We’ve been pleasantly surprised with the turnout of AMD’s Ryzen 3000 series and the introduction of the RX 5000 series. Things are looking great for the Red Team, and we’re eager to see what the company is going to bring to the table soon. For today however, we’re going to take a look at the AMD Ryzen 3 3200G with Radeon Vega 8 Graphics just because we want to see if we can also settle for thinned out budget PC as a workhorse and a light gaming machine.
We’ve been
pleasantly surprised with the turnout of AMD’s Ryzen 3000 series and the introduction
of the RX 5000 series. Things are looking great for the Red Team, and we’re eager
to see what the company is going to bring to the table soon. For today however,
we’re going to take a look at the AMD Ryzen 3 3200G with Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
just because we want to see if we can also settle for thinned out budget PC as
a workhorse and a light gaming machine.
PERFORMANCE
TEST SYSTEM
SETUP
Motherboard:
GIGABYTE AB350M-DH3
CPU: AMD RYZEN 3 1600 3200G
GPU: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Graphics
RAM: ZADAK 16GB
DDR4 RAM 2400 MHz
Cooler: Noctua
NH-U12A
Storage: Plextor
M9e 512GB M.2 SSD + Seagate BarraCuda 4TB + 2TB Western Digital Green HDD
PSU: Corsair
RM750 750 Watt 80 PLUS Gold Certified Fully Modular PSU
Case:
Silverstone RL06
OS: Windows 10
Pro N
Display:
ViewSonic VX2758 144Hz Monitor
CINEBENCH
MAXON's
CINEBENCH is a real-world cross platform test suite that tests out a computer's
performance capabilities. The Cinebench Release 20 features overall
advancements to CPU and rendering technology in recent years for a more
accurate measurement of Cinema 4D’s ability to take advantage of multiple CPU
cores and modern processor features available to the average user.
3DMark Time Spy
3DMark Time Spy
is a DirectX 12 benchmark test for Windows 10 gaming PCs. Time Spy is one of
the first DirectX 12 apps to be built the right way from the ground up to fully
realize the performance gains that the new API offers. With its Extreme counterpart
rendering visuals in 4K.
3DMark
Firestrike
Fire Strike is a
showcase DirectX 11 benchmark for modern gaming PCs. Its ambitious real-time
graphics are rendered with detail and complexity far beyond other DirectX 11
benchmarks and games. With Extreme and Ultra versions raising resolution in
25650 x 1440 and 4K.
Final Fantasy XV
Final Fantasy XV
from Square Enix is one of the most graphically intensive games to date,
offering rich details and beautiful visuals to boot. Our test run involves a
run on the great wilderness from Hammerhead to the road ahead.
Settings:
Framerate: 120fps
Resolution: 100%
Preset: Highest
Assets: On
Model LOD: High
TRAM: Highest
Anisotropic
Filtering: High
Geomapping: On
Lighting: High
Shadows: Highest
Ambient
Occlusion: High
Anti-aliasing:
TAA
Motion Blur: On
Filtering:
Highest
NVIDIA
Hairworks: Off
NVIDIA VXAO: Off
NVIDIA
TurfEffects: Off
NVIDIA
ShadowLibs: Off
The Witcher 3
The Witcher 3
despite its age is still one of the most demanding titles as it holds up
graphically. Our test is done on Mulbrydale.
Settings:
VSync: Off
FPS: Unlimited
NVIDIA
Hairworks: Off
Number of
Background Characters: Ultra
Shadow Quality:
Ultra
Terrain Quality:
Ultra
Water Quality:
Ultra
Grass Density:
Ultra
Texture Quality:
Ultra
Foliage
Visibility Range: Ultra
Detail Level:
Ultra
Ambient
Occlusion: SSAO
Depth of Field:
On
Chromatic
Abberation: On
Vignetting: On
Light Shafts: On
DOOM (2016)
Ahhh, DOOM. One
of the progenitors of the FPS genre. The 2016 reboot features Vulkan for one of
its APIs, and we'll use this one to test it out. Run and gun.
Settings:
Graphics API:
Vulkan
Overall Quality:
Ultra
Resolution
Scale: 100%
Anti-aliasing:
SMAA
FOV: 90
Lights Quality:
Ultra
Shadows Quality:
Ultra
Directional
Occlusion Quality: High
Decal Quality:
Ultra
Decal Filtering:
Anisotropic 8x
Virtual
Texturing Page Size: Ultra
Reflections
Quality: Ultra
Particles
Quality: Ultra
Depth of Field:
On
Depth of Field
Quality: Ultra
Final Fantasy
XIV Shadowbringers
The Final
Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers official benchmark tool uses actual maps and
playable characters to assign a score to your PC and rate its performance. A
character creation tool is also included, allowing you to view a playable
character as they will appear in-game.
Settings:
Graphics
Settings: Maximum Preset
Real-time
Reflections: Maximum
Anti-aliasing:
FXAA
Transparent
Lighting Quality: High
Grass Quality:
High
Parallax
Occlusion: High
Tessellation:
High
Glare: Standard
Texture
Filtering: Anisotropic x16
Metro Last Light
Redux Benchmark Tool
Metro Last Light
Redux features a built in benchmarking tool that can simulate on multiple
passes and comes with detailed sequences.
Settings:
Quality: Very
High
SSAA: On
Texture
Filtering: AF 16X
Motion Blur: Off
Tesselation:
Very High
VSync: Off
Advanced PhysX:
Off
Runs: 3
Temperature
For the
temperature, we look for the average on a 30-minute idle state and load
temperatures are tracked during 3DMark's Time Spy stress test for the same
duration. The test system is under a 30C ambient room temperature, and unit is
in Celsius.
Power Consumption
Our power
consumption test is done alongside our temperature test. Temperatures are
recorded using a wattmeter, and measured is the overall system power
consumption.
CONCLUSION
The AMD Ryzen 3
3200G currently retails for around Php5,350, and it's also important to note
that some retailers would require you to purchase it with a motherboard for the
listed price. That's another story. Moving forward, let’s talk about
performance. We tested solely with the integrated graphics since that is mostly going to be the use case for anyone looking into it. It's unfortunate that SMT isn't on the cards, given that even Athlon APUs have them. But still, performance is quite acceptable, and
given that we push every possible setting to the maximum, you could work well
with tweaking some of it to achieve great results. It will also work wonders on emulators if you're going for an SFF machine for that.
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