Achieving poor cinebench ratings involves consistent challenges in performance or consistency.
Achieving poor cinebench ratings involves consistent challenges in performance or consistency.
I saw my scores dropping while others hovered near 1300. My CPU only reached 3.6-3.5 GHz compared to theirs at 3.9. I tried overclocking but voltage needs were too high—1.35 for 3.8, not even 3.9 since I feared a crash. Temperatures stayed under 80°C, but with my weak overclock I throttled after minutes in 95°F. My specs are Ryzen 2600/3200MHz, 3000MHz clocked, using Stock Cooler B450M DS3H. Folks said this board is bad in other forums, but I don’t think it’s the main issue. RX 570 Evga 550GD
Critics usually get premium tokens and they focus mainly on a single aspect, leaving the rest of their setup mostly unnecessary to reduce further constraints on performance. Seeing results below the theoretical upper limit isn't unexpected for me.
I see differences compared to a typical “reviewer” build with a stock cooler. There might be some automatic overclocking in the 2600 to set it apart from the 1600. Reviewers usually prioritize strong cooling. The 2600 will likely overclock slightly, which is normal. However, it probably won’t need as much cooling as a high-end setup. Memory or motherboard? All versions should support faster RAM, but the 3000 might perform better than the 3200 in some cases. You could be encountering problems related to the motherboard that others haven’t discussed. I don’t have that experience myself. Others might have insights. It might be worth checking why some people think the board has issues—those kinds of concerns usually point to a specific problem.