AMD Ryzen 3 3100 Processor (4C/8T, 18 MB Cache, 3.9 GHz Max Boost)

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The POV-Ray benchmark is a synthetic, highly threaded rendering test that offers a second opinion on the Cinebench results.This test uses ray tracing to render a three-dimensional image. (Note that it doesn't use the ray tracing features of Nvidia's RTX-class GPUs; this is purely CPU grunt at play here.) In the graph below we tested power use of the system across multiple situations from idle, to Prime 95 Small FFT (with FMA3/AVX). The Ryzen 3 3100 pulled the most power during the Prime 95 Small FFT test with the system pulling 182 W from the wall. The gaming result included with SOTR shows north of 400 W, but keep in mind the 1080 Ti is a 250 W GPU. Even paired with this big GPU a quality 500 W power supply would be adequate. Levine MN, Raskob G, Beyth RJ, Kearon C, Schulman S. Hemorrhagic complications of anticoagulant treatment: the seventh ACCP conference on antithrombotic and thrombolytic therapy. Chest. 2004;126(3):287S–310S.

AMD SenseMI Technology, AMD "Zen" Core Architecture, AMD VR Ready Processors, Enmotus FuzeDrive™ for AMD Ryzen™, AVX2, FMA3, XFR (Extended Frequency Range)Kannus P, Niemi S, Parkkari J, Palvanen M, Vuori I, Järvinen M. Hip fractures in Finland between 1970 and 1997 and predictions for the future. Lancet. 1990;353(9155):802–5.

Gudmundsen TE, Vinje B, Pedersen T. Deep vein thrombosis of lower extremities. Diagnosis by real time ultrasonography. Acta Radiol. 1990;31(5):473–5. Depending on the game, the CPU will often handle tasks including scene management, gameplay logic, physics calculations, and asset loading. We took these factors into account when assessing the expected CPU performance for gaming.Based on our evaluation of using AMD's Ryzen 3 3100 CPU for general apps, you can expect good app performance with a high-performance CPU cooler.

Office and web applications are typically single-threaded, so running a single application won't take advantage of a many-core CPU. Eikelboom JW, Quinlan DJ, Douketis JD. Extended-duration prophylaxis against venous thromboembolism after total hip or knee replacement: a meta-analysis of the randomised trials. Lancet. 2001;358(9275):9–15. However, gaming performance is a different story. The Intel Core i5-9600K provides excellent value when it comes to gaming, even though it costs nearly twice as much as the Ryzen 3 3100. So, while in our benchmarks, single core performance is only around 10% slower, that isn't reflected in actual games.

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Next, we will move on to something a bit more tangible/productivity-based with compression, rendering, and encoding benchmarks.