AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16 Core CPU Review – Revisiting Zen 4 on ASRock’s X670E Taichi & Gigabyte’s X670E AORUS Xtreme

3DMark Time Spy CPU Performance

3DMark Time Spy is a widely popular video card benchmark test for Windows that is designed to measure your PC’s gaming performance. While the overall benchmark is great, the utility also provides a good indication of the CPU performance.

3DMark TimeSpy CPU (Higher is Better)
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Ryzen 9 7950X w/ ASRock X670E Taichi

15.8k
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ Gigabyte X670E AORUS Xtreme

15.8k
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E HERO

15.8k
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ Gigabyte X670E AORUS Master

15.7k
3DMark TimeSpy CPU 5.1 GHz OC (Higher is Better)
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16.2k
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16.1k
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E HERO

16.2k
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16.2k

Blender

Blender is a free and open-source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, and even video editing and game creation.

Blender 2.8 (Lower is Better)
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Ryzen 9 7950X w/ ASRock X670E Taichi

58.3
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ Gigabyte X670E AORUS Xtreme

58.3
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E HERO

58.3
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ Gigabyte X670E AORUS Master

58.3

Cinebench R20

Cinebench is a real-world cross-platform test suite that evaluates your computer’s hardware capabilities. Improvements to Cinebench Release 20 reflect the overall advancements to CPU and rendering technology in recent years, providing a more accurate measurement of Cinema 4D’s ability to take advantage of multiple CPU cores and modern processor features available to the average user.

Cinebench R20 (Higher is Better)
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Ryzen 9 7950X w/ ASRock X670E Taichi

825
15.2k
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ Gigabyte X670E AORUS Xtreme

824
15.2k
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E HERO

824
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Ryzen 9 7950X w/ Gigabyte X670E AORUS Master

825
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Cinebench R23

Cinebench is a real-world cross-platform test suite that evaluates your computer’s hardware capabilities. Improvements to Cinebench Release 20 reflect the overall advancements to CPU and rendering technology in recent years, providing a more accurate measurement of Cinema 4D’s ability to take advantage of multiple CPU cores and modern processor features available to the average user.

Cinebench R23 (Higher is Better)
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Ryzen 9 7950X w/ ASRock X670E Taichi

38.7k
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ Gigabyte X670E AORUS Xtreme

38.7k
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E HERO

38.7k
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ Gigabyte X670E AORUS Master

38.8k

CPU-Z

CPUz is a freeware that gathers information on some of the main devices of your system such as the Processor name and number, codename, process, package, cache levels, Mainboard, and chipset, Memory type, size, timings, and module specifications (SPD), and Real-time measurement of each core’s internal frequency, memory frequency.

CPU-z (Higher is Better)
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790
15.8k
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ Gigabyte X670E AORUS Xtreme

789
15.8k
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E HERO

790
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Ryzen 9 7950X w/ Gigabyte X670E AORUS Master

789
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Geekbench 5

Geekbench 5, the latest major upgrade to Primate Labs’ easy-to-use cross-platform benchmark, is now available for download. Geekbench 5 allows you to measure your system’s power more accurately than ever before.

Geekbench 5 (Higher is Better)
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2.2k
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Ryzen 9 7950X w/ ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E HERO

2.2k
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2.2k
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HandBrake

HandBrake is a tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs.

Handbrake (Higher is Better)
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Ryzen 9 7950X w/ ASRock X670E Taichi

102.2
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ Gigabyte X670E AORUS Xtreme

102.3
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E HERO

102.3
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ Gigabyte X670E AORUS Master

102.2

PCMark 10

PCMark 10 is a complete PC benchmarking solution for Windows 10. It includes several tests that combine individual workloads covering storage, computation, image and video manipulation, web browsing, and gaming. Specifically designed for the full range of PC hardware from netbooks and tablets to notebooks and desktops, PCMark 10 offers complete Windows PC performance testing for home and business use.

PCMark 10 (Higher is Better)
Overall CPU Score (Higher is Better)
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Ryzen 9 7950X w/ ASRock X670E Taichi

9.6k
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ Gigabyte X670E AORUS Xtreme

9.6k
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E HERO

9.5k
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ Gigabyte X670E AORUS Master

9.6k

POV-Ray

The POV-Ray package includes detailed instructions on using the ray-tracer and creating scenes. Many stunning scenes are included with POV-Ray so you can start creating images immediately when you get the package.

POV-Ray 3.7 (Higher is Better)
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Ryzen 9 7950X w/ ASRock X670E Taichi

9.4k
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ Gigabyte X670E AORUS Xtreme

9.4k
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E HERO

9.4k
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ Gigabyte X670E AORUS Master

9.8k

SuperPI

Super PI is used by many overclockers to test the performance and stability of their computers. In the overclocking community, the standard program provides a benchmark for enthusiasts to compare “world record” pi calculation times and demonstrate their overclocking abilities. The program can also be used to test the stability of a certain overclock speed.

SuperPi (Lower is Better)
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Ryzen 9 7950X w/ ASRock X670E Taichi

6.1
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6.1
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E HERO

6.1
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ Gigabyte X670E AORUS Master

6.1

WinRAR

WinRAR is a powerful archive manager. It can back up your data and reduce the size of email attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP, and other files downloaded from the Internet, and create new archives in RAR and ZIP file format.

Winrar 5.8 (Higher is Better)
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Ryzen 9 7950X w/ ASRock X670E Taichi

66.2k
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ Gigabyte X670E AORUS Xtreme

66.2k
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E HERO

66.2k
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ Gigabyte X670E AORUS Master

66.2k

X264 HD Encode Benchmark

This benchmark measures the encoding performance of the processor. It offers a standardized benchmark for the clip as well as the encoder used is uniform.

X264 HD Encode Benchmark (Higher is Better)
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Ryzen 9 7950X w/ ASRock X670E Taichi

248.2
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Ryzen 9 7950X w/ Gigabyte X670E AORUS Xtreme

248.1
137.9
Ryzen 9 7950X w/ ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E HERO

248.4
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Ryzen 9 7950X w/ Gigabyte X670E AORUS Master

248.2
137.5