{"id":5036,"date":"2026-02-04T16:41:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T16:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/?p=5036"},"modified":"2026-02-04T16:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T16:41:12","slug":"amd-ryzen-9-9950x3d-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/2026\/02\/04\/amd-ryzen-9-9950x3d-review\/","title":{"rendered":"AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt\">Motherboard: X870 Steel Legend<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My motherboard is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asrock.com\/mb\/AMD\/X870%20Steel%20Legend%20WiFi\/index.asp\">ASRock X870 Steel Legend<\/a>, a solid mid ranged board.\u00a0 It has an AM5 socket and DDR5 support, PCIe 5.0, and USB-C connectivity,\u00a0 so it has what it needs, but not all the bells and whistles. I bought it for $230, and it\u2019s been solid, reliable, and handles everything I need without any fuss.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt\">CPU: Ryzen 9 9550X3D<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I bought the CPU for $670 on amazon, a very hefty price tag. The CPU has been amazing, and has proven to be very capable at anything I have thrown at it like high-FPS gaming and 3d rendering. So it is a very powerful CPU, but for the majority of people I would call it overkill for things like watching videos and even gaming. While it does shine at high settings, just not enough to justify the price tag for me.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5053\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/71hZfMZNZuL._AC_SX466_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"532\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amd.com\/en\/products\/processors\/desktops\/ryzen\/9000-series\/amd-ryzen-9-9950x3d.html\">Ryzen 9 9550X3D<\/a> Specs:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Socket:\u00a0 AM5<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clockspeed: 4.3 GHz<\/span><\/p>\n<p>16 cores (all performance) \/ 32 threads<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">L1 Instruction Cache: 16 cores x 32 KB\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">L1 Data Cache: 16 cores x 48 KB<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">L2 Cache: 16 cores x 1024 KB<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">L3 Cache: 128 mb<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">Passmark Rating:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Very good thread rating.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5057\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Capture-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"365\" height=\"692\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt\">My Thoughts:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CPU has been awesome to use, running smoothly through basically any task and will definitely be a solid choice for a long time. It handles gaming, video editing, streaming, and multitasking very well. But I would not recommend this CPU for the average person, most people will barely every or never use this CPU to its full potential, and would have a very similar experience with a less powerful one. I believe this is an amazingly capable CPU but I would argue it is too much for most people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>This review is part of a classroom project<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"thread-bottom-container\" class=\"sticky bottom-0 group\/thread-bottom-container relative isolate z-10 w-full basis-auto has-data-has-thread-error:pt-2 has-data-has-thread-error:[box-shadow:var(--sharp-edge-bottom-shadow)] md:border-transparent md:pt-0 dark:border-white\/20 md:dark:border-transparent print:hidden content-fade single-line flex flex-col\">\n<div id=\"thread-bottom\">\n<div class=\"text-base mx-auto [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 mb-4\">\n<div class=\"pointer-events-auto relative z-1 flex h-(--composer-container-height,100%) max-w-full flex-(--composer-container-flex,1) flex-col\">\n<div class=\"hidden\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"bg-token-bg-primary corner-superellipse\/1.1 cursor-text overflow-clip bg-clip-padding p-2.5 contain-inline-size motion-safe:transition-colors motion-safe:duration-200 motion-safe:ease-in-out dark:bg-[#303030] grid grid-cols-[auto_1fr_auto] [grid-template-areas:'header_header_header'_'leading_primary_trailing'_'._footer_.'] group-data-expanded\/composer:[grid-template-areas:'header_header_header'_'primary_primary_primary'_'leading_footer_trailing'] shadow-short\" data-composer-surface=\"true\">\n<div class=\"-my-2.5 flex min-h-14 items-center overflow-x-hidden px-1.5 [grid-area:primary] group-data-expanded\/composer:mb-0 group-data-expanded\/composer:px-2.5\">\n<div class=\"wcDTda_prosemirror-parent text-token-text-primary max-h-[max(30svh,5rem)] max-h-52 min-h-[var(--deep-research-composer-extra-height,unset)] flex-1 overflow-auto [scrollbar-width:thin] default-browser vertical-scroll-fade-mask\"><textarea class=\"wcDTda_fallbackTextarea\" name=\"prompt-textarea\" data-virtualkeyboard=\"true\"><\/textarea><\/p>\n<div id=\"prompt-textarea\" class=\"ProseMirror\" data-virtualkeyboard=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Motherboard: X870 Steel Legend My motherboard is the ASRock X870 Steel Legend, a solid mid ranged board.\u00a0 It has an AM5 socket and DDR5 support, PCIe 5.0, and USB-C connectivity,\u00a0 so it has what it needs, but not all the bells and whistles. I bought it for $230, and it\u2019s been solid, reliable, and handles &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/2026\/02\/04\/amd-ryzen-9-9950x3d-review\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D Review<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1355,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nt-it-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5060,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5036\/revisions\/5060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}