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Best Bench: 80% Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 58% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 0.55 GHz (avg)

Poor: 58% Great: 80%

SPEED RANK: 381^st / 1445

Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 72%

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Workstation 69%

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Best Bench: 101% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 79% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)

Poor: 79% Great: 101%

SPEED RANK: 136^th / 1445

Gaming 91%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 74%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		71 %			90.7 %	Faster effective speed. +28%


28 May20\|Techpowerup Intel Core i5-10400F Review - Six ...			Rage2 1%		19 %	FarC5 44%, BFV 24%, SotTR 3%, Witcher3 6%, Civ6 20%, ACO 1%, MetroEx 23%, Sekiro 51%, Wolf2 19%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	70.1 Pts		90.1 Pts	Lower memory latency. +29%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	103 Pts		129 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +25%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	202 Pts		257 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +27%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	386 Pts		502 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +30%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	674 Pts	+3%	656 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	79.7 Pts		96.5 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +21%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	116 Pts		151 Pts	Much faster OC single-core speed. +30%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	226 Pts		302 Pts	Much faster OC dual-core speed. +34%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	444 Pts		594 Pts	Much faster OC quad-core speed. +34%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	813 Pts	+2%	798 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.02 %	0.49 %	Insanely higher market share. +2,350%
Value Value For Money	76.6 %	110 %	Much better value. +43%
User Rating UBM User Rating	70 %	78 %	More popular. +11%
Price Price (score)	$211	$139	Much cheaper. +34%


Age Newest	86 Months		79 Months	Slightly more recent. +8%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watts		95 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	8 cores	Much higher core count. +33%	6 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	16 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +167%	6 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm		14 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.4 GHz		3.6 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +6%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.8 GHz		4.3 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +13%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1183 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +43%	828 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1032 Pts	Much faster 64-core speed. +52%	681 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Zen	Coffee Lake
Socket Motherboard Socket	AM4	FCLGA1151
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	UHD 630

The AMD Ryzen 7 1700X isn't due for release until next week but two of our users have already submitted benchmarks. Comparing the quad and single core scores from our samples shows a relative 4.3% boost on the single core score so it’s possible that turbo wasn’t fully engaged (12% turbo boost expected). These preliminary results are seriously impressive as they put Zen’s IPC between 0% and 9% below Intel’s Kaby Lake. Even in the worst case scenario these results are still impressive. Comparing Intel’s $1,000 6900K and the 1700X shows that AMD delivers comparable performance for half the price! A shake-up of the CPU market will unfold as Zen rolls out. If Ryzen CPUs can overclock to 4.6+ GHz they will likely dominate the entire market putting a very welcome end to the monotonous tick-tock of recent years. ^{[Feb '17 CPUPro]}

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The unlocked hex-core i5-8600K from Intel’s latest Coffee Lake generation of processors is the new flagship of the i5 series, succeeding the Kaby Lake quad-core i5-7600K. The 8th generation of processors brings the largest performance uplift since Sandy Bridge by adding more cores at each of the i3, i5 and i7 product lines. Like the other Coffee Lake processors, the i5-8600K is built upon optimized 14nm architecture, marginally improved upon from Kaby Lake and Skylake. The 8600K has a 95W TDP and a nominal stock clock of 3.6 GHz, which boosts to 4.1 GHz for all six cores, 4.2 GHz for dual/quad and 4.3 GHz for single core. Early benchmarks put the i5-8600K’s effective speed 15% ahead of the i5-7600K. A 50% increase in multi-core speed is explained by two additional cores and thanks to the quad-core clock bump from 4 GHz on the 7600K to 4.2 GHz on the 8600K there is also an additional 5% performance boost across all workloads. All Coffee Lake processors require a 300-series chipset, making a straight CPU upgrade unfeasible despite sharing the same socket as their Z270 predecessors. Even though most games still use less than 4 cores simultaneously, the i5-8600K is a great choice for gamers but for $80 less, the 8350K which is faster than last years 7600K and only marginally weaker for gaming than the 8600K is certainly well worth considering as well. ^{[Oct '17 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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