How a fictitious CPU 'Ryzen 7 9700X3D' benchmark score was posted and featured in the news



A user who noticed that they could manipulate CPU information tried to see if this information could actually be read by benchmark software, and they were able to do so. They even ended up publishing the information in the news as new product information, and are now sharing the details.

My friends and I accidentally faked the Ryzen 7 9700X3D leaks. This is how we did it, and why you can't trust online bench databases.
by u/A_Canadian_boi in pcmasterrace



A Reddit user, A_Canadian_boi, shared a post about the Zen 5 architecture with his friends, who discovered that they could edit internal information in Linux. He then checked whether the edited information could be read by benchmark software.

A_Canadian_boi edited the CPU information of the Ryzen 7 9700X to create a non-existent Ryzen 7 9700X3D. As a result, benchmark software registered the scores of the Ryzen 7 9700X3D as real in its database.

A_Canadian_boi later searched for 'Ryzen 7 9700X3D' and found that several well-known news outlets, including TPU, Videocardz, Tom's Hardware, and Notebookcheck, had published articles about the Ryzen 7 9700X3D, even though there was only one benchmark result for the Ryzen 7 9700X3D.

Some media outlets have reportedly gone too far, publishing unfounded information such as, 'Current rumors suggest that the Ryzen 7 9700X3D will have a TDP of 120W and will be priced in the same range as the previous generation.'

Furthermore, despite the fact that the product was fictitious, fictitious product images and product sales pages also appeared.

AMD Ryzen 7 9700X3D Processor – 8 Cores, 16 Threads, 3D V-Cache™, High
https://www.lebanonstores.com/shop-1/amd-ryzen-7-9700x3d-processor-pre-order-8-cores-16-threads-3d-v-cache-high-performance-gaming-cpu



A_Canadian_boi warned, 'Don't trust one-off online benchmarks,' noting that CPU information can be faked and there's no surefire way to guarantee the accuracy of benchmarks 100%. He said the only way to protect yourself is to make it a habit to double-check the information.

PassMark Software, whose software was used to benchmark a non-existent CPU, said, 'While our content is primarily provided by the community, we occasionally see people attempting to falsify results. We conduct automated and manual checks to prevent this. However, it appears that some media outlets are automatically scraping our content and publishing the results. New CPU listings on our website automatically display a warning that the results are 'largely inaccurate' until a large number of samples are received. As was the case with the Ryzen 7 9700X3D, this warning appears to have been overlooked in an effort to quickly obtain the scoop. New results with a small number of samples submitted should be viewed with suspicion.'




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