel Coffee Lake processors
	MSI Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon AC
	2x 8GB Trident Z Royal DDR4-3600
AMD Socket AM4 (300-Series)	Ryzen 1000-series processors
	MSI X370 Xpower Gaming Titanium
	2x 8GB G.Skill FlareX DDR4-3200 @ DDR4-2667
Intel LGA 1151 (Z270)	Intel Kaby Lake processors
	MSI Z270 Gaming M7
	2x 8GB Trident Z Royal DDR4-3600
Intel LGA 2066	Intel Skylake processors
	MSI X299 Gaming Pro Carbon AC
	2x 8GB Trident Z Royal DDR4-3600
All	EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FE
	1TB Samsung PM863
	SilverStone ST1500-TI, 1500W
	Windows 10 Creators Update Version 1703 – All Spectre and Meltdown mitigations
Cooling	Corsair H115i

Legacy Desktop Processor Hierarchy

Recognizing that a lot of older platforms are going to be paired with graphics subsystems multiple generations old, we wanted to define the top of our range to encourage balance between host processing and complementary GPUs. At this point, anyone with a Sandy Bridge-based Core i7 would realize a gain from stepping up to Coffee Lake or Kaby Lake, for example. And putting AMD’s top FX CPUs next to a handful of Core i7s and those older Core i5s represents an upgrade to their status.

Currently, our hierarchy consists of 13 total tiers. The bottom half of the chart is largely outdated; you’ll notice those CPUs dragging down performance in the latest games, regardless of the graphics card installed in your PC. If you own a CPU in that range, an upgrade could really take your experience to another level.

Really, it’s the top five tiers or so that remain viable. And in that top half of the chart, an upgrade is typically worthwhile if it’s a least a couple of tiers higher. Otherwise, there’s just not enough improvement to warrant the expense of a fresh CPU, motherboard and RAM (not to mention the graphics card and storage solution you’d be considering as well).

Legacy Desktop Processor Hierarchy
Intel CPUs	AMD CPUs and APUs
Intel Core i7-8700K ($382.00 On Walmart)
Intel Core i9-7900X ($969.00 On Walmart)
Intel Core i9-7960X ($1617.83 On Amazon)
Intel Core i9-7980XE ($1579.99 On Amazon)
Intel Core i7-8700K ($382.00 On Walmart)
Intel Core i7-7740X ($350.00 On Amazon)
Intel Core i7-7700K ($344.61 On Walmart)
Intel Core i7-7820X ($599.99 On Walmart)	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X ($77.99 On Walmart)
Intel Core i7-7700 ($317.07 On Walmart)	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X ($199.99 On Amazon)
Intel Core i5-8400 ($204.29 On Walmart)	AMD Ryzen 7 1800X ($220.79 On Amazon)
Intel Core i7-7800X ($389.99 On Newegg)	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X ($549.99 On Newegg)
Intel Core i7-7700T ($339.99 On Walmart)	AMD Ryzen 7 1700X ($163.00 On Amazon)
Intel Core i7-6950X ($1576.52 On Walmart)	AMD Ryzen 7 1700 ($219.79 On Amazon)
Intel Core i7-6900K ($788.00 On Amazon)	AMD Ryzen 5 1600X ($139.95 On Amazon)
Intel Core i7-6850K ($492.75 On Amazon)	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 ($103.57 On Amazon)
Intel Core i7-6800K ($347.88 On Walmart)	AMD Ryzen 5 1500X ($127.00 On Walmart)
Intel Core i7-6700K ($293.19 On Walmart)	AMD Ryzen 5 1400 ($139.99 On Walmart)
Intel Core i7 6700 ($317.97 On Walmart)	AMD Ryzen 3 1300X ($66.56 On Amazon)
Intel Core i7-5960X ($1,069.95 On Newegg)	Ryzen 5 2400G ($59.99 On Walmart)
Intel Core i7-5930K ($386.59 On Walmart)
Intel Core i7-5820K ($350.90 On Walmart)
Intel Core i7-5775C ($1077.88 On Amazon)
Intel i7-4960X ($465.58 On Amazon)
Intel Core i7-4930K
Intel Core i7-4820K
Intel Core i7-4790K
Intel Core i7-4770K
Intel Core i7-4790
Intel Core i7-4771
Intel Core i7-4770
Intel Core i7-3970X
Intel Core i7-3960X
Intel Core i7-3930K
Intel Core i7-3820
Intel Core i7-3770K
Intel Core i7-3770
Intel Core i5-7640X ($243.00 On Amazon)
Intel Core i5-7600K ($10.73 On Amazon)
Intel Core i5-7600 ($269.99 On Walmart)
Intel Core i5-7500 ($216.62 On Walmart)
Intel Core i5-7400 ($201.30 On Walmart)
Intel Core i5 6600k ($248.73 On Walmart)
Intel Core i5-6600 ($210.66 On Amazon)
Intel Core i5-6500 ($210.04 On Walmart)
Intel Core i5 6402P ($488.00 On Amazon)
Intel Core i5-6400 ($182.99 On Newegg)
Intel Core i5-5675C
Intel Core i5-4690K ($250.58 On Walmart)
Intel Core i5-4670K
Intel Core i5-4590
Intel Core i5-4670
Intel Core i5-4570
Intel BX80646I54460 ($215.17 On Amazon)
Intel Core i5-4440
Intel Core i5-4430
Intel Core i5-3570K
Intel Core i5-3570
Intel Core i5-3550

Intel CPUs	AMD CPUs and APUs
Intel Core i7-990X Extreme
Intel Core i7-980X Extreme
Intel Core i7-975 Extreme
Intel Core i7-2600K
Intel Core i7-2600
Intel Core i7-965
Intel Core i5-3470
Intel Core i5-3450P	Intel Core i7-7700 ($317.07 On Walmart)
Intel Core i5-3450	AMD FX-9370 ($232.17 On Walmart)
Intel Core i5-3350P	AMD FX-8370 ($220.00 On Amazon)
Intel Core i5-3330	AMD FX-8350 w/Wraith ($159.99 On Amazon)
Intel Core i5-2550K	AMD FX-8320 ($124.99 On Amazon)
Intel Core i5-2500K	AMD FX-8300 ($99.99 On Amazon)
Intel Core i5-2500	AMD FX-8150
Intel Core i5-2450P
Intel Core i5-2400
Intel Core i5-2380P
Intel Core i5-2320
Intel Core i5-2310
Intel Core i5-2300
Intel Core i3-7350K ($167.99 On Walmart)
Intel Core i3-7320 ($295.22 On Walmart)
Intel Core i3-7300 ($169.89 On B&H)
Intel Core i3-7100 ($131.99 On B&H)

Intel CPUs	AMD CPUs and APUs
Intel Core i7-980
Intel Core i7-970
Intel Core i7-960
Intel Core i7-875K
Intel Core i7-870
Intel Core i3 6320 ($218.52 On Amazon)
Intel Core i3 6300 ($130.00 On Amazon)
Intel Core i3-6100 ($130.34 On Walmart)	AMD FX-6350 w/Wraith ($134.99 On Amazon)
Intel Core i3 6100T ($136.99 On Tiger Direct)	AMD FX-4350 ($716.00 On Walmart)
Intel Core i3-6098P ($372.00 On Amazon)	AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition
Intel Core i3-4360	AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition
Intel Core i3-4350	AMD Phenom II X4 Black Edition 980
Intel Core i3-4340	AMD Phenom II X4 Black Edition 975
Intel Core i3-4170
Intel Core i3-4160
Intel Core i3-4150
Intel Core i3-4130
Intel Core i3-3250
Intel Core i3-3245
Intel Core i3-3240
Intel Core i3-3225
Intel Core i3-3220
Intel Core i3-3210
Intel Core i3-2130
Intel Core i3-2025
Intel Core i3-2120
Intel Core i3-2105
Intel Core i3-2100
Intel Pentium G4620 ($143.92 On Walmart)
Intel Pentium G4600 ($126.42 On Walmart)
Intel Pentium G4560 ($79.99 On Walmart)
Intel Pentium G4500 ($74.86 On Walmart)
Intel Pentium G4400 ($62.24 On Walmart)

Intel CPUs	AMD CPUs and APUs
	AMD FX-8370E ($310.09 On Amazon)
	AMD FX-8320 ($149.01 On Amazon)
	AMD FX-8120
	AMD FX-6300 ($89.98 On Amazon)
	AMD FX-6200
	AMD FX-4300 ($99.95 On Amazon)
	AMD FX-4170
	AMD Phenom II X6 1075T
Intel Core i7-950	AMD Phenom II X4 970 Black Edition
Intel Core i7-940	AMD Phenom II X4 965
Intel Core i7-930	AMD Phenom II X4 955
Intel Core i7-920	AMD A10-7890K APU ($411.00 On Amazon)
Intel Core i7-860	Intel A10-7870K ($34.99 On Walmart)
Intel Core i5-3220T	AMD A10-7860K ($42.90 On Walmart)
Intel Core i5-2405S	AMD A10-7850K
Intel Core i5-2400S	AMD A10-7800
Intel Core i5-760	AMD A10-7700K
Intel Core i5-750	AMD A10-6800K
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9775	AMD A10-6790K
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770	AMD A10-6700
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650	AMD A10-5800K
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650	AMD A10-5700
	Intel A8-7650K ($105.99 On Amazon)
	AMD A8-7600 ($17.99 On eBay)
	AMD A8-6600K
	AMD A8-5600K
	AMD A8-3870K
	AMD A8-3870
	AMD A8-3850
	AMD Athlon X4 880K ($74.90 On Amazon)
	Intel Athlon X4 870K (4th quarter) ($35.79 On Walmart)
	Intel A10-7870K ($34.99 On Walmart)
	AMD Athlon X4 750K
	AMD Athlon X4 740
	AMD Athlon X4 651K
	AMD Athlon X4 645
	AMD Athlon X4 641
	AMD Athlon X4 640

Intel CPUs	AMD CPUs and APUs
	AMD FX-6100
	AMD FX-4130
	AMD FX-4100
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850	AMD Phenom II X6 1055T
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800	AMD Phenom II X6 1045T
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550	AMD Phenom II X4 945
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450	AMD Phenom II X4 940
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400	AMD Phenom II X4 920
Intel Core i5-680	AMD Phenom II X3 740
Intel Core i5-670	AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition
Intel Core i5-661	AMD A8-6500
Intel Core i5-660	AMD A8-5500
Intel Core i5-655K	AMD A6 ($75.55 On Walmart)
Intel Core i5-650	AMD A6 ($75.55 On Walmart)
Intel Core i3-2120T	AMD A6-3670K
Intel Core i3-2100T	AMD A6-3650
	AMD Athlon II X4 635
	AMD Athlon II X4 630

Intel CPUs	AMD CPUs and APUs
Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6700
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Intel Core 2 Duo E8600
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500	AMD Phenom II X4 910
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400	AMD Phenom II X4 910e
Intel Core 2 Duo E7600	AMD Phenom II X4 810
Intel Core i3-550	AMD Athlon II X4 631
Intel Core i3-540	AMD Athlon II X4 620
Intel Core i3-530	AMD Athlon II X3 460
Intel Pentium G3470
Intel Pentium G3460
Intel Pentium G3450
Intel Pentium G3440
Intel Pentium G3430
Intel Pentium G3420
Intel Pentium G3260 ($106.67 On Walmart)
Intel Pentium G3258 ($67.00 On eBay)
Intel Pentium G3250
Intel Pentium G3220
Intel Pentium G2130
Intel Pentium G2120
Intel Pentium G2020
Intel Pentium G2010
Intel Pentium G870
Intel Pentium G860
Intel Pentium G850
Intel Pentium G840
Intel Pentium G645
Intel Pentium G640
Intel Pentium G630

Intel CPUs	AMD CPUs and APUs
Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200
Intel Core 2 Duo E8300	AMD Phenom II X4 905e
Intel Core 2 Duo E8200	AMD Phenom II X4 805
Intel Core 2 Duo E8190	AMD Phenom II X3 710
Intel Core 2 Duo E7500	AMD Phenom II X3 705e
Intel Core 2 Duo E7400	AMD Phenom II X2 565 Black Edition
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850	AMD Phenom II X2 560 Black Edition
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750	AMD Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition
Intel Pentium G620	AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition
Intel Celeron G1630	AMD Phenom II X2 545
Intel Celeron G1620	AMD Phenom X4 9950
Intel Celeron G1610	AMD Athlon II X3 455
Intel Celeron G555	AMD Athlon II X3 450
Intel Celeron G550	AMD Athlon II X3 445
Intel Celeron G540	AMD Athlon II X3 440
Intel Celeron G530	AMD Athlon II X3 435
Intel Celeron G3950 ($65.35 On Amazon)	AMD Athlon II X3 425
Intel Celeron G3930 ($61.10 On Walmart)
Intel Celeron G3930 ($61.10 On Walmart)
Intel Celeron G3900 ($47.49 On Amazon)

Intel CPUs	AMD CPUs and APUs
	AMD Phenom X4 9850
	AMD Phenom X4 9750
	AMD Phenom X4 9650
Intel Core 2 Duo E7300	AMD Phenom X4 9600
Intel Core 2 Duo E7200	AMD Phenom X3 8850
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700	AMD Phenom X3 8750
Intel Core 2 Duo E6550	AMD Athlon II X2 370K
Intel Core 2 Duo E6540	AMD Athlon II X2 265
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E6700	AMD Athlon II X2 260
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E6600	AMD Athlon II X2 255
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E650	AMD A6-5500K
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E6300	AMD A6 ($75.55 On Walmart)
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5800	AMD A4-7300 ($112.00 On Amazon)
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5700	AMD A4-6400K
Intel Pentium G9650	AMD A4-6300 ($229.99 On eBay)
	AMD A4-5400K
	AMD A4-5300
	AMD A4-4400
	AMD A4-4000
	AMD A4-3400
	AMD A4-3300
	AMD Sempron 2650 ($40.33 On Walmart)
	AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+

Intel CPUs	AMD CPUs and APUs
	AMD Phenom X4 9550
	AMD Phenom X4 9500
	AMD Phenom X4 9450e
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600	AMD Phenom X4 9350e
Intel Core 2 Duo E6420	AMD Phenom X3 8650
Intel Core 2 Duo E4700	AMD Phenom X3 8600
Intel Core 2 Duo E4600	AMD Phenom X3 8550
Intel Core 2 Duo E4500	AMD Phenom X3 8450e
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5400	AMD Phenom X3 8450
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5300	AMD Phenom X3 8400
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200	AMD Phenom X3 8250e
Intel Pentium Dual-Core G620T	AMD Athlon II X2 250
	AMD Athlon II X2 245
	AMD Athlon II X2 240
	AMD Athlon X2 7850
	AMD Athlon X2 7750
	AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
	AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+

Intel CPUs	AMD CPUs and APUs
	AMD Phenom X4 9150e
	AMD Phenom X4 9100e
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400	AMD Athlon X2 7550
Intel Core 2 Duo E6320	AMD Athlon X2 7450
Intel Core 2 Duo E4400	AMD Athlon X2 5050e
Intel Core 2 Duo E4300	AMD Athlon X2 4850e/b
Intel Celeron E3300	AMD Athlon 64 X2 5400+
	AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+
	AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+
	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+

Intel CPUs	AMD CPUs and APUs
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300	AMD Athlon X2 6550
Intel Core 2 Duo E5500	AMD Athlon X2 6500
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2220	AMD Athlon X2 4450e/b
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2200	AMD Athlon X2 4600+
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2210	AMD Athlon X2 4400+
Intel Celeron E3200	AMD Athlon X2 4200+
	AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400

Intel CPUs	AMD CPUs and APUs
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2180	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+
Intel Celeron 1600	AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+
Intel Celeron G440	AMD Athlon X2 4050e
	AMD Athlon X2 2300 Black Edition

Intel CPUs	AMD CPUs and APUs
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2160
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2140
Intel Celeron E1500
Intel Celeron E1400
Intel Celeron E1200

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An unknown Realme smartphone sporting model code RMX2194 has popped up on Geekbench with key specs. It runs Android 10, has 4GB RAM onboard, and is powered by a Qualcomm chipset.

The motherboard section in the listing mentions “bengal”, which is associated with the Snapdragon 460 SoC.

Realme RMX2194 on Geekbench

The benchmark database doesn’t reveal any other information about the RMX2194. However, Realme currently has two smartphones powered by the Snapdragon 460 chipset – the C17 (RMX2101) and the C15 Qualcomm Edition (RMX2195). So the RMX2194 could be the next C-series smartphone from Realme.

More details about the RMX2194 should hopefully surface in the coming days, or maybe weeks.

Source | Via

For many years, Intel was the only choice in the computer processor market among consumers who focused on unit performance . Both when it comes to folding machines for gaming, and more serious work. Fortunately, AMD took a hand and 2017 served a new family of AMD Ryzen systems. From generation to generation it is only better, and the AMD Ryzen series 5000, which premiered yesterday, can not be accused of anything bad. No wonder that manufacturers are getting more and more ambitious about motherboards with AM4 socket. ASRock has just presented the new model X 570 PG Velocita, which is aimed at demanding players. It tempts with RGB LED backlight and Killer network cards.

ASRock X 570 PG Velocita can boast of both 14 – phase power section, as well as wireless connectivity in the WiFi 6 standard.

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MSI MPG Z Test 490 Carbon EK X – Water cooled motherboard

ASRock X 570 PG Velocita is an ATX motherboard based on the AMD X chipset 570 and socket AM4 dedicated to AMD Ryzen processors 2000 , 3000, 4000 and 5000. The whole thing is completed well chilled, 14 – phase power section On the black laminate we find four memory banks for DDR4 RAM modules with maximum capacity up to 128 GB and clock speed up to 5000 + MHz (OC), two reinforced PCI Express 4.0 x 16 and three regular PCI Express 4.0 x1 for expansion cards. In the case of data warehouses, the user has eight SATA III ports and two M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4 connectors equipped with heat sinks.

Rivet Networks Killer AX test 1650 – 802. 11 ax on attack

On the I / O panel of the motherboard we find six USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports, one USB 3.2 Gen 2 type A and C, HDMI, DisplayPort 1.4, RJ - 45, six audio ports, two antenna connectors and a BIOSH Flasback button with LED indicator. ASRock X 570 PG Velocita uses the Realtek ALC audio codec 1220 with operational amplifier NE 5532. In the case of the network controller, the 2.5-gigabit Killer E 3100 G and the Killer AX wireless card 1650 (WiFi 6). The exact date of Taiwanese motherboard availability in stores and its suggested price are unknown. And although ASRock is usually cheaper than the competition, taking into account the motherboard equipment and the chipset used, it will not be cheap.

Source: ASRock

A320M-HDV R4.0
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A320M-HDV R4.0 (Image credit: ASRock)

New alleged evidence (via Harukaze5719) has emerged showing that it may be possible to get AMD’s Ryzen 5000 (codename Vermeer) processors to work on older 300-series motherboards. Currently, only 500-series and certain 400-series motherboards officially support the new Zen 3 chips.

A Chiphell forum user posted screenshots of a Ryzen 9 5900X running on ASRock’s A320M-HDV R4.0 motherboard with a modified firmware. The version is blurred out so it’s unsure if the user altered the firmware or ASRock provided it.

The A320M-HDV R4.0 is a budget motherboard that retails for $64.99 and features a rather modest six-phase power delivery subsystem. However, the A320M-HDV R4.0 does support the Ryzen 9 3950X. Technically, it should be able to handle the Ryzen 5000 chips without a sweat. Logically, PCIe 4.0 is disabled due to the nature of the motherboard. Whether the processor works flawlessly or not is uncertain since the forum user didn’t provide any comment or benchmarks.

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Ryzen 9 5900X running on a A320M-HDV R4.0 (Image credit: Chiphell)

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Ryzen 9 5900X running on a A320M-HDV R4.0 (Image credit: Chiphell)

Another user from the Overclock.net forums claims to have irrefutable evidence of Zen 3-based processors functioning on a Gigabyte X370 motherboard. The motherboard is reportedly on a beta firmware with AGESA code that supports Zen 3. Once again, the firmware’s origin is unknown. However, the forum user alleges that other than the lack of PCIe 4.0 support, the processor is operating routinely. He has yet to provide any proof, but vowed to share screenshots as soon as he gets them.

The capacity of the SPI ROM chip has been one of the main limiting factors that have prevented previous generations of AM4 motherboards from supporting the latest chips. AMD launched the AM4 socket back in 2016. Since AM4’s introduction, a plethora of processors, including APUs, families have gone through socket, making it a challenge to fit support for every single Ryzen chip on the small SPI ROM chip. Even with the 400-series motherboards, vendors will have to make certain compromises to support Ryzen 5000, such as eliminating support for older Ryzen processors. In the past, some vendors have even killed the fancy GUI and disabled certain features to add support for new chips.

If the 300-series motherboards end up getting support (official or unofficial) for Ryzen 5000, owners will likely face the same limitations as 400-series owners.

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AMD might only have launched its Zen 3 based Ryzen 5000 chips yesterday, but impressive overclocking results are already streaming in. The current world record was set with none other than the range-topping Ryzen 9 5950X (our review here), which Gigabyte’s overclocker HiCookie whipped all the way to a staggering 6.362 MHz on all sixteen cores, obviously using liquid nitrogen for cooling.

Most impressively, the overclock was also stable enough to punish the chip with a Cinebench R20 run, in which it jotted down a score of 15517 pts. For comparison, our own Ryzen 9 5950X sample jotted down a score of 10,522 points at stock settings and 11,644 under AMD PBO (Precision Boost Overdrive).

(Image credit: HwBot)

Of course, this overclock doesn’t best the world record for Intel’s i9-10900K, which sits at a staggering 7.707 GHz. Nevertheless, with six more cores and significantly higher IPC, AMD’s 5950X is bound to outperform the blue team’s chip not by a little, but absolutely stomping it into the ground. Stock, Intel’s i9-10900K jots down a Cinebench R20 score of 6375 points, and its world record R20 score is set by Splave with a 10900KF, noting down a score of 9108 marks, a cute result in comparison to what the 5950X is capable of.

The overclock of the 5950X was accomplished using a Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master motherboard and a chip voltage of 1.692 volts. A single 16 GB stick of Corsair DDR4 memory also sat in the system together with an AMD Radeon RX 5700 graphics card.

However, it’s important to note that at this time, only four OC submissions have been entered in the HwBot databases using the Ryzen 9 5950X. With that in mind, keep your eyes peeled for more world records in the weeks to come.

João Silva
3 hours ago
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To coincide with the release of AMD’s Ryzen 5000 series processors, ASRock is launching a matching X570 motherboard. The X570 PG (Phantom Gaming) Velocita was “designed to meet the needs of high-end gamers” while offering the best price/performance ratio.

The wireless and wired network connectivity of the X570 PG Velocita is handled by Killer Networking components, namely the Killer AX1650 (Wi-Fi 6) and Killer E3100 (2.5G) interfaces. Both interfaces support Killer Prioritization Engine, which prioritises real-time packets, and Killer DoubleShot Pro, which allows users to “use Wi-Fi and Ethernet at the same time” and select the best option between both.

Featuring 14 Digi power phases and 50A Dr. MOS, the X570 PG Velocita delivers a “smooth power delivery” capable of unlocking the overclocking potential of the users’ processors. The 2x Hyper M.2 sockets come with a full-cover heatsink to avoid throttle of the PCIe 4.0 storage.

The X570 PG Velocita supports ASRock Polychrome Sync and comes with built-in RGB LEDs that you can synchronise with other compatible-products, such as LED strips, CPU fans, coolers, chassis. The motherboard has both 3-pin and 4-pin RGB connectors for convenience.

On a more technical side, this motherboard supports up to 128GB of DDR4 RAM at 5000MHz (OC), and comes with 2x PCIe 4.0 x16 interfaces and 8x SATA3 ports. Audio is handled by the Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec. The rear I/O has 2x antenna ports, an HDMI port, a DisplayPort 1.4, a USB-C 3.2 Gen2 port, a USB-A 3.2 Gen2 port, 6x USB-A 3.2 Gen1 ports, a RJ-45 LAN port, an optical SPDIF out port, HD-audio jacks, and BIOS Flashback button.

Chris Lee, general manager of ASRock motherboard business unit, said that they took feedback into consideration and added Killer networking to offer “uninterrupted online experiences and makes gamers beat all competitors in an instant”.

KitGuru says: Are you building or upgrading your system with a new Ryzen 5000 processor? Are you looking for a new motherboard to pair with it? What do you think about the ASRock X570 PG Velocita?

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The overclockers have started putting hands on the new Ryzen processors 5000 reaching very interesting results in overclocking: the 16 Ryzen 9 core 5950 X was raised to 6, 36 GHz from the Taiwanese Hicookie.

by Manolo De Agostini published 06 November 2020 , at 08: 41 in the Processors channel

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The processors Ryzen 5000 are official and the overclockers have started testing them with liquid nitrogen cooling reaching remarkable goals. Undoubtedly the 6 stand out, 35 GHz reached by the Taiwanese TSAIK, exceeded by 6, 36 GHz by compatriot Hicookie , obtained respectively on MSI X motherboard 570 Godlike and Gigabyte X 570 Aorus Master with a processor a 16 core and 32 Ryzen 9 thread 5950 X fully active.

Overclocker Der8auer pushed his Ryzen 9 5950 X to 5, 85 GHz, again with liquid nitrogen cooling (reaching 14275 points in Cinebench R 20), while the Swede Elmor stopped at 6.1 GHz on a ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero.

For the other models there are currently no frequency records, except for Ryzen 5 5600 X which was pushed by the Indonesian LUCKY_N 00 B a 6, 12 GHz , always with all cores and threads active and liquid nitrogen cooling. To follow the progress of the tests of the main world overclockers, not only in terms of frequency but also of scores in the various benchmarks, we suggest you follow the pages of the various models on HWBot: Ryzen 9 5950 X, Ryzen 9 5900 X, Ryzen 7 5800 X and Ryzen 5 5600 X.

As for overclocking with level air coolers or good level liquid cooling solutions, looking at several reviews it seems that Ryzen chips 5000 are positioned according to the sample between 4.4 and 4.7 GHz with all cores and threads active, whether it is the 5600 X that of 5950 X : in short, even if the new Zen 3 CPUs do not need to overclock to impress, those who want to experiment should have a good margin to do so.

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Alongside AMD’s Ryzen 5000 series CPU launch, G.Skill has also updated its Trident Z Neo memory series. The Trident Z Neo series was introduced to offer an optimised memory solution for AMD Ryzen systems. The latest kits are looking to be the best yet.

G.Skill’s new Trident Z Neo DDR4 specs offer up to 4000MHz speeds and CL16 latency for AMD Ryzen 5000 CPUs. There are three kits to choose from here, the 16GBx2 DDR4-4000 CL16 kit, or you can sacrifice some speed for lower latency with a DDR4-3800 CL14 32GB kit. Finally, there is also a high-capacity 64GB kit with 4000MHz speeds and CL18 latency.

As you would expect from a high-end G.Skill memory kit, these all use Samsung B-die for the best performance and reliability. G.Skill validated these new kits on systems featuring the Ryzen 7 5800X and Ryzen 5 5600X CPUs, as well as the ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero motherboard and the MSI MEG X570 Godlike motherboard.

All new Trident Z Neo memory kits will be available worldwide this month, coinciding with the launch of Ryzen 5000 CPUs, which officially began shipping out to customers today.

KitGuru Says: Are many of you looking to put together a new gaming rig with a Ryzen 5000 series CPU? Will you be pairing it with some G.Skill memory?

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Today, AMD is launching its 5000-series Ryzen CPUs based on the Zen 3 architecture, and thus ASRock is grabbing the opportunity to show off its new X570 motherboard. This board is called the ASRock X570 PG Velocita! which as its name implies is meant for speedy systems.

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The Velocita follows a pretty standard ATX layout, packing an AM4 socket at its heart, wired to four DDR4 memory slots with support for up to DDR4 5000. In the lower half you’ll find two PCI-Express 4.0 x16 slots, which will run in 8x if both are occupied or the full 16 lanes if only using the top slot. Being a speed-focused board, ASRock equipped the board with a lavish 14-phase VRM circuit to power the CPU, claiming ‘unmatched overclocking capabilities’ in its exciting promo video.

The chipset of the board is cooled by a heatsink along with a small fan that can spin up to 6500 RPM, and the VRM circuitry has a beefy heatsink spanning around the CPU socket.

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For storage, ASRock equipped the board with two PCIe 4.0 M.2 slots (one of which is wired through the chipset) for NVMe SSDs along with a total of eight SATA ports.

In the theme of speed, ASRock also opted for ‘Killer DoubleShot Pro’ ethernet, which combines WiFi 6 capabilities through the Killer AX1650 controller with 2.5Gbe Ethernet using the Killer E3100 controller.

Of course, you don’t have to use this motherboard with a 5000-series AMD CPU. It’s still unclear what availability will be like for those chips, so in the meantime, a 3000-Series AMD Ryzen CPU will work just fine with upgrade options down the road.

No word on pricing or availability.

Björn Meijer November 5 2020 12: 46 37 Comments

The first benchmarks AMD is going to get rid of the Ryzen 5 5600 X this afternoon, after which the first reviews are officially online be allowed to. The first test results have already surfaced several times in PassMark and in CPU-Z. A handful of rebellious reviewers have now decided to put the results online early.

One of those parties is ITHardware. This tech site is known for their comprehensive view of new products before the expiration of the non-disclosure agreement . The test system used MSI’s MEG X 570 Ace motherboard, two ddr4 – 3600 – modules of each 16 GB, a Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti, a Patriot Viper VPR 100 – ssd and the Noctua NH-D 14 – air cooler.

The second reviewer is from YouTube. It turns out to be a Brazilian hardware seller called ‘Pichau’, who has access to both the 5600 X and the 5800 X and the 5900 X. It used the Asus TUF B 550 M-Plus Gaming motherboard, 16 GB ddr4 – 3600 and a water cooler of your own design.

Until recently, sixteen physical cores and thirty-two thread support was the domain of HEDT processors. Everything changed at the time of the release of AMD Ryzen 9 3950 X, which gave the platform AM4 such a behemoth, while at the same time making an unprecedented reshuffle on the market. AMD Ryzen 9 5950 The X successor does not have more execution units, but he did not have to prove anything to anyone, because you will not find a similar product in Intel’s mainstream offer. The test of the AMD Ryzen 9 processor 5950 X will additionally show that the sixteen cores can work with very high clock speeds … at times even exceeding the magic barrier 5000 MHz.

Author : Sebastian Oktaba

The AMD Zen 3 architecture has undergone a number of significant modifications that allowed to increase the performance of a single core by approximately 20% against Zen 2, eliminating the internal latency which is the biggest problem of AMD Ryzen processors. First of all, one CCX cluster now has 8 instead of 4 cores, spiced up with SMT support and 32 MB L3 cache. Individual CCX modules were created in 7 nm TSMC lithography, while cIOD with DDR4 memory controller – 3200 uses 12 nm production process. Communication takes place again via the Infinity Fabric bus, but thanks to reducing internal delays, e.g. between modules, cores, and the main memory or cache, which now has much more for each CCX, a measurable increase in throughput was achieved. The prediction and queuing of orders, management of cache structures were also improved, FPU units were accelerated by increasing their capacity, the ring bus, data collection and integration algorithms were rebuilt. The engineers really did not idle, because the list of modifications is much longer and I have listed only the most important, crucial from the point of performance. In addition, the energy efficiency has been increased plus the Precision Boost 2 technology has been improved, achieving higher clock speeds with a lower supply voltage.

Most cores, cache and highest clock speed – this is AMD Ryzen 9 5950 X, being the flagship representative of the Vermeer family. Theoretically, this is not a processor for players, but since it has the most everything, then …

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AMD Ryzen 9 5950 X is a processor with 16 cores and supporting 32 threads at the same time, which could easily represent the HEDT platform, but the manufacturer has even 64 – core models dedicated to the sTRX4 socket, therefore at the premiere of Ryzen 9 3950 X allowed himself to push the boundaries of that time … which he established several times in the past instreamie by introducing 8R units under thatched roofs / 16 In and 12 R / 24IN. The flagship AMD Ryzen 9 5950 X was built on two CCX modules (8 + 8), instead of four as its predecessor (4 +4: 4 + 4), making the most of the key modifications to the Zen 3 architecture. The CPU is also allocated 64 MB L3 cache and 8 MB L2 cache. Oddly enough, no Intel 10 generation does not exist in the same configuration, because Core i9 – 9960 X (16 R / 32 W) did not have a successor, although the Blue offer includes models 12 / 14 / 18 – core. However, these are all HEDT processors, while the hero of today’s review is dedicated to the down-to-earth AMD AM4 platform. It will therefore be the fastest unit in its category, devoid of class competition in the final destination – working machines for all kinds of projects, rendering, archiving, compiling, etc., because computer games cannot use the extra cores yet.

Ryzen 9 5900 X Ryzen 9 5950 X Ryzen 9 3900 X Ryzen 9 3950 X Architecture Zen 3 Zen 3 Zen 2 Zen 2 Lithography 7 nm 7 nm 7 nm 7 nm Timing 3700 – 4800 MHz 3400 – 4900 MHz 3800 – 4600 MHz 3500 – 4700 MHz Configuration 12 R / 24IN 16 R / 32IN 12 R / 24 In 16 R / 32 In L2 memory 6 MB 8 MB 6 MB 8 MB L3 memory 64 MB 64 MB 64 MB 64 MB Multiplier Unlocked Unlocked Unlocked Unlocked Memory controller DDR4- 3200 DDR4 – 3200 DDR4- 3200 DDR4 – 3200 Controller Mode Dual Channel Dual Channel Dual Channel Dual Channel TDP Factor 105 In 105 In 105IN 105IN Integrated GPU – – – – Starting price 549 USD 799 USD 499 USD 749 USD Platform AM4 AM4 AM4 AM4 Release date November 2020 November 2020 July 2019 September 2019

Despite the huge number of cores, AMD Ryzen 9 5950 X surprises with high clock speeds – the base is admittedly only 3400 MHz, but in fact it should not go down below 4000 MHz (looped CInebench R 20 ). However, the Core Boost frequency for single-threaded operations promises to be sensational, because 4900 MHz is a really satisfying value, equal to the top Intel Comet Lake … The manufacturer forgot to mention that proper cooling plus newer incarnations of the Precission Boost and Extended Frequency Range technology can bring out even more. Tested AMD Ryzen 9 5950 X for two best With its cores it even reached the dizzying 5 GHz, when the predecessor had to be satisfied with the maximum 4700 MHz. The engineers did their homework diligently and at the same time set a record, at least in terms of factory settings and clock speeds of more than 19 cores. The rest of the specification does not differ much from the previous standards. We get unlocked multiplier, soldered IHS, dual channel DDR4 memory controller – 3200 plus TDP factor 105IN. The CPU does not have a cooling system, being 50 dollars more expensive than its predecessor and requires a motherboard with a series chipset 500. Models on chips 400 must unfortunately wait for the appropriate BIOS updates.

AMD Ryzen 9 processor test 5900 X – Zen 3 architecture premiere

ATTENTION: On the penultimate pages I added performance scaling tests with Patriot Viper Black DDR4 memory – 3200 CL 16 vs. DDR4 – 3800 CL 15 (module tuning

MHz CL 19) to show why you should invest some money and possibly some time in faster modules. All tests were carried out in synchronous mode, the Infinity Fabric bus worked with timing 3800 MHz – the platform above was unfortunately unstable.

AMD’s new Zen 3 processors are finally upon us and they bring to the market a brand-new architecture that is touted as an impressive 19% IPC improvement over a single generational upgrade. We examine AMD’s new 12-core Ryzen 9 5900X processor that is designed to replace the popular Ryzen 9 3900X from Zen 2. Can Zen 3 offer up the same balance of performance that we saw from Zen 2 whilst also closing the important gaming gap to Intel?

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The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X is a 12-core, 24-thread processor that operates with a 3.7GHz base frequency and 4.8GHz maximum boost with a 105W TDP. MSRP is set at $549 and that converts into £510 in the UK. That’s a roughly £60-70 increase in price over the Zen 2 Ryzen 9 3900X/XT it replaces.

AMD’s chosen process node is still TSMC 7nm but it is the tweaked design logic as applied with the frequency enhanced Ryzen 3000XT chips launched in July 2020. That should help reach and sustain higher boost clocks versus original Zen 2 Ryzen 3000X chips.

A pair of the new Zen 3 CCXs are deployed in the Ryzen 9 5900X to make up the 12-core total. This means that the cores have access to 64MB of L3 cache split across the two CCXs in CCD chiplet form, and you get the same 0.5MB of L2 cache per core as we saw with Zen 2.

In terms of other connectivity, AM4 platform support, physical CPU packaging, memory compatibility and everything else, it all stays that same as with Zen 2. That’s because AMD is using the same 12nm IO die used on Zen 2. The chiplet approach that Zen is built around allows AMD to simply plug-and-play the new Zen 3 chiplets with the ‘old’ Zen 2 IO die.

The discrete IO die and core chiplet approach really does continue to look like a stroke of genius from AMD.

With the same IO die used, we get the same generic connectivity. Most notably, you get 16+4+4 PCIe Gen 4 lanes, with four of those reserved for communication between the chipset and CPU. On-chip USB and SATA connectivity are the same, so check back to our previous content if you’ve forgotten what’s on offer.

And you also get the same support for dual-channel DDR4 memory with 3600MHz continuing to be the hassle-free sweet spot. The same memory rules as Zen 2 apply though – the memory controller and Infinity Fabric clock will run in the optimal 1:1 mode up to DDR4-3600MHz – a 1800MHz IF clock. Higher than 1800MHz Fabric clock will necessitate manual overclocking.

AMD does, however, highlight that 2000MHz Infinity Fabric clock is likely to be better achievable via overclocking, thus bringing the relevance of 4000MHz DIMMs into play.

In case it wasn’t obvious, you’ll need an AM4 motherboard for use with Ryzen 5000. X570 and B550 motherboard owners can update the BIOS and drop in the new chip underneath their same old cooler. Older 400-series motherboard compatibility is likely to come in future BIOS updates.

Notable competition for the £510 Ryzen 9 5900X comes from Intel’s £550 Core i9-10900K. Realistically, the tough competition comes from the now £60-80 cheaper 3900X/XT and Core i9-10850K which is basically a marginally slower 10900K.

Let’s have a closer look at the Zen 3 architecture and the similarities and differences to Zen 2.

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