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Best Bench: 83% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 56% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 27,195,430 GHz (avg)

Poor: 56% Great: 83%

SPEED RANK: 390^th / 1442

Gaming 71%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 55%

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Best Bench: 89% Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 61% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 0.6 GHz (avg)

Poor: 61% Great: 89%

SPEED RANK: 298^th / 1442

Gaming 76%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 74%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		70.6 %			75.7 %	Slightly faster effective speed. +7%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	87 Pts	Lower memory latency. +16%	75.3 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	91.8 Pts		113 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +23%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	173 Pts		219 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +27%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	295 Pts		409 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +39%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	424 Pts		708 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +67%


Memory OC Memory Latency	96 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +11%	86.7 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	116 Pts		128 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +10%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	226 Pts		254 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +12%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	384 Pts		499 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +30%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	549 Pts		911 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +66%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.18 %		0.34 %	Hugely higher market share. +89%
Value Value For Money	67.9 %		81.7 %	Better value. +20%
User Rating UBM User Rating	76 %	Slightly more popular. +9%	70 %
Price Price (score)	$319		$210	Much cheaper. +34%


Age Newest	159 Months		71 Months	Much more recent. +55%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watts	Slightly more energy efficient. +10%	105 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores		8 cores	Hugely higher core count. +100%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	8 threads		16 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +100%
Lithography Manufacturing process	32 nm		12 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +62%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.4 GHz		3.7 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +9%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.8 GHz		4.3 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +13%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	558 Pts		1276 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +129%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	437 Pts		1096 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +151%


Series CPU Architecture	Sandy Bridge	Zen+
Socket Motherboard Socket	LGA1155	AM4
Graphics Integrated Graphics	HD 3000	None

The i7-2600K Sandy Bridge processor is two generations old and nearly three years out of date. The numerous owners of this superb processor should feel in no hurry to upgrade as it's still one of the fastest consumer processors, even by today's standards. The benchmark figures indicate that in terms of real-world performance this processor is only 5% slower than the third generation Ivy Bridge i7-3770K, not bad considering its age. That said new buyers will find both better energy efficiency and marginal performance improvements elsewhere. ^{[Feb '12 CPUPro]}

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The 8 core, 16 thread 2700X is AMD’s second generation Ryzen 7 flagship following in the wake of the Ryzen 7 1800X which continues to offer excellent multi-core value for money. This new Pinnacle Ridge processor features the Zen+ architecture with 12nm lithography compared to 14nm previously. Whilst there is no increase in the number of cores, the stock base / boost clocks appear to have received a bump up to 3.7 / 4.3 GHz from 3.6 / 4.0 GHz. The 2700X is compatible with both the new 400 series and 300 series of motherboards. Early benchmarks indicate that the 2700X has a slightly greater effective speed than the 1800X, although further benchmarks are necessary to quantify this. The expected launch price of $329 includes a Wraith Prism cooler and is in the same price bracket as the 1800X and Intel’s Coffee Lake i7-8700K. Whilst the 6 core, 12 thread 8700K beats the 2700X in single and quad core performance by around 15%, the 2700X wins on multi-core workloads. PC gaming and desktop performance is generally governed by six or less cores but the 2700X offers value for money to workstation users. Even though the 2700X excels at video production, streamers should look elsewhere. Streaming with dedicated hardware such as NVENC or a separate stream PC will nearly always result in fewer dropped frames. ^{[Apr '18 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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