AMD Ryzen 7 3800X Review

Overclocking

Sub-Zero Overclocking (From ASRock X570 Taichi Review)

Using Dry Ice, this particular Ryzen 7 3800X manages roughly 5,055MHz. There are two cores here responsible to limiting the overclock, which is core 0 and core 7. These are the weakest as well even when searching for everyday overclocked settings. All the other cores (1 through to 6) are capable of around 50 to 75MHz more. Not a bad result for a sample of one and certainly speaks well to the improved overclocking (albeit limited) that the 3rd generation CPUs offer.

CineBench is an AMD favorite so it’s no surprise to see the Ryzen 7 3800X perform so well. For reference, the previous generation Ryzen 2700X CPU cooled via Liquid Nitrogen to 5,737MHz scores 2,635 points against the 2,661 points of the Ryzen 7 3800X, despite the 700MHz clock deficit. 

Missing GPU PI screenshot info and the CPU frequency is hidden. However here is the score anyway.

In terms of complexity overclocking the 3800X, there really isn’t any. It’s either you have a lemon or a useful CPU. If you get odd “8d” errors and such when the CPU is cooled, then you most likely have a lemon. Fortunately this sample had no such issues (outside of the expected ones when overclocking at sub-zero degrees on AMD platforms) and overclocking was straight forward.

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