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Best Bench: 66% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 48% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)

Poor: 48% Great: 66%

SPEED RANK: 604^th / 1442

Gaming 59%

Gunboat

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 42%

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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: 380^th / 1442

Gaming 71%

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Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 69%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		58.5 %			71 %	Faster effective speed. +21%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	80.9 Pts	Lower memory latency. +15%	70.1 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	82.7 Pts		103 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +25%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	145 Pts		202 Pts	Much faster dual-core speed. +39%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	211 Pts		386 Pts	Hugely faster quad-core speed. +83%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	214 Pts		674 Pts	Hugely faster octa-core speed. +215%


Memory OC Memory Latency	93.3 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +17%	79.7 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	91.8 Pts		116 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +26%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	173 Pts		226 Pts	Much faster OC dual-core speed. +31%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	232 Pts		444 Pts	Hugely faster OC quad-core speed. +91%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	232 Pts		813 Pts	Hugely faster OC octa-core speed. +250%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0 %	0.05 %	Insanely higher market share. +∞%
Value Value For Money	56.1 %	75.3 %	Much better value. +34%
User Rating UBM User Rating	51 %	70 %	Much more popular. +37%
Price Price (score)	$325	$225	Much cheaper. +31%


Age Newest	140 Months		85 Months	Much more recent. +39%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +42%	95 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	2 cores		8 cores	Hugely higher core count. +300%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	4 threads		16 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +300%
Lithography Manufacturing process	22 nm		14 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +36%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.3 GHz		3.4 GHz	+3%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.3 GHz		3.8 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +15%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	233 Pts		1183 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +408%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	215 Pts		1032 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +380%


Series CPU Architecture	Ivy Bridge	Zen
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1155	AM4
Graphics Integrated Graphics	HD 4000	None

The Core i3-3225 Ivy Bridge processor offers both superb real world performance and excellent value for money. For raw single threaded performance the i3-3225 scores 28% lower than the i7-3770K but costs less than half as much. At first glance one might assume that I am crazy for recommending a puny Core-i3 over the mighty Core-i7's but for real world consumer use there is simply no point in having 4 cores and 8 threads, they will hardly ever be used. All of the third gen Ivy Bridge Core-i3s are superb but the i3-3225 sports the slightly more 3D capable HD 4000 Graphics vs the HD 2500 offered on the other models. For real-world performance in an energy efficient package with modest on-board graphics, this is a superb choice. For most use cases including: email, surfing, watching movies, listening to music and office apps, this processor will deliver almost as good an experience as any other processor on the market. ^{[Jun '13 CPUPro]}

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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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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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