RYZEN 7 1700 vs Core i5 4590 - Benchmarking Ryzen with a GTX 1050Ti

So Ryzen has finally landed and for those of you that have only a passing interest in technology or simply look at cold hard graphs it can be quite confusing to decipher if it's actually any good! I'm sure you have seen the multiple websites which Seem to paint a picture of failure, of disappointment amongst buyers and of yet another mis-hit from AMD. So what's actually going on? http://www.pcgamer.com/the-amd-ryzen-7-review/4/ http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/02/shares-of-advanced-micro-devices-fall-after-new-cpu-disappoints-with-gaming-performance-.html http://seekingalpha.com/article/4051667-amd-ryzen-quite-live-hype https://www.smarteranalyst.com/2017/03/06/advanced-micro-devices-inc-amd-ryzen-far-not-good/ http://www.investors.com/news/technology/amd-tumbles-anew-on-ryzen-chip-disappointment/ Today we are going to couple both my R7 system and my 4590 Rig with a GTX 1050Ti and see how the new Ryzen CPU stacks up. Is the "bad gaming cpu" tag actually relevant when the majority of PC gamers game on 4 cores?? Lets Find out. The PCs we are benchmarking on consists of the following: CPU: RYZEN R7 1700 Motherboard: ASUS Prime B350M-A Ram: 8GB DDR4 Underclocked 2133 MHz PSU: 500W EVGA 80+ White GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050Ti CPU: Intel Core i5 4590 @ 3.7Ghz Motherboard: Gigabyte B85M-DS3H Ram: 8GB DDR3 PSU: 500W EVGA 80+ White GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050Ti Music by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100289 Artist: http://incompetech.com/