The AMD Ryzen 3 3300X and 3100 CPU Review: A Budget Gaming Bonanza
by Dr. Ian Cutress on May 7, 2020 9:00 AM ESTTest Bed and Setup
As per our processor testing policy, we take a premium category motherboard suitable for the socket, and equip the system with a suitable amount of memory running at the manufacturer's maximum supported frequency. This is also typically run at JEDEC subtimings where possible. It is noted that some users are not keen on this policy, stating that sometimes the maximum supported frequency is quite low, or faster memory is available at a similar price, or that the JEDEC speeds can be prohibitive for performance. While these comments make sense, ultimately very few users apply memory profiles (either XMP or other) as they require interaction with the BIOS, and most users will fall back on JEDEC supported speeds - this includes home users as well as industry who might want to shave off a cent or two from the cost or stay within the margins set by the manufacturer. Where possible, we will extend out testing to include faster memory modules either at the same time as the review or a later date.
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| AMD Ryzen 3000 | AMD Ryzen 3 3300X AMD Ryzen 3 3100 |
| Motherboard | GIGABYTE X570 I Aorus Pro (1.12e) |
| CPU Cooler | AMD Wraith |
| DRAM | G.Skill FlareX 2x8 GB DDR4-3200 C14 |
| GPU | Sapphire RX 460 2GB (CPU Tests) MSI GTX 1080 Gaming 8G (Gaming Tests) |
| PSU | Corsair AX860i |
| SSD | Crucial MX500 2TB |
| OS | Windows 10 1909 |
Many thanks to...
We must thank the following companies for kindly providing hardware for our multiple test beds. Some of this hardware is not in this test bed specifically, but is used in other testing.
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| Sapphire RX 460 Nitro | MSI GTX 1080 Gaming X OC | Crucial MX200 + MX500 SSDs |
Corsair AX860i + AX1200i PSUs |
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| G.Skill RipjawsV, SniperX, FlareX |
Crucial Ballistix DDR4 |
Silverstone Coolers |
Silverstone Fans |
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Spunjji - Monday, May 11, 2020 - link
You missed out on what Userbenchmark would add. Luckily most of us know the answer is "nothing".I'm now pretty convinced that you're a Deicidium sockpuppet.
Spunjji - Monday, May 11, 2020 - link
Oh for crying out loud. The first two posts in the comments wasted on a feckless simpleton blubbering that this site doesn't do the exact same things every other site does.Guess what laddoo - that's the point.
twizzlebizzle22 - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
Bit disappointed with the CPU selection used in this article.Thought it might be interesting to see how it fares against the 1600AF or R5 3600. Different CPUs which people might be considering if they're worth the extra.
amrnuke - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
Exactly. I'd have loved to see it up against the i3 9100F, 9400F. Comparison to the 3600 and 1600AF would be very welcome given the 1600AF's price range and 3300X vs 3600 would be very interesting from a gaming standpoint.DanNeely - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
None of those CPUs are in Bench, so Ian doesn't have any of them to test. The original 1600 is present for the older benchmarks, but not the newer ones. I wouldn't expect many CPUs to be run on the new ones until all of them are finished and ready to go in order to minimize the amount of time spent dis/reassembling test systems.flyingpants265 - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
Bench is terrible, it's missing way too many options. Most common problem I run into is when I'm trying to compare an older card (7870 or gtx660 or something) to a newer card, and they are just missing from the list. Just needs to be expanded and improved.0ldman79 - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
That's because the data sets don't overlap.They were run with different CPU, OS, etc...
I'd like for there to be a checkbox that says "these aren't scientific, you can compare incomplete, incorrect data at your own risk" etc, but there's a reason they aren't in the same listing; they're not the same.
Zizy - Friday, May 8, 2020 - link
The problem is that such data is often very misleading. By far the most important issue: there are many drivers touting >10% speedup in game X. You might as well guess which GPU is faster if they end up very close over many generations. Heck, simple "the new GPU has X% more CU and Y% higher frequency vs old one" is likely to lead to a better estimate than trying to correct for all that mess.regsEx - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
Worst part in the test is the RAM. That set of 3200C14 memory is very expensive - $160. That making entire build pointless. For that money you can get 32 GB kit with 6-core Core i3 10400.b0rnslippy - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
Oh Ian doesn't have them in Bench.. How convenient for Ian. Ehem, "Dr" Ian, sorry.