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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: 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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 79%

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70,951 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 100% Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 81% Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg)

Poor: 81% Great: 100%

SPEED RANK: 128^th / 1442

Gaming 92%

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Desktop 94%

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Workstation 84%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		84.1 %			92.2 %	Slightly faster effective speed. +10%


10 Mar21\|HardwareLUXX Processor non grata: Rocket Lake-S...	9 %	BFV 11%, SotTR 11%, MetroEx 3%, Divis2 11%
20 Oct22\|Techpowerup Intel Core i5-13600K Review - Best...	8 %	Forza5 5%, AoE4 14%, Bord3 9%, FarC6 10%, WatchDL 1%, BFV 12%, CPunk 5%, EldenR 6%, RDR2 13%, Civ6 7%, CSGO 9%, DoomE 2%
05 Nov20\|Techpowerup AMD Ryzen 5 5800X Review	8 %	FarC5 21%, BFV 12%, SotTR 2%, Rage2 0%, Witcher3 3%, Civ6 12%, ACO 1%, MetroEx 8%, Sekiro 20%, Wolf2 2%
28 May20\|Techpowerup Intel Core i5-10400F Review - Six ...	8 %	FarC5 21%, BFV 12%, SotTR 2%, Rage2 0%, Witcher3 3%, Civ6 12%, ACO 6%, MetroEx 7%, Sekiro 20%, Wolf2 2%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	76.9 Pts	90.5 Pts	Lower memory latency. +18%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	136 Pts	137 Pts	+1%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	264 Pts	268 Pts	+2%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	490 Pts	505 Pts	+3%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	808 Pts	825 Pts	+2%


Memory OC Memory Latency	87.1 Pts	96.6 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +11%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	146 Pts	149 Pts	+2%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	287 Pts	296 Pts	+3%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	553 Pts	569 Pts	+3%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	878 Pts	918 Pts	+5%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.25 %	0.38 %	Much higher market share. +52%
Value Value For Money	90.8 %	111 %	Better value. +22%
User Rating UBM User Rating	69 %	89 %	More popular. +29%
Price Price (score)	$210	$144	Much cheaper. +32%


Age Newest	58 Months		48 Months	More recent. +17%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watts	More energy efficient. +24%	125 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	6 cores		6 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	12 threads		12 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	7 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +50%	14 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.8 GHz		4.1 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +8%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.4 GHz		4.8 GHz	Slightly faster turbo frequency. +9%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1106 Pts		1154 Pts	+4%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1017 Pts		1041 Pts	+2%


Series CPU Architecture	Zen2	Comet Lake
Socket Motherboard Socket	AM4	FCLGA1200
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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Intel’s tenth gen, six-core i5-10600K is one of the fastest consumer CPUs currently available. Out of the box, its maximum all core frequency is 4.5 GHz, but a simple overclock allows all 12 threads to hit 5.0 GHz. Although a new Z490 (LGA1200) motherboard is required, Intel have indicated that LGA1200 will remain compatible with Rocket Lake CPUs which are due later this year. The eight-core Ryzen 3700X currently competes in the 10600K’s price bracket. CPU based encoding is akin to using hair clippers on a lawn but If dedicated hardware such as NVENC or QuickSync is not an option, the 3700X can outperform the 10600K in encoding workloads such as UserBenchmark 64-core, Cinebench, Blender-CPU and Handbrake-CPU. Meanwhile, the 10600K is better for almost everything else. Currently, the real problem with the 10600K, and much of the Comet Lake line up, is availability. Whilst there was a paper launch in Q2 2020, at the time of writing, the 10600K is still largely unavailable for purchase. In order to achieve better value for money, without compromising on gaming performance, it is necessary to consider the older generation 9600K which is 26% cheaper and offers similar gaming performance. ^{[Jun '20 CPUPro]}

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CPU	GPU	SSD
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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	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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