The initial release of AMD’s newest CPU wasn’t exactly the most smooth launch in their history. Problems with initial BIOS files potentially reduced the performance ceiling and there were some concerns, bordering on conspiracy theories, surrounding the CCX design and intra-CCX communication latency and how that effects performance. As the dust has settled and a few Windows updates have surfaced that theoretically fix a scheduling issue, we’ve managed to perform a few more tests to more conclusively how AMD’s newest CPU, the 1800X specifically, actually performs.

Ryzen 7 1800X poses a good value proposition

During our initial testing we saw that in computation heavy loads it scaled very well with the number of threads active, capable of spreading out it’s ample resources to even slightly surpass a 1:1 ratio of performance among well-threaded workloads. And in integer heavy workloads, Ryzen 7 shined above the competition, though not always by a large margin. This gave us pause to think that perhaps this simply means that the architecture is fantastic at different workloads, and is of course not compatible directly to Intel. Different arch’s work differently and thus do well at different things. Simple at its core, but something oft forgotten when debating the merits of one processor over the next.

For part 2 we have a tremendous number of benchmarks, both gaming and otherwise, to help show how it performs in real (sometimes canned, however) situations. One-off synthetic tests that show weaknesses are great at explaining some of the new features inherent in a design, but that’s all. How does this processor, the Risen 7 1800X, actually perform in things that I actually do? That’s the more important question. And one that we hope we can at least help answer for you.

Benchmark Systems Setup

AMD Ryzen Intel i7-6900K Intel i7-7700K AMD Ryzen 7 1800X Intel i7 6900K Intel i7-7700K GIGABYTE AX370 Gaming 5 GIGABYTE X99 Gaming Ultra GIGABYTE Z270X Gaming Ultra Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 3000MHz Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 3000MHz Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 3000MHz Sandisk Extreme II 240GB Sandisk Extreme II 240GB Sandisk Extreme II 240GB Seagate 4TB SSHD Seagate 4TB SSHD Seagate 4TB SSHD Gigabyte GTX 1080 Windforce 3X Gigabyte GTX 1080 Windforce 3X Gigabyte GTX 1080 Windforce 3X Corsair AX 1200i Corsair AX 1200i Corsair AX 1200i Noctua NH-U12S Cooler Master MasterLiquid Pro 120 Cooler Master MasterLiquid Pro 120