Pre release benchmarks against intel i7 6800k 6900k 7700k are out. For cinebench and handbrake, I am dumbfounded by how much faster this is than the $1000 intel i6900k!!! How? The gaming comparisons are very weak, but I expect that bottleneck would be GPU rather than CPU, so that would be moot point comparison, unless your rig is like 3x 1080 SLI, 8K. Seems like games currently are not optimized for 8 cores, so 7700k beat 6900k as well. My main use is a desktop computer, rather than gaming computer. Video processing, handbrake conversion, so for the price this is by far better performance/price than intel.
Update 5/22/2017: So I finally got the chip and all the necessary ingredients for a HEDT. Wow does it run hot! I haven't exactly been able to post benchmarks yet, since I am still waiting for AMD to release some VEGA gpu gear. So am having to use the R9 290x so far. Just doing some testing and getting used to the new system.
I want it to give it 5 stars but I am having trouble giving it 4 stars because its to darn hot. I am using a Kraken x61 280mm AIO. It's got silent, fixed and performance mode. Silent is barely audible whereas performance is audible to a moderate hum.
idle, the CPU temperature is ranging in the 54-65 degrees C. IS that right? Reading the review from Maximum PC (they even confirmed this with peers) it does run hot. Though they recorded a temperature of 50-60 C. On full load Handbrake, i am getting about 99-100% CPU all 16 threads utilization and I am getting peak temp of 87 C on silent. 83 C on fixed and 77-78 C on performance. I guess that 's okay, but with liquid cooling? Entire wattage of the CPU at 100% is about 118 watts.
I'll update more once I get the VEGA gpu and get some decent benchmarks.
UPDATE 08/07/2017
So there is a glitch, not sure if intended by AMD or not, but there is a 20 degree offset from the AMD Ryzen Master software temperature with CAM (NZXT) software which controls fan and pump settings. So when CAM read 55 deg, the Ryzen Master software reads 35 deg. This looks like it's correct. I was thinking why does 1800x idle at 55-60 deg with a 280mm water cooler. So in that case of this bug, Ryzen is running cooler than displayed by software. So I gave it back a star.
AEGS update to 1.0.0.6 now supports higher speed DRAM. I currently have 2400Mhz but will upgrade to 3200Mhz, apparently this could give 10-20% boost in gaming FPS performance.
VEGA will be out 08/14/2017, so I'll update with benchmarks when that happens. Hopefully I can order one without leeching scumbag bitcoin miners sucking up all the inventory. Please get a real job.
Specs: Ryzen 1800x/Gskill Flare X 2x 16gb 2400ghz/Gigabyte x370 Gaming K7/EVGA G3 1000W/R9 290x (waiting for Vega)
| Processor | 4 GHz amd_ryzen_7 |
|---|---|
| RAM | DDR4 |
| Memory Speed | 32 MHz |
