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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 / 1445

Gaming 84%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 79%

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Best Bench: 84% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 60% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 0.75 GHz (avg)

Poor: 60% Great: 84%

SPEED RANK: 328^th / 1445

Gaming 74%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 60%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		84.1 %	Faster effective speed. +14%		73.6 %


14 Nov19\|PCGamer AMD Ryzen 9 3950X review		31 %	Hitm2 41%, FarC5 38%, StrangeB 5%, TWarW2 45%, SotTR 36%, ACO 43%, MetroEx 17%, MESoW 22%, Divis2 34%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	76.9 Pts		85.6 Pts	Lower memory latency. +11%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	136 Pts	Much faster single-core speed. +35%	101 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	264 Pts	Much faster dual-core speed. +38%	192 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	490 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +47%	334 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	808 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +63%	497 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	87.1 Pts		96 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +10%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	146 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +20%	122 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	287 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +24%	232 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	553 Pts	Much faster OC quad-core speed. +37%	403 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	878 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +44%	609 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.25 %		0.27 %	Slightly higher market share. +8%
Value Value For Money	90.8 %		92.7 %	+2%
User Rating UBM User Rating	69 %	Slightly more popular. +8%	64 %
Price Price (score)	$210		$120	Much cheaper. +43%


Age Newest	58 Months	Much more recent. +57%	134 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watts		84 Watts	More energy efficient. +12%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	6 cores	Much higher core count. +50%	4 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	12 threads	Much higher thread count. +50%	8 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	7 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +68%	22 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.8 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +9%	3.5 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.4 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +13%	3.9 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1106 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +78%	620 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1017 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +98%	513 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Zen2	Haswell
Socket Motherboard Socket	AM4	FCLGA1150
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	HD 4600

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 Core i7-4770K is Intel's fourth generation (codename Haswell) flagship processor in the hugely successful Core range. It's not surprising that the 4770K sets a new Real World Performance index record, besting its predecessor by just over 9%. The 4770K also tops out in the remainder of our benchmarks setting new highs of 10020 and 2164 in the PassMark and PassMark Single Thread tests which equates to roughly an 8% overall performance increase over the 3770K. With a TDP of 84 watts, power consumption has increased slightly over the 3770K. The new Core i7-4770K demonstrates around an 8% performance increase over its predecessor the 3770K but it costs 12% more. As a result, at least until prices drop, this processor represents marginally worse value for money than the 3770K. ^{[Jun '13 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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