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Best Bench: 93% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 68% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)

Poor: 68% Great: 93%

SPEED RANK: 38^th / 961

Gaming 79%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 74%

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Best Bench: 113% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 79% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)

Poor: 79% Great: 113%

SPEED RANK: 7^th / 961

Gaming 96%

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Desktop 93%

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Workstation 58%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		78.5 %	-22%		95.8 %	Faster effective speed. +22%


SC Mixed Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed	102 Pts	-28%	131 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +28%
QC Mixed Avg. Quad Core Mixed Speed	370 Pts	-35%	498 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +35%
MC Mixed Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed	857 Pts	Much faster multi-core speed. +68%	510 Pts	-68%


SC Mixed OC Single Core Mixed Speed	114 Pts	-34%	153 Pts	Much faster OC single-core speed. +34%
QC Mixed OC Quad Core Mixed Speed	453 Pts	-32%	599 Pts	Much faster OC quad-core speed. +32%
MC Mixed OC Multi Core Mixed Speed	971 Pts	Much faster OC multi-core speed. +61%	603 Pts	-61%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	1.43 %	+1%	1.42 %	-1%
Value Value For Money	88.8 %	-18%	104 %	Better value. +18%
User Rating UBM User Rating	105 %	-11%	117 %	Slightly more popular. +11%
Price Price (score)	$210	Slightly cheaper. +9%	$232	-9%


Age Newest	2 Months	Much more recent. +60%	5 Months	-60%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watts	More energy efficient. +29%	91 Watts	-29%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	6 cores	Much higher core count. +50%	4 cores	-50%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	12 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +200%	4 threads	-200%
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm	0%	14 nm	0%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.2 GHz	-19%	3.8 GHz	Faster base frequency. +19%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.6 GHz	-17%	4.2 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +17%
SC Int Single Core Integer Speed	111 Pts	-32%	147 Pts	Much faster single-core int speed. +32%
SC Float Single Core Floating Point Speed	118 Pts	-34%	158 Pts	Much faster single-core fp speed. +34%
QC Int Quad Core Integer Speed	440 Pts	-31%	578 Pts	Much faster quad-core int speed. +31%
QC Float Quad Core Floating Point Speed	467 Pts	-33%	620 Pts	Much faster quad-core fp speed. +33%
MC Int Multi Core Integer Speed	959 Pts	Much faster multi-core int speed. +64%	584 Pts	-64%
MC Float Multi Core Floating Point Speed	972 Pts	Much faster multi-core fp speed. +56%	623 Pts	-56%


Series CPU Architecture	Zen (2017)	Kaby Lake (2017)
Socket Motherboard Socket	AM4	FCLGA1151
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	HD 630

The Ryzen 5 1600 is one of four new Ryzen 5 processors released this month. Based on the AMD Zen architecture, which is comparable to Intel in terms of IPC, the Ryzen 5 1600 has six cores which is more than the vast majority of games are able to use (most games cannot use more than four cores). Ryzen 5 CPUs offer gamers better value for money than the eight core Ryzen 7 models released last month. With six cores the 1600 is approximately 75% better at multi-threaded tasks than Intel's quad core i5 flagship – the similarly priced i5-7600K, the 1600 however, has 25% lower single and 33% lower quad core scores. The 1600 has stock base/boost clock speeds of 3.2/3.6 GHz and its price tag of $219 includes a cooler. Assuming a modest overclock of 10% brings the 1600 within striking range of the 1600X which is the Ryzen 5 flagship. The 1600X sports stock base/boost clocks of 3.6/4.0 GHz but costs $30 more than the 1600 and ships without a cooler included in the box. The Ryzen 5 1600 is the best value for money six core CPU we have seen to date. ^{[Apr '17 CPUPro]}

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The i5-7600K targets high end gamers, it sits just behind the flagship i7-7700K in Intel’s Kaby Lake lineup. The 7600K will likely be the most popular gaming CPU of 2017 (some competition from AMD’s upcoming Zen/Ryzen CPUs, would be very welcome). Comparing the 7600K and 6600K shows that the two processors are very closely matched and comparing the 7600K vs the hyper-threaded 7700K highlights the relative strength of the 7700K for workstation performance. There are no significant architectural differences between Kaby Lake and Skylake so, when fully overclocked, the two generations should perform similarly but Kaby Lake offers faster base clocks, improved speed shift technology which helps CPU responsiveness, and better integrated graphics. ^{[Jan '17 CPUPro]}

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $303	Nvidia GTX 1070 $382	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $100
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $280	AMD RX 480 $608	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $138
Intel Core i5-7600K $232	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $247	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $153

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $50	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $127	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $33
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $75	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $696	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $22
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB $40	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $124	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $13

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