Ryzen 5 5600X Test: First Performance Results

British overclocker Jumper118 grabbed a retail sample of the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (literally buying it from a local retailer) and is essentially the first to share real-world tests of the new 6-core, 12-thread Zen 3 processor.

The Ryzen 5 5600X sample tested by Jumper118 likely ran close to stock speeds, as the enthusiast focused more on undervolting than aggressive overclocking during his bench session.

Benchmark:	Ryzen 5 5600X score:	Ryzen 5 5600X clock:
Cinebench - R15	2,040 points multi-threaded, 258 points single-threaded	4702.3MHz
HWBOT x265 Benchmark - 4k	16.167 fps	4650.6MHz
Geekbench3	37,283 points multi-threaded, 6,746 points single-threaded	4702.3MHz

According to the overclocker, the Ryzen 5 5600X only needs 1.200V to run stably at 4,600 MHz. This is a very impressive result that points to some highly effective architectural optimization by AMD's engineers.

Yes, the processor runs stably at 4.6 GHz with 1.2V set in the BIOS. Under load, it droops to 1.16V. 1.25V in BIOS is required for stable 4.7 GHz operation, but that caused a crash in the X265 4K benchmark, so I backed down to 4.65 GHz and successfully finished the runs. :)

— Jumper118

The test bench hosting the new AMD 6-core chip used the following hardware:

Motherboard: ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Hero;
RAM: 2x 8GB Patriot Viper 4400 C19 Series;
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 710;
Power supply: Super Flower Leadex 1300W.

And it looked like this:

Source: Enthusiast's profile on HWBot