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.
| Test Setup | |
| 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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PeterCollier - Saturday, May 9, 2020 - link
Where are the AMD APUs?PeterCollier - Friday, May 8, 2020 - link
0The_Assimilator - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
Please shut up.b0rnslippy - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
Why? not all of them are blind Ian supporters. Just saying it like we seeing it.Teckk - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
You think this article is biased towards Intel?mrvco - Friday, May 8, 2020 - link
The narrative seems forced in lieue of current and price competitive offerings from Intel. Hard to blame AT though, must publish. Regardless, AMD is absolutely ballin'.brunis.dk - Saturday, May 9, 2020 - link
Unbelievable.. this chip is a quarter of the price and is a fucking steel and totally embarrasses Intel's best .. and he thinks its Intel biased, what the actual F?Spunjji - Monday, May 11, 2020 - link
Yeah, this "logic" isn't working out at all.I'm hard pressed to tell whether these comments are from actual dyed-in-the-wool AMD fanboys or a few Intel nuggets doing their best impersonations of how they think one would behave. 🤔
PeterCollier - Monday, May 11, 2020 - link
Socrates said it's the mark of an informed mind to entertain a thought without rejecting it.It's the mark of an uninformed mind to be unable to entertain an opposing viewpoint and instead dismiss it as trolling.
FreckledTrout - Monday, May 11, 2020 - link
Those trolls in 400BC were a pain writting stuff in stone and all.