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CSGO Dust 2 1080p Max	233 EFps	284 EFps	Better CSGO EFps. +22%
GTAV Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max	101 EFps	106 EFps	+5%
Overwatch Temple of Anubis 1080p Max	131 EFps	139 EFps	Slightly Better Overwatch EFps. +6%
PUBG M249 Training 1080p Max	119 EFps	139 EFps	Better PUBG EFps. +17%
Fortnite UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max	131 EFps	139 EFps	Slightly Better Fortnite EFps. +6%

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Best Bench: 91% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 68% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)

Poor: 68% Great: 91%

SPEED RANK: 213^th / 1442

Gaming 82%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 68%

Battle cruiser

746,287 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 100% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 76% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)

Poor: 76% Great: 100%

SPEED RANK: 148^th / 1442

Gaming 88%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 80%

Battleship


Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		81.7 %			88.4 %	Slightly faster effective speed. +8%


10 Mar21\|HardwareLUXX Processor non grata: Rocket Lake-S...					10 %	BFV 10%, SotTR 15%, MetroEx 1%, Divis2 15%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	74.3 Pts		90.1 Pts	Lower memory latency. +21%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	129 Pts	+1%	128 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	255 Pts	+2%	249 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	490 Pts	Slightly faster quad-core speed. +5%	466 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	637 Pts		770 Pts	Faster octa-core speed. +21%


Memory OC Memory Latency	83.8 Pts	96.5 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +15%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	137 Pts	148 Pts	Slightly faster OC single-core speed. +8%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	274 Pts	292 Pts	Slightly faster OC dual-core speed. +7%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	542 Pts	558 Pts	+3%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	761 Pts	892 Pts	Faster OC octa-core speed. +17%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.07 %		1.33 %	Insanely higher market share. +1,800%
Value Value For Money	95.1 %		98.7 %	+4%
User Rating UBM User Rating	59 %		81 %	Much more popular. +37%
Price Price (score)	$160	Cheaper. +14%	$186


Age Newest	54 Months	Much more recent. +31%	78 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +32%	95 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	6 cores		6 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	6 threads		12 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +100%
Lithography Manufacturing process	7 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +50%	14 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.6 GHz		3.7 GHz	+3%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.1 GHz		4.7 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +15%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	770 Pts		1147 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +49%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	653 Pts		971 Pts	Much faster 64-core speed. +49%


Series CPU Architecture	Zen2	Coffee Lake
Socket Motherboard Socket	AM4	FCLGA1151
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	UHD 630

The upcoming hex-core, third generation Ryzen 5 3500X, shares the same Zen 2 7nm microarchitecture as the incumbent 6-core, 12-thread Ryzen 5 3600. The 3500X has a base clock of 3.6 GHz and a boost clock just short of the 3600’s 4.2 GHz, at 4.1 GHz. It also has 35 MB of cache and a TDP of 65W. Given the architecture and clock speeds, the 3500X will offer very similar gaming performance to the SMT enabled 12-thread 3600, but at a significant discount in price. Early UserBenchmarks show that there is just a 1% gap in effective speed between the 3500X and 3600. Also anticipated for release is the non-X, Ryzen 5 3500, which will have slightly less L3 cache. ^{[Oct '19 CPUPro]}

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The i7-8700K is Intel’s latest, top of the range, 8th generation Coffee Lake processor. Like Kaby Lake and Sky Lake before that, Coffee Lake is based on Intel’s 14nm architecture which has been slightly optimized on each iteration. Following AMD’s modus operandi, Intel has upped the cores and threads across the range of their CPUs. In previous generations, a 6-core processor would have been a high-end desk-top (HEDT) processor, however the i7-8700K is the first Intel CPU with 6 cores and 12 threads to be classified (and priced) as a mainstream consumer processor. Specifically, the i7-8700K features a base clock speed of 3.7 GHz which boosts to 4.7 GHz (4.5 GHz for the previous generation i7-7700k), 12MB of smart (L3) cache and 2 channels of DDR4 RAM. The majority of the performance improvements over the 7th generation stem from the higher core count which results in a 50% increase in multi-core speed between the i7-7700k and i7-8700k. A new motherboard will need to be factored into the budget when upgrading to the 8700K as it requires a new Intel Z370 chipset which has supposedly been designed to better deliver power to CPUs with a greater number of cores. Also available in this latest release of CPUs is the 6 core 6 thread i5-8600k which is a more rational option (around $100 cheaper) for the vast majority of users that don’t require hyper-threading. Sandy bridge owners can finally justify an upgrade but with the next iteration of AMD's Zen architecture just around the corner the CPU market will be a lot faster moving now that Intel, once again, has to compete. ^{[Sep '17 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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