Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Benchmarking the 6-core Ryzen 5 3600 AM4 CPU in ten modern and intensive games.
I've nominated the Ryzen 5 3600 as the "universal minimum system requirement" CPU for gaming in 2026. It has enough cores and threads, and enough performance to maintain decent frame rates in modern games, and it supports all the standards necessary to run awkward games like Battlefield 6. However, I haven't actually tested it CPU-limited conditions to see if it actually fits the bill, so I've decided to rectify that.
Music by Backing Track backingtrack.gg
Tracks: "Binary Sunrise", "Extra Lives", "Midnight Racer" and "Vercetti Forever"
Test platform:
Asus ROG Strix B550-A Gaming motherboard
T-Force 32GB DDR4-3600 CL14
Asus TUF RTX 5090
Corsair HX 1200i PSU
00:00 The Minimum Gaming CPU
00:55 Subscribe to Iceberg Tech
01:42 The Ryzen 5 3600
02:55 Benchmarks
02:59 Crimson Desert
04:29 Resident Evil Requiem
05:12 Death Stranding 2: Death Strandinger
05:41 Doom: The Dark Ages
06:29 The Last of Us Part 2
06:57 Baldur's Gate 3
07:25 Cyberpunk 2077
08:15 Hitman: World of Assassination
08:51 Battlefield 6
09:26 ARC Raiders
09:53 DLSS? Really?
11:36 PBO & Conclusion
#scalperpandemic #ryzen #pcgaming
Benchmarking the 6-core Ryzen 5 3600 AM4 CPU in ten modern and intensive games.
I've nominated the Ryzen 5 3600 as the "universal minimum system requirement" CPU for gaming in 2026. It has enough cores and threads, and enough performance to maintain decent frame rates in modern games, and it supports all the standards necessary to run awkward games like Battlefield 6. However, I haven't actually tested it CPU-limited conditions to see if it actually fits the bill, so I've decided to rectify that.
Music by Backing Track backingtrack.gg
Tracks: "Binary Sunrise", "Extra Lives", "Midnight Racer" and "Vercetti Forever"
Test platform:
Asus ROG Strix B550-A Gaming motherboard
T-Force 32GB DDR4-3600 CL14
Asus TUF RTX 5090
Corsair HX 1200i PSU
00:00 The Minimum Gaming CPU
00:55 Subscribe to Iceberg Tech
01:42 The Ryzen 5 3600
02:55 Benchmarks
02:59 Crimson Desert
04:29 Resident Evil Requiem
05:12 Death Stranding 2: Death Strandinger
05:41 Doom: The Dark Ages
06:29 The Last of Us Part 2
06:57 Baldur's Gate 3
07:25 Cyberpunk 2077
08:15 Hitman: World of Assassination
08:51 Battlefield 6
09:26 ARC Raiders
09:53 DLSS? Really?
11:36 PBO & Conclusion
#scalperpandemic #ryzen #pcgaming
