The AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Review: A Simpler Slice of V-Cache For Gaming

CPU Benchmark Performance: Simulation

Simulation and Science have a lot of overlap in the benchmarking world. The benchmarks that fall under Science have a distinct use for the data they output – in our Simulation section, these act more like synthetics but at some level are still trying to simulate a given environment.

In the encrypt/decrypt scenario, how data is transferred and by what mechanism is pertinent to on-the-fly encryption of sensitive data - a process by which more modern devices are leaning to for software security.

We are using DDR5 memory on the Ryzen 7 78000X3D and the other Ryzen 7000 series we've tested. This also includes Intel's 13th and 12th Gen processors. We tested the aforementioned platforms with the following settings:

• DDR5-5600B CL46 - Intel 13th Gen
• DDR5-5200 CL44 - Ryzen 7000
• DDR5-4800 (B) CL40 - Intel 12th Gen

All other CPUs such as Ryzen 5000 and 3000 were tested at the relevant JEDEC settings as per the processor's individual memory support with DDR4.

Simulation

In the testing of our Dwarf Fortress benchmark, AMD's PPM and 3D V-Cache Optimizer drivers failed to detect that the Ryzen 9 7950X3D was running a gaming-focused simulation. However, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D with only one CCD was able to deliver outstanding performance in this benchmark. Similarly, in our Factorio benchmark, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D dominated and surpassed the previous Ryzen 7 5800X3D chip, as expected.

While the Ryzen 7 7800X3D did exhibit some limitations in other simulation-based tests, it's worth noting that this CPU was primarily designed for gaming and not for content creation. Therefore, we can excuse its lack of compute power in these tests. This is similar to what we observed in our Ryzen 7 5800X3D review when compared to its competitors.