The AMD Ryzen launch was exciting and filled with drama. The hype levels peaked just before the launch and while the performance was amazing in almost every benchmark there were some people surprised at the in game performance numbers and a few of the early issues with the new platform. On top of all of that, for me, I was also dealing with a dead CPU right at the launch. Our original review was written to include the R7 1700 but due to having trouble with it those results had to be pushed until AMD sent a replacement. Well that came in and I was able to get it tested but our review queue was already filled with completed coverage. So today I finally have the chance to take a closer look at it. Now I recommend everyone check out my original review for most of the details on the launch as this was an unplanned article, but once you are done we can run through the performance of the lowest priced Ryzen 7 CPU and find out if it is the value CPU to pick up right now.
Product Name: AMD Ryzen R7 1700
Review Sample Provided by: AMD
Written by: Wes
Pictures by: Wes
Amazon Link: HERE
AM4 Testbench also supported by: Corsair, Asus, and Noctua
Test Rig and Procedures
AM4 Test System |
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Motherboard |
Asus Crosshair VI Hero |
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Cooling |
Noctua NH-U12S for cooling Noctua NT-H1 Thermal Paste |
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Memory |
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2x8 16GB 3000MHz |
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Storage |
Kingston HyperX 240GB SSD |
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Video Card |
AMD RX480 |
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Power Supply |
Thermaltake 850w |
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Case |
Microcool Banchetto 101 Test bench |
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OS |
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit |
CPU Testing Procedures |
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Hitman 2016 |
1080p – Ultra Setting – DX12 – Vsync Turned off using built-in benchmark |
Ashes of the Singularity |
1080p – Standard quality setting, DX12, built in benchmark on the CPU-focused setting |
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided |
1080p – Ultra Setting – DX11 – Vsync Turned off using built-in benchmark |
Dolphin 5.0 Benchmark |
For information on configuration, view this thread |
3DMark Fire Strike |
Physics Score – Performance benchmark |
7-Zip |
Built-in benchmark set to 32MB, run 4 passes |
Google Octane 2.0 |
http://chromium.github.io/octane/ |
Jetstream |
http://browserbench.org/JetStream/ |
wPrime |
1024M |
X264 HD Benchmark |
Pass 1 and Pass 2 |
Cinebench R15 |
CPU and CPU (Single Core results) |
Passmark 8 |
CPU Mark Score |
PCMark 8 |
Home test is run both with and without OpenCL |
Power Usage |
Idle and load testing using a Kill-A-Watt and wPrime to put the CPU under load |
Temps |
Prime95 to load, motherboard software to read temperature |