UserBenchmark: AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT vs Intel Core i9-9900K

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CSGO Dust 2 1080p Max	233 EFps	298 EFps	Better CSGO EFps. +28%
GTAV Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max	105 EFps	108 EFps	+3%
Overwatch Temple of Anubis 1080p Max	130 EFps	138 EFps	Slightly Better Overwatch EFps. +6%
PUBG M249 Training 1080p Max	124 EFps	137 EFps	Better PUBG EFps. +10%
Fortnite UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max	141 EFps	149 EFps	Slightly Better Fortnite EFps. +6%

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Best Bench: 95% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 74% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)

Poor: 74% Great: 95%

SPEED RANK: 184^th / 1442

Gaming 85%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 79%

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Best Bench: 104% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 5.2 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 89% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.3 GHz (avg)

Poor: 89% Great: 104%

SPEED RANK: 89^th / 1442

Gaming 98%

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Desktop 98%

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Workstation 97%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		84.8 %			97.9 %	Faster effective speed. +15%


10 Mar21\|HardwareLUXX Processor non grata: Rocket Lake-S...		7 %	BFV 11%, SotTR 6%, MetroEx 6%, Divis2 6%
05 Nov20\|Techpowerup AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Review	SotTR 4%	7 %	FarC5 22%, BFV 7%, Rage2 0%, Witcher3 2%, Civ6 12%, ACO 10%, MetroEx 3%, Sekiro 18%, Wolf2 1%
05 Nov20\|Techpowerup AMD Ryzen 5 5800X Review	SotTR 4%	8 %	FarC5 22%, BFV 7%, Rage2 3%, Witcher3 5%, Civ6 12%, ACO 10%, MetroEx 3%, Sekiro 18%, Wolf2 1%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	77.4 Pts	93.1 Pts	Lower memory latency. +20%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	140 Pts	142 Pts	+1%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	272 Pts	281 Pts	+3%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	495 Pts	551 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +11%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	821 Pts	981 Pts	Faster octa-core speed. +19%


Memory OC Memory Latency	88.1 Pts	97.2 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +10%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	150 Pts	153 Pts	+2%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	296 Pts	305 Pts	+3%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	563 Pts	604 Pts	Slightly faster OC quad-core speed. +7%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	905 Pts	1116 Pts	Faster OC octa-core speed. +23%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.04 %		1.31 %	Insanely higher market share. +3,175%
Value Value For Money	79.1 %		88 %	Better value. +11%
User Rating UBM User Rating	56 %		86 %	Much more popular. +54%
Price Price (score)	$359	Cheaper. +13%	$410


Age Newest	45+ Months	Much more recent. +32%	66 Months
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1127 Pts		1590 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +41%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1029 Pts		1451 Pts	Much faster 64-core speed. +41%

The XT series of Ryzen CPUs barely outperform their cheaper X and non-X counterparts: 3600, 3600X, 3800X, 3900X. Outside of encoding workloads such as UserBenchmark 64-core, Cinebench, Blender-CPU and Handbrake-CPU the Ryzen architecture remains limited by relatively high latency and the associated gaming bottleneck (frame drops). Dedicated hardware such as NVENC or QuickSync remains far more efficient than CPU cores for encoding. CPU based encoding is akin to using hair clippers on a lawn. The best value CPU amongst the Ryzen range is the 3300X which is the first design to focus on delivering lower latency, and therefore better performance where users need it, rather than “Moar Coars”. Aside from the army of anonymous influencers on social media (reddit, forums, youtube etc.), users will be hard pressed to find rational arguments that favor the XT variants over their cheaper predecessors. ^{[Jul '20 CPUPro]}

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The Intel i9-9900K is an 8 core, 16 thread, unlocked 9th generation Coffee Lake processor. It has a base / boost clocks of 3.6 / 4.7 GHz and a single-core boost of 5.0 GHz (the highest frequency achieved yet from this class of Intel CPU). It features 16 MB of cache, a 95W TDP and Intel UHD 630 graphics. The 9900K is compatible with the new Z390 chipset, and subject to a BIOS update, is also compatible with the older Z370 chipset. Aimed at users who do not wish to compromise, the i9-9900K offers the best gaming and desktop experience available at any price. Heavy workstation users should consider the Ryzen 9 3900X which is similarly priced. Comparing the overclocked 3900X shows that it is just 10% worse for gaming and desktop (sub octa-core) but around 40% better for 64-core computations. Gamers should consider the 9700K which offers identical overclocked gaming performance at a $100 USD discount. ^{[Oct '18 CPUPro]}

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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) $37	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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