Bang4Buck and Bang4Watt
The performance benchmarks on the previous pages tell part of the story, but it is always fun to add some Bang4Buck metrics into the mix. Do be aware that there are many methods of calculating such results - different benchmarks will skew the outcome, and prices can both fluctuate daily and vary wildly depending on region.
We've chosen to use the multi-threaded Cinebench R20 test as a basis for our results, and pricing was taken from Newegg.com, or SRP pricing, as on August 20, 2019.
These scores simply divide the Cinebench R20 score by the dollar price or SRP. The Ryzens are top because they offer excellent performance and keen pricing.
The Ryzen 7 3800X offers mid-pack performance. Why? Because its costs a fair bit more than the Ryzen 7 3700X and Ryzen 5 3600X.
Ryzen 5 2600X is the star of the Bang4Buck show because it is, still, so damn cheap.
This graph divides the same Cinebench result with the system-wide power consumption we observe during evaluation.
It's no surprise that the Ryzen 7 3800X is also solid here; it doesn't live up to its much-higher TDP.
This metric takes 18.92 as the ceiling for Bang4Buck, and 35.06 for Bang4Watt, and combines them into a weighted score where a maximum of 2 is possible.
Again, the sticky part for the review chip is that pesky Ryzen 7 3700X, which is better on each parameter.
