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CSGO Dust 2 1080p Max	233 EFps	280 EFps	Better CSGO EFps. +20%
GTAV Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max	101 EFps	110 EFps	Slightly Better GTAV EFps. +9%
Overwatch Temple of Anubis 1080p Max	131 EFps	138 EFps	Slightly Better Overwatch EFps. +5%
PUBG M249 Training 1080p Max	119 EFps	135 EFps	Better PUBG EFps. +13%
Fortnite UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max	131 EFps	133 EFps	+2%

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Best Bench: 92% Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 74% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 0.55 GHz (avg)

Poor: 74% Great: 92%

SPEED RANK: 192^nd / 1442

Gaming 84%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

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Workstation 79%

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264,837 User Benchmarks

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 / 1442

Gaming 91%

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 74%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		84.1 %			90.7 %	Slightly faster effective speed. +8%


28 May20\|Techpowerup Intel Core i5-10400F Review - Six ...			SotTR 3%, Rage2 4%, ACO 1%		4 %	FarC5 14%, BFV 3%, Witcher3 2%, Civ6 5%, MetroEx 7%, Sekiro 16%, Wolf2 2%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	76.9 Pts		90.1 Pts	Lower memory latency. +17%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	136 Pts	Slightly faster single-core speed. +5%	129 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	264 Pts	+3%	257 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	490 Pts		502 Pts	+2%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	808 Pts	Faster octa-core speed. +23%	656 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	87.1 Pts		96.5 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +11%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	146 Pts		151 Pts	+3%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	287 Pts		302 Pts	Slightly faster OC dual-core speed. +5%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	553 Pts		594 Pts	Slightly faster OC quad-core speed. +7%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	878 Pts	Faster OC octa-core speed. +10%	798 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.25 %	0.48 %	Hugely higher market share. +92%
Value Value For Money	90.8 %	103 %	Better value. +14%
User Rating UBM User Rating	69 %	78 %	More popular. +13%
Price Price (score)	$210	$173	Cheaper. +18%


Age Newest	57 Months	More recent. +28%	79 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watts		95 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	6 cores		6 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	12 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +100%	6 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	7 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +50%	14 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.8 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +6%	3.6 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.4 GHz	+2%	4.3 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1106 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +34%	828 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1017 Pts	Much faster 64-core speed. +49%	681 Pts


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

Early Q3 of 2019 sees the release of the new Ryzen 5 3600X: a hex-core, 12-thread processor. AMD are releasing five new CPUs based on their latest Zen 2 microarchitecture which delivers approximately 13% better IPC than the previous 12nm Zen+. For workstation builds the 3600X is viable, however, the $200 USD Ryzen 5 3600 represents a far better value proposition. The additional $40 USD for the 3600X basically buys a better cooler (Spire vs Stealth). This allows for an extra 200 MHz of extra base and boost clock: 3.8 / 4.4 GHz on the 3600X vs 3.6 / 4.2 GHz on the 3600, this translates to approximately 2% higher overclocked performance for 20% more money. Neither of the stock coolers on the 3600 or 3600X are as effective as a $20 USD aftermarket cooler such as the Gammaxx 400. The 3600 with a Gammaxx 400 outperforms the 3600X with a Spire cooler and when both use a Gammaxx 400 they are more or less identical. The 3600X SKU is basically a marketing gimmick designed to milk unsuspecting consumers. Comparing the 3600X to Intel’s overclocked flagship i5-9600K shows that although the 3600X has 29% faster 64-core speed, it is around 11% worse for gaming (sub eight core performance). Additionally, the 3600X's memory controller, although significantly improved over previous Ryzen iterations, still has limited bandwidth and high latency which can also impact gaming. The arrival of Zen 2 marks the end of the "Sandy Bridge (i5-2500K)" era, Intel can no longer rely exclusively on their single-core advantage to dominate the market, they must also compete on price. ^{[Jul '19 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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