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Best Bench: 62% Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 41% Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)

Poor: 41% Great: 62%

SPEED RANK: 702^nd / 1441

Gaming 54%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 37%

Jet ski

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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 / 1441

Gaming 71%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 69%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		53.5 %			71 %	Much faster effective speed. +33%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	79.6 Pts	Lower memory latency. +14%	70.1 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	84.4 Pts		103 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +22%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	159 Pts		202 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +27%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	161 Pts		386 Pts	Hugely faster quad-core speed. +140%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	164 Pts		674 Pts	Hugely faster octa-core speed. +311%


Memory OC Memory Latency	93 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +17%	79.7 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	94.2 Pts		116 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +23%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	186 Pts		226 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +22%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	185 Pts		444 Pts	Hugely faster OC quad-core speed. +140%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	185 Pts		813 Pts	Hugely faster OC octa-core speed. +339%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.03 %		0.03 %
Value Value For Money	84.3 %	Better value. +12%	75.3 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	50 %		70 %	Much more popular. +40%
Price Price (score)	$53	Much cheaper. +76%	$225


Age Newest	127 Months		85 Months	Much more recent. +33%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	53 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +44%	95 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	2 cores		8 cores	Hugely higher core count. +300%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	2 threads		16 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +700%
Lithography Manufacturing process	22 nm		14 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +36%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.2 GHz		3.4 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +6%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.2 GHz		3.8 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +19%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	186 Pts		1183 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +536%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	164 Pts		1032 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +529%


Series CPU Architecture	Haswell	Zen
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1150	AM4
Graphics Integrated Graphics	HD	None

The G3420 is a 2013 Haswell based CPU and is part of Intel's value range of Pentium processors which were first released in 2011. The Pentium-G range have very strong single and dual core performance but lag far behind the group leaders in terms of multi-core processing (MCP). MCP is important for tasks such as audio/video encoding, or software development. For regular PC use such as surfing the web, listening to music, watching movies and playing the vast majority of games, MCP is not required. The G3420 currently retails for less than one fifth of the price of a top of the range 4770K but has an effective speed of 81.2 which is just 4% lower than the average of the current group leaders. The vast majority of users will notice no difference even by paying five times more for a top end multi-core processor. The G3420 is my top value CPU pick for 2014. ^{[Mar '14 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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