AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Processor Review

System Overview & Testing Procedures
We are going to be testing a handful of processors today. We have listed the different systems we are using and their components.

AMD X470
Processors: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X / AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
Motherboard: ASUS Prime X470 Pro
Graphics: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Gaming X 3GB
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Tactical DDR4-3000 32GB
Storage: Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB
Cooling: NZXT Kraken X52
Power Supply: Corsair AX860i
Case: PrimoChill Praxis WetBench

AMD X370
Processors: AMD Ryzen 7 1700X / AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair VI Hero
Graphics: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Gaming X 3GB
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Tactical DDR4-3000 32GB
Storage: Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB
Cooling: NZXT Kraken X52
Power Supply: Corsair AX860i
Case: PrimoChill Praxis WetBench

Intel Z370 System
Processors: Intel Core i7-8700K / Intel Core i5-8400
Motherboard: ASUS Prime Z370-A
Graphics: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Gaming X 3GB
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Tactical DDR4-3000 32GB
Storage: Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB
Cooling: NZXT Kraken X52
Power Supply: Corsair AX860i
Case: PrimoChill Praxis WetBench

Intel Z270 System
Processors: Intel Core i7-7700K / Intel Core i7-6700K
Motherboard: Aorus Z270X-Gaming 9
Graphics: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Gaming X 3GB
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Tactical DDR4-3000 32GB
Storage: Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB
Cooling: NZXT Kraken X52
Power Supply: Corsair AX860i
Case: PrimoChill Praxis WetBench

For testing the processors everything will be set to auto in the BIOS. The reason we do is because most people will have this setup on their own PC. This is the default mode if you do not go into the BIOS and change anything. For both Intel and AMD systems we did however enable the XMP profile for our memory.

Here are the specifications of all four processors we will be testing today.

Core i7-8700K: 3.7 GHz / 4.7 GHz
Core i7-7700K: 4.2 GHz / 4.5 GHz
Core i7-6700K: 4.0 GHz / 4.2 GHz
Core i5-8400: 2.8 GHz / 4.0 GHz
Ryzen 7 2700X: 3.7 GHz / 4.3 GHz
Ryzen 7 1700X: 3.4 GHz / 3.8 GHz
Ryzen 5 2600X: 3.6 GHz / 4.2 GHz
Ryzen 5 1600: 3.2 GHz / 3.6 GHz

Here are the tests that we will be running:

CPU Testing
AIDA64
– CPU Queen
– CPU ZLib
X264 HD Benchmark 5.0
Sisoftware Sandra
– Processor Arithmetic
– Processor Multimedia
Handbreak
– Encoding test
POV-Ray 3.7
CINEBENCH R11.5 64-Bit

Graphics & Gaming
3DMark Time Spy
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme
Ashes Of The Singularity
Batman Arkham Origins
The Division

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