AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Review, Extremely BAD Value!

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Video Index
00:00 - Welcome to Hardware Unboxed
00:31 - Ryzen 5 9600X
01:20 - Test System Specs
01:28 - Zen 5 is not as efficient as you’ve been told!
03:14 - Cinebench 2024
03:52 - Cinebench 2024 Power
04:07 - 7-Zip File Manager
04:27 - Blender Open Data
04:43 - Corona 10 Benchmark
05:03 - Adobe Photoshop 2024
05:21 - Adobe Premiere Pro 2024
05:34 - Baldur's Gate 3
05:48 - The Last of Us Part 1
06:02 - Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
06:23 - Hogwarts Legacy
06:34 - Assetto Corsa Competizione
06:53 - Spider-Man Remastered
07:03 - Homeworld 3
07:11 - A Plague Tale: Requiem
07:25 - Counter-Strike 2
07:48 - Starfield
07:58 - Horizon Forbidden West
08:09 - Hitman 3
08:17 - Watch Dogs: Legion
08:26 - 13 Game Average
08:53 - Power Gaming
09:27 - Cost per Frame CPU
09:57 - Cost per Frame Upgrade
10:16 - Final Thoughts

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X Review, Very BAD Value!

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All Comments (21)
  • @Norim_
    AMD never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
  • @Kbyte27
    Oh man, he's standing up again! Please don't do this to us Steve.
  • @schnitz5450
    AMD just released their new architecture, ZEN 5%.
  • @StingyGeek
    Hey AMD, give me my sand back, you're not using it responsibly.
  • @martinxyz
    Now Steve is gonna be angry till Zen 6! What have you done AMD...
  • @laserad
    I bought 7500f last month on discount. Turns out I was buying new generation.
  • @MrDilldock
    They should have named these the 9600 and 9700 and used the X for a higher TDP.
  • @mirceastan4618
    Finally some reviewer acknowledged the "Zen 5 efficiency" debacle, congrats, who the hell cares about 7700X when 7700 was just as good 4 months later, had better efficiency and came with a Wraith Prism? In fact, it was still better value at 329$ then 9700X Is today at 359$, let alone that it today costs 279$, which is crazy!
  • @SMGJohn
    LTT = "Amazing products from AMD, cured my dog from Intelcitus, magnificent upgrade over previous generation, we recommend in fact, we command YOU to buy it!"
  • @barsham7881
    AMD likes to shit the bed everytime they'r in front
  • @theSeventhDruid
    Also noticed how people love to ignore non-x chips of 7xxx series to praise efficiency of 9xxx series. Those should be called 9700 and 9600
  • @MigraineBoy411
    I currently have a 5600x, and I thought of finally upgrading to Zen5. It looks like it's much better for me to stay in Zen4 with the 5800X3D instead of selling a kidney for a platform upgrade. Here in the Philippines by the way, where everything costs so much.
  • @BRAXXAVAR
    Userbenchmark can’t believe their eyes.
  • @BangHJL
    Steve standing is like your dad calling you by your full name. You're definitely in trouble. 😅
  • @aightm8
    Userbenchmark might write some accurate analysis for once