The Ryzen 7 5700X: A Mid-Range CPU with Exceptional Value

In today's video, we're taking a closer look at the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X, an eight-core, 16-thread processor that offers impressive performance and value for its price. With a price tag under $200, this CPU is an attractive option for those looking to build a mid-range workstation or gaming PC without breaking the bank.

When it comes to benchmarking, we put the Ryzen 7 5700X through its paces using various tests, including the Fire Strike Extreme physics score, which serves as a good indicator of how well this CPU will perform across the board in terms of not just gaming, but also future-proofed applications. And the results are impressive: with an RTX 3080, we saw scores that rivaled those of higher-end CPUs, making it clear that the Ryzen 7 5700X is a great choice for both gaming and content creation.

But what really sets this CPU apart is its value proposition. When compared to AMD's newer Ryzen 7000 series processors, which start at over $300, the 5700X offers significantly better performance at a fraction of the cost. This makes it an attractive option for those who want the best possible performance without the hefty price tag.

In fact, our testing revealed that the Ryzen 7 5700X is not just a good performer in today's games and applications, but also one that will continue to offer great value in the future as new titles are released. And with its compatibility with budget coolers and motherboards, this CPU offers an incredible amount of flexibility for builders looking to create a custom system on a budget.

The 5700X is indeed a big win, folks. With eight relevant cores and 16 relevant threads, it's a powerhouse that will deliver exceptional performance without the need for a top-of-the-line cooling solution. And with its impressive benchmark scores, it's clear that this CPU is one of the best values on the market right now.

But what about the competition? How does the Ryzen 7 5700X stack up against Intel's offerings in the mid-range segment? We tested the I5-13500 alongside the 5700X and saw some interesting results. While it may not be a direct comparison, our testing suggests that the 5700X is indeed one of the top options in this price range.

So what does this mean for you, the reader? If you're looking to build a gaming PC or workstation without breaking the bank, the Ryzen 7 5700X is an excellent choice. Its value proposition is unmatched, and its performance will only continue to grow as new applications are released.

And if you have any questions about the CPU, feel free to leave them in the comments below. We'd love to hear from you!

The Question of the Day: Faulty GPU Thermal Pads

This question comes from Al Marty, who writes:

"Does not change in thermal bads I think it means pads uh cause a device stop error on the GPU the d3d device when opening games and when occt is detected on vram it does not artwork and I change a new system and I get the same errors are there any solutions"

Unfortunately, Al, it sounds like you're experiencing a common issue with faulty GPUs. The symptoms you've described - device stop errors, OCCT detecting overheating on VRAM, and issues with gameplay and benchmarking applications - all suggest that your GPU is not functioning properly.

The good news is that in most cases, this is simply a case of a faulty GPU or a malfunctioning thermal pad. Replacing the faulty component should resolve the issue.

Our advice would be to contact the manufacturer or a professional repair service for assistance with replacing the faulty part. In some cases, it may also be necessary to perform a thorough cleaning and maintenance of the system to ensure that all components are functioning properly.

We've had issues like this in the past, Al, and we can assure you that the solution is usually not as complicated as it seems. With the right tools and expertise, it's possible to fix many of these issues and get your system running smoothly once again.

Thanks for reaching out, Al, and we hope this helps!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: entoday we're taking a look at a CPU that's coming under 200 even brand new and this is the ryzen 7 5700x which you guys have been asking me to take a look at for a while and actually when I was in Australia I purchased two of these CPUs and they were just that good not just in terms of value for money but also in terms of if you want to say sell a PC or build something for your friend not just in the fact that you get eight cores 16 threads but also the CPU has some really good characteristics to it that I in particular maybe I'm just one of the few nowadays that don't like these really high wattage running and hot running CPUs I like this CPU because it's tuned pretty uh conservatively out of the box but let's get into the gaming Benchmark numbers here today where we're going to take a look at how this thing performs even with an RTX 4090 which is pretty much unrealistic in a lot of scenario shows because it's just too expensive of a GPU but you're going to be surprised at how well this thing performs in the real world never pay full price for Windows 10 or 11 again with today's video sponsor SED Keys you can get activated for as little as 15 using that coupon bftyc links in description below welcome back to Tech yes City and today we're testing out at three different resolutions so we've got 1080p lowest settings which is great for those people who want to know the max theoretical performance of that CPU how high can this thing go if I want to stay on this CPU for a few more years is it going to cause any problems for me especially if I want to update my GPU later then we've got 1440p Max settings as well as 4K Max settings because there's a lot of popular monitors out there even for 1440p for example that offers some really good value and so if you can sort of match up this higher end GPU off the used Market is this CPU going to be a good choice and here's where on cyberpunk 2077 lower settings at 10 AP we've got here 152 average FPS and the 0.1 percent lows are also nothing to sweat about coming over 80. so this is going to give you a really smooth experience coupled in with some ddr4 3600 megahertz which is the personal sweet spot for me it's something that I recommend to a lot of people not just for Value but also they're going to have no problems when they lock in those XMP Profiles In general across the range of CPUs that was shown here we've also got the ryzen 7 1700 which I recently picked up on a deals hunt and that's definitely showing its age but you'll notice I can really only get the memory to 29.33 megahertz with this particular CPU so the ryzen 7 1700 does have its difficulties when it comes to games but even then looking at this result something that's turning six years old will still play these titles absolutely fine with over 60 average FPS though stepping things up to 1440p Max settings shows that that gap between the 5700x and the higher cost CPUs is starting to flows greatly we're looking at these CPUs here all of them cost at least 50 more but you're not getting fifty percent more FPS and then stepping things up to 4K shows that not only is the ryzen 7 5700x doing well but also the i312 100 is doing a good job with that RTX 4090 at Max settings though the next title we're pulling up here is Horizon zero Dawn this tends to like the AMD CPUs at least the later stuff here besides the ryzen 7 1700 where the FPS is quite High across all these CPUs but in particular the 7950x is leading the benchmarks here but if we look at the ryzen 75700x it's doing an extremely good job in this game scoring both great average FPS and good point one percent lows too going up to 1440p over 200 average FPS with a good point one percent low and then going up to 4K we've got great FPS here too but even if we look at the ryzen 7 1700 if I'm playing Horizon zero dawn again with over 60 average FPS I'm happy and all the CPUs here deliver and then some though it's at this point that you're probably thinking Brian you're talking about 60 FPS you're okay with this I'm not okay with this I want some higher FPS numbers because I'm a hardcore gamer I want to be getting wins across the belt here show me the numbers show me the competitive FPS titles here's where we'll pull up CS go at 1080p lower settings where you can see the ryzen 75700x 648 average FPS in fact it actually scored a victory over the 5800 X 3D which was a little bit surprising but it is the only title where it does this that with over 600 average FPS I think if you're not getting the wins here it's not the CPU but if we look at the ryzen 7 1700 we can see how much over the generations of ryzen the FPS has increased on the 8 core 16 threads so that for me personally was actually really interesting to see on the CS go graphs but also going up to 1440p this time from lower settings to very high settings with that RTX 4090 shows that the 5700x again is getting really high FPS if we look at the top of the charts you've got the 7950x the 3900k these are CPUs that can cost two to three times more but the FPS is only 1.1 x Morse and when we step things up to 4K this is again a similar story with cs go the last title we are showing you guys today is the shadow of the Tomb Raider Benchmark 1080p lowest settings and here's where we're getting over 200 average FPS with a 0.1 lows also being really well controlled too now stepping things up to 1440p again over 200 average FPS and then going up to 4K shows that it is in the same league as those other CPUs above it even though this CPU is only clocked at four gigahertz all core and the next graph I'm going to show for you guys is the power consumption whilst we're gaming so we're getting some pretty good FPS here and we're using up 71 Watts but what makes the ryzen 75700x even better is that undervolts pretty well I mean all CPUs if you're getting them in nowadays this is personally I'm a big fan of this undervolting them and getting the best power efficiency possible and here's where this responds really well being one of the most power efficient gaming CPUs out there not just out of the box but also you can undervolt it a little bit more and it's going to respond quite well though that power consumption result really impressive and what I like about it even more is that out of the box you can get the ryzen 7 5700x and say go with an a520 motherboard and for gaming you're going to be absolutely fine since Shadow the Tomb Raider does tend to Max the CPU in a lot of its different resolutions especially coupled with an RTX 4090 now the ryzen 7 5700x one thing that it doesn't come with is an included box cooler so you will have to go out and buy an additional cooler with the purchase of this CPU so that's one thing I kind of didn't like I would have loved to have seen this CPU arrive with a wraith prism which is not only a good CPU in terms of its Aesthetics but it's also a decent CPU in terms of its cooling performance where especially coupled in with a CPU wire gaming that's using 71 Watts it would do a really good job and in fact all the tests in today's video was done with The Wraith prism though if you want some cheap cooling options to go with the ryzen 7 5700x for instance something like this the iGo ice 400se that's a 15 cooler off AliExpress same with the John's bow that'll actually set you back a little bit more money but these are real budget Choice CPUs that I'll have a video on soon and AliExpress CPU Cooler Showdown to see which of these CPUs does really well with a mid-range CPU and also the high-end options for you guys who want to get the best value possible so so far so good with the ryzen 75700x it's got the performance there when it comes to gaming it's definitely no slouch it's got the efficiency but also what about the productivity scores and here's where I ran a couple of benchmarks just the cinebench R23 to show you the maximum performance here and scoring a little over 13 000 points and that's a decent score you'll be able to do some great video editing with this CPU especially coupled in with 32 gigabytes of ddr4 memory but also if we look at the Adobe Premiere Pro I do this test with an RTX 3080 it's scoring in pretty well here too so all around it'll do not just a good job at gaming but also be a great CPU for a mid-range workstation 2 though the final Benchmark will show up here as the fire strike extreme physics score which overall I find is a really good indicator for seeing how well this CPU will do across the board in terms of not just say now's games but also in the future too and here's where it's scoring in the middle of the pack here so it's a very solid CPU for gaming and with all that information out of the way it's time to give you guys the final recommendation with the ryzen 7 5700x and basically this thing is a big win in my books you're coming in with under 200 bucks eight cores 16 threads but it's not just any eight core 16 threads but it's eight relevant cores 16 relevant threads it's got great efficiency great compatibility in that you can couple with a budget cooler budget motherboard and really extracts so much value out of this CPU now it is kind of a shame to see that Intel AMD they love releasing these better value products later in the cycle so you may be looking at the 5700x and thinking well there's already the ryzen 7000 series CPUs out why would I get this and it comes down to motherboard costs ddr4 memory costs as well as the CPU itself now an 8 core 16 thread on the ryzen 7000 series line is going to cost you over three hundred dollars so you're paying over fifty percent more and in a lot of cases you're not going to get fifty percent more performance in actually any of the metrics that I tested here today so ultimately if you're looking for the best value that's where the 5700x is really going to deliver and it's going to deliver a lot more in the fact that we today we took a look at the CPU with an RTX 4090 if you want to get say an RTX 3060 or say an RX 6700 XT you're going to notice even less of a difference between this CPU and those higher end models that cost a lot more money so the value proposition here is absolutely amazing do keep in mind you'll have to get a separate box cooler but that being said with what I've seen with recently with the ray stealth and things like that I'm actually shying away from the box coolers as we said in today's video unless they're those good box coolers like the race prism anyhow guys hope you enjoyed today's video yo this thing is an absolute winner also I noticed in the top selling charts here this CPU alongside the I5 13500 they're both selling really well so I'm going to take a look at the I5 13500 sorry I've been a little bit slow I've had to travel between Australia and Japan my boy wanted to come with me then I had to bring him back go to school and so yeah he gets the blame for the slow content this time around but uh the content should be rolling in a little bit faster now and uh hopefully you guys enjoyed it and you enjoyed today's video and the recommendation if you guys have any extra thoughts and opinions or anything you disagree with drop a comment in the comment section below and also smash that like button for us and with that said we've got the question of the day here and this comes from Al Marty and they say does not change in the thermal bads I think it means pads uh cause a device stop error on the GPU the d3d device when opening games and when occt is detected on vram it does not artwork and I change a new system and I get the same errors are there any solutions so unfortunately I have seen something like that happen in the past that is just a faulty GPU I think whatever you do with that GPU going forward you have to replace the faulty part and so putting thermal replacing the thermal pads I believe that's not going to do anything because you just can't even get the application to open in the first place usually if vram's getting too hot either a few things will happen the GPU will just shut off thermal trip or you'll start getting some really uh janky lines on that Benchmark before it shuts off so uh yeah I would uh I condolences my man but that uh that GPU is a gonna I'd look into getting it fixed hope that answers that question and without a side I'll catch you guys in another tech video very soon if you stay this far and you're enjoying that Tech yes content be sure to hit that sub button ring that Bell and I'll see you next time peace out for now byetoday we're taking a look at a CPU that's coming under 200 even brand new and this is the ryzen 7 5700x which you guys have been asking me to take a look at for a while and actually when I was in Australia I purchased two of these CPUs and they were just that good not just in terms of value for money but also in terms of if you want to say sell a PC or build something for your friend not just in the fact that you get eight cores 16 threads but also the CPU has some really good characteristics to it that I in particular maybe I'm just one of the few nowadays that don't like these really high wattage running and hot running CPUs I like this CPU because it's tuned pretty uh conservatively out of the box but let's get into the gaming Benchmark numbers here today where we're going to take a look at how this thing performs even with an RTX 4090 which is pretty much unrealistic in a lot of scenario shows because it's just too expensive of a GPU but you're going to be surprised at how well this thing performs in the real world never pay full price for Windows 10 or 11 again with today's video sponsor SED Keys you can get activated for as little as 15 using that coupon bftyc links in description below welcome back to Tech yes City and today we're testing out at three different resolutions so we've got 1080p lowest settings which is great for those people who want to know the max theoretical performance of that CPU how high can this thing go if I want to stay on this CPU for a few more years is it going to cause any problems for me especially if I want to update my GPU later then we've got 1440p Max settings as well as 4K Max settings because there's a lot of popular monitors out there even for 1440p for example that offers some really good value and so if you can sort of match up this higher end GPU off the used Market is this CPU going to be a good choice and here's where on cyberpunk 2077 lower settings at 10 AP we've got here 152 average FPS and the 0.1 percent lows are also nothing to sweat about coming over 80. so this is going to give you a really smooth experience coupled in with some ddr4 3600 megahertz which is the personal sweet spot for me it's something that I recommend to a lot of people not just for Value but also they're going to have no problems when they lock in those XMP Profiles In general across the range of CPUs that was shown here we've also got the ryzen 7 1700 which I recently picked up on a deals hunt and that's definitely showing its age but you'll notice I can really only get the memory to 29.33 megahertz with this particular CPU so the ryzen 7 1700 does have its difficulties when it comes to games but even then looking at this result something that's turning six years old will still play these titles absolutely fine with over 60 average FPS though stepping things up to 1440p Max settings shows that that gap between the 5700x and the higher cost CPUs is starting to flows greatly we're looking at these CPUs here all of them cost at least 50 more but you're not getting fifty percent more FPS and then stepping things up to 4K shows that not only is the ryzen 7 5700x doing well but also the i312 100 is doing a good job with that RTX 4090 at Max settings though the next title we're pulling up here is Horizon zero Dawn this tends to like the AMD CPUs at least the later stuff here besides the ryzen 7 1700 where the FPS is quite High across all these CPUs but in particular the 7950x is leading the benchmarks here but if we look at the ryzen 75700x it's doing an extremely good job in this game scoring both great average FPS and good point one percent lows too going up to 1440p over 200 average FPS with a good point one percent low and then going up to 4K we've got great FPS here too but even if we look at the ryzen 7 1700 if I'm playing Horizon zero dawn again with over 60 average FPS I'm happy and all the CPUs here deliver and then some though it's at this point that you're probably thinking Brian you're talking about 60 FPS you're okay with this I'm not okay with this I want some higher FPS numbers because I'm a hardcore gamer I want to be getting wins across the belt here show me the numbers show me the competitive FPS titles here's where we'll pull up CS go at 1080p lower settings where you can see the ryzen 75700x 648 average FPS in fact it actually scored a victory over the 5800 X 3D which was a little bit surprising but it is the only title where it does this that with over 600 average FPS I think if you're not getting the wins here it's not the CPU but if we look at the ryzen 7 1700 we can see how much over the generations of ryzen the FPS has increased on the 8 core 16 threads so that for me personally was actually really interesting to see on the CS go graphs but also going up to 1440p this time from lower settings to very high settings with that RTX 4090 shows that the 5700x again is getting really high FPS if we look at the top of the charts you've got the 7950x the 3900k these are CPUs that can cost two to three times more but the FPS is only 1.1 x Morse and when we step things up to 4K this is again a similar story with cs go the last title we are showing you guys today is the shadow of the Tomb Raider Benchmark 1080p lowest settings and here's where we're getting over 200 average FPS with a 0.1 lows also being really well controlled too now stepping things up to 1440p again over 200 average FPS and then going up to 4K shows that it is in the same league as those other CPUs above it even though this CPU is only clocked at four gigahertz all core and the next graph I'm going to show for you guys is the power consumption whilst we're gaming so we're getting some pretty good FPS here and we're using up 71 Watts but what makes the ryzen 75700x even better is that undervolts pretty well I mean all CPUs if you're getting them in nowadays this is personally I'm a big fan of this undervolting them and getting the best power efficiency possible and here's where this responds really well being one of the most power efficient gaming CPUs out there not just out of the box but also you can undervolt it a little bit more and it's going to respond quite well though that power consumption result really impressive and what I like about it even more is that out of the box you can get the ryzen 7 5700x and say go with an a520 motherboard and for gaming you're going to be absolutely fine since Shadow the Tomb Raider does tend to Max the CPU in a lot of its different resolutions especially coupled with an RTX 4090 now the ryzen 7 5700x one thing that it doesn't come with is an included box cooler so you will have to go out and buy an additional cooler with the purchase of this CPU so that's one thing I kind of didn't like I would have loved to have seen this CPU arrive with a wraith prism which is not only a good CPU in terms of its Aesthetics but it's also a decent CPU in terms of its cooling performance where especially coupled in with a CPU wire gaming that's using 71 Watts it would do a really good job and in fact all the tests in today's video was done with The Wraith prism though if you want some cheap cooling options to go with the ryzen 7 5700x for instance something like this the iGo ice 400se that's a 15 cooler off AliExpress same with the John's bow that'll actually set you back a little bit more money but these are real budget Choice CPUs that I'll have a video on soon and AliExpress CPU Cooler Showdown to see which of these CPUs does really well with a mid-range CPU and also the high-end options for you guys who want to get the best value possible so so far so good with the ryzen 75700x it's got the performance there when it comes to gaming it's definitely no slouch it's got the efficiency but also what about the productivity scores and here's where I ran a couple of benchmarks just the cinebench R23 to show you the maximum performance here and scoring a little over 13 000 points and that's a decent score you'll be able to do some great video editing with this CPU especially coupled in with 32 gigabytes of ddr4 memory but also if we look at the Adobe Premiere Pro I do this test with an RTX 3080 it's scoring in pretty well here too so all around it'll do not just a good job at gaming but also be a great CPU for a mid-range workstation 2 though the final Benchmark will show up here as the fire strike extreme physics score which overall I find is a really good indicator for seeing how well this CPU will do across the board in terms of not just say now's games but also in the future too and here's where it's scoring in the middle of the pack here so it's a very solid CPU for gaming and with all that information out of the way it's time to give you guys the final recommendation with the ryzen 7 5700x and basically this thing is a big win in my books you're coming in with under 200 bucks eight cores 16 threads but it's not just any eight core 16 threads but it's eight relevant cores 16 relevant threads it's got great efficiency great compatibility in that you can couple with a budget cooler budget motherboard and really extracts so much value out of this CPU now it is kind of a shame to see that Intel AMD they love releasing these better value products later in the cycle so you may be looking at the 5700x and thinking well there's already the ryzen 7000 series CPUs out why would I get this and it comes down to motherboard costs ddr4 memory costs as well as the CPU itself now an 8 core 16 thread on the ryzen 7000 series line is going to cost you over three hundred dollars so you're paying over fifty percent more and in a lot of cases you're not going to get fifty percent more performance in actually any of the metrics that I tested here today so ultimately if you're looking for the best value that's where the 5700x is really going to deliver and it's going to deliver a lot more in the fact that we today we took a look at the CPU with an RTX 4090 if you want to get say an RTX 3060 or say an RX 6700 XT you're going to notice even less of a difference between this CPU and those higher end models that cost a lot more money so the value proposition here is absolutely amazing do keep in mind you'll have to get a separate box cooler but that being said with what I've seen with recently with the ray stealth and things like that I'm actually shying away from the box coolers as we said in today's video unless they're those good box coolers like the race prism anyhow guys hope you enjoyed today's video yo this thing is an absolute winner also I noticed in the top selling charts here this CPU alongside the I5 13500 they're both selling really well so I'm going to take a look at the I5 13500 sorry I've been a little bit slow I've had to travel between Australia and Japan my boy wanted to come with me then I had to bring him back go to school and so yeah he gets the blame for the slow content this time around but uh the content should be rolling in a little bit faster now and uh hopefully you guys enjoyed it and you enjoyed today's video and the recommendation if you guys have any extra thoughts and opinions or anything you disagree with drop a comment in the comment section below and also smash that like button for us and with that said we've got the question of the day here and this comes from Al Marty and they say does not change in the thermal bads I think it means pads uh cause a device stop error on the GPU the d3d device when opening games and when occt is detected on vram it does not artwork and I change a new system and I get the same errors are there any solutions so unfortunately I have seen something like that happen in the past that is just a faulty GPU I think whatever you do with that GPU going forward you have to replace the faulty part and so putting thermal replacing the thermal pads I believe that's not going to do anything because you just can't even get the application to open in the first place usually if vram's getting too hot either a few things will happen the GPU will just shut off thermal trip or you'll start getting some really uh janky lines on that Benchmark before it shuts off so uh yeah I would uh I condolences my man but that uh that GPU is a gonna I'd look into getting it fixed hope that answers that question and without a side I'll catch you guys in another tech video very soon if you stay this far and you're enjoying that Tech yes content be sure to hit that sub button ring that Bell and I'll see you next time peace out for now bye\n"