PC World - USA (2019-08)

38 PCWorld AUGUST 2019

REVIEWS RYZEN^3000

7 2700X immediately falls to a distant third

place. But how does that Ryzen 9 3900X do?

We’d have to say pretty good,as it’s about 7

percent slower than the Core i9-9900K (that has

an 8-percent higher clock speed.) It’s certainly

better than the Ryzen 7 2700X, which exhibits

the same problems with 1080p gaming that the

original Ryzen 7 1800X suffered as well.

Ryzen 9 3900X Zen 2 (12/24)

Core i9-9900K Cofee

Lake R (8/16)

Ryzen 7 2700X Zen+

(8/16)

Rise of the Tomb Raider

19x10 Very High Setting, DX12, GeForce GTX 1080 FE (Fps)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

138

141

131

The GeForce GTX 1080 FE is the bottleneck here on gaming.

Ryzen 9 3900X Zen 2 (12/24)

Core i9-9900K Cofee

Lake R (8/16)

Ryzen 7 2700X Zen+

(8/16)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

19x10 Highest Quality Setting, DX12, GeForce GTX 2080 Ti FE (Fps)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

136

146

101

Playing modern games with the new Ryzen 9 or Core i9 needs a fast GPU too.

Ryzen 9 3900X Zen 2 (12/24)

Core i9-9900K Cofee

Lake R (8/16)

Ryzen 7 2700X Zen+

(8/16)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

19x10 Highest Quality Setting, DX12, GeForce GTX 1080 FE (Fps)

LONGER BARS INDICATE BETTER PERFORMANCE

93

94

92

As you can see, Shadows of the Tomb Raider, even at 1920 x 1080 resolution, is bottlenecked by the GPU.