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CSGO Dust 2 1080p Max	310 EFps	Much Better CSGO EFps. +33%	233 EFps
GTAV Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max	101 EFps		101 EFps
Overwatch Temple of Anubis 1080p Max	134 EFps	+2%	131 EFps
PUBG M249 Training 1080p Max	131 EFps	Better PUBG EFps. +10%	119 EFps
Fortnite UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max	120 EFps		131 EFps	Slightly Better Fortnite EFps. +9%

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Best Bench: 107% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 83% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg)

Poor: 83% Great: 107%

SPEED RANK: 107^th / 1441

Gaming 96%

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Desktop 99%

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Workstation 87%

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1,072,639 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 92% Base clock 4.45 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 73% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)

Poor: 73% Great: 92%

SPEED RANK: 201^st / 1441

Gaming 83%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 77%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		95.9 %	Faster effective speed. +15%		83.1 %


10 Mar21\|HardwareLUXX Processor non grata: Rocket Lake-S...	13 %	BFV 13%, SotTR 14%, MetroEx 10%, Divis2 14%
05 Nov20\|Techpowerup AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Review	9 %	FarC5 29%, BFV 7%, SotTR 0%, Rage2 1%, Witcher3 1%, Civ6 20%, ACO 2%, MetroEx 3%, Sekiro 22%, Wolf2 2%
05 Nov20\|Techpowerup AMD Ryzen 5 5800X Review	9 %	FarC5 29%, BFV 7%, SotTR 0%, Rage2 1%, Witcher3 1%, Civ6 20%, ACO 2%, MetroEx 3%, Sekiro 22%, Wolf2 2%
22 Nov22\|Gamers Nexus Intel i7-13700K CPU Review & Bench...	33 %	FinFant14 25%, GTAV 30%, SotTR 43%, CSGO 39%, R6S 39%, TWarW3 20%
06 Nov20\|Gamers Nexus Friendly Fire: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X C...	29 %	SotTR 43%, GTAV 28%, RDR2 16%, TWarTKC 30%, F120 45%, TWarTKB 26%, ACO 16%
05 Nov20\|Anandtech AMD Zen 3 Ryzen Deep Dive Review: ...	18 %	FarC5 29%, Bord3 11%, GTAV 16%, Civ6 52%, FinFant15 13%, Chernob 10%, DExMD 13%, FinFant14 19%, F119 25%, RDR2 2%, GearsT 17%, WoT 27%	StrangeB 1%
16 Jan21\|Hardware Unboxed Is Zen 3 Really Worth it For Gamin...	10 %	Dirt5 6%, Godfall 17%, WatchDL 8%, HorizZD 5%, F120 8%, R6S 7%, DoomE 9%, Hitm2 29%, SotTR 12%, CPunk 4%, ACV 5%, RDR2 8%, WarThund 1%, DeathStra 32%, ResE3 3%, WolfYB 9%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	84 Pts	Lower memory latency. +10%	76.3 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	162 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +22%	133 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	315 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +22%	259 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	580 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +20%	483 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	883 Pts	Faster octa-core speed. +11%	792 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	93.8 Pts	Slightly lower OC memory latency. +7%	87.5 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	172 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +22%	141 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	342 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +22%	281 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	667 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +22%	546 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	989 Pts	Faster OC octa-core speed. +14%	869 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	1.02 %	1.53 %	Much higher market share. +50%
Value Value For Money	113 %	116 %	+3%
User Rating UBM User Rating	94 %	95 %	+1%
Price Price (score)	$153	$82	Much cheaper. +46%


Age Newest	41 Months	More recent. +28%	57 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watts		65 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	6 cores		6 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	12 threads		12 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	7 nm		7 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.7 GHz	+3%	3.6 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.6 GHz	Slightly faster turbo frequency. +10%	4.2 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1160 Pts	Slightly faster OC 64-core speed. +6%	1091 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1055 Pts	Slightly faster 64-core speed. +6%	999 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Zen3	Zen2
Socket Motherboard Socket	AM4	AM4
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	None

The Ryzen 5 5600X is both the entry-level and best value for money 5000 series CPU. The 5600X is a hex-core 12 thread processor with a base clock speed of 3.7 GHz boosting to 4.6 GHz. It has 35 MB of cache and a TDP rating of 65W. A cooler is included in the MSRP of $300 USD, but cheap after-market coolers (such as the $20 GAMMAXX 400) are far more effective and therefore worth the upgrade. Notably, AMD’s new Zen 3 architecture has vastly improved single-core performance and lower memory latency, which leads to a significant effective speed advantage over its predecessor, the 3600X. Last year, AMD’s class-leading marketers secured significant sales of the 3000 series CPUs despite a 15% performance deficit against lower priced Intel parts. The games, specific scenes, software/hardware settings and choice of competing hardware were often cherry picked, undisclosed and inconsistent from one product to the next. Now that AMD have actually achieved both top tier performance and market share, their marketing machinery is focused on price hikes. Users that do not wish to pay a marketing premium should investigate Intel’s 11400F, which, when paired with a 2060 Super, delivers higher EFps in four out of five of today’s most popular games, at half the price. Allocating the savings to a higher tier GPU will result in a far superior gaming PC. ^{[Nov '20 CPUPro]}

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AMD’s Ryzen 5 3600 is a 6-core, 12-threaded processor which succeeds the Ryzen 5 2600 improving upon it by 13% in terms of overclocked performance. The 3600 is in competition with Intel’s 6-core i5-9600K. AMD continues to push the multi-core performance envelope: benchmarks show that the 3600 has a 27% overclocked 64-core lead over the 9600K but that the i5-9600K leads by 14% on single to hex core workloads which translates to 10% higher EFps in most of the today’s top games (e.g. PUBG, GTAV and CSGO). Additionally, the 3600's memory controller, although significantly improved over previous Ryzen iterations, still has limited bandwidth and high latency which adversely impacts gaming. Weaknesses in memory architecture are not readily picked up by CPU benchmarks but they are apparent whilst gaming. Cheaper CPUs such as the 9400F deliver better gaming performance in nearly all of today’s popular games. At $190 USD, the 3600 offers good value for purely workstation tasks such as film production but streamers should look elsewhere. Streaming with dedicated hardware such as NVENC or a separate stream PC will nearly always result in fewer dropped frames. The masterfully hyped Ryzen 3600 may well be the best CPU for multimedia producers on a tight budget but in today's market there are faster and less expensive alternatives for gamers, streamers and general desktop users. ^{[Jun '19 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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