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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Spunjji - Tuesday, May 12, 2020 - link
It's the mark of an uninformed troll to misquote Socrates in support of obvious trolling.Unashamed_unoriginal_username_x86 - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
"AMD's new processor is better than Intel's recent flagship at a third of the price, and Intel's i3 chips are barely available so it will be great for budget gaming""HOW MUCH IS INTEL PAYING YOU"
What, should he have manipulated the benchmarks?
Or should he have unprofessionally craptalked Intel because his identity revolves around an alliterative antagonistic absolutist dogmatic dichotomy between fooking TECH companies?
Scootiep7 - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
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"Blind Ian supporters" like this is some kind of celebrity feud? Grow up.deathBOB - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
Don't be rude. I for one think it's nice that people with serious intellectual disabilities can participate here.Richlet - Friday, May 8, 2020 - link
As long as we don't go back to the days of dailytech, lol. I think all those guys currently work for the current POTUS.sarafino - Friday, May 8, 2020 - link
Come on dude, don't turn the comment section into a Reddit-style off topic political flame war.PeterCollier - Saturday, May 9, 2020 - link
I just hope Gary Johnson runs. Can't stand Trump or Biden. Not voting for women molestors.PeterCollier - Saturday, May 9, 2020 - link
Intellectual disabilities? This is the level of discussion here?