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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LMonty - Tuesday, May 12, 2020 - link
Anandtech, can we please have an upvote/downvote system in the comments section? Seems to work very well at Arstechnica in drowning out the trolls. Thanks.Spunjji - Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - link
Seconded.silverblue - Tuesday, May 12, 2020 - link
I imagine this has been mentioned elsewhere before, but why does Zen fare so badly, specifically, in 3DPM v1? Additionally, Geekbench 4's MT test is shown twice, once in place of 3DPM v1's MT test.Scubasausage - Thursday, May 14, 2020 - link
Good to see my old 4790k featured. I can see what I would get for my money if I upgraded. And judging by these results it isn’t really worth the money to upgrade it. Thank god really because I’ve been burned by AMD so many times that if I can I will avoid them. But right now you really can’t avoid them! Good thing I don’t need a CPU!A nice 30xx series Nvidia card will be a good replacement for my RX580 when they release. Hey, might even be able to use my 4K monitor in 4K!
Duto - Friday, May 15, 2020 - link
I love the free market!ReallyBigMistake - Sunday, May 17, 2020 - link
How much did Cyrix/Centaur/VIA pay you for this article? (I forgot to mention Rise lol)DominionSeraph - Sunday, May 17, 2020 - link
I can get i7 4770/4790 systems for $120. AMD's going to have to do better than +10% performance to get me to pay triple the price over Intel's old stock.indiandablu - Wednesday, June 10, 2020 - link
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