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Best Bench: 83% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 64% Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 2.25 GHz (avg)

Poor: 64% Great: 83%

SPEED RANK: 325^th / 1441

Gaming 74%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 71%

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342,244 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 85% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 57% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)

Poor: 57% Great: 85%

SPEED RANK: 355^th / 1441

Gaming 72%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 55%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		73.8 %	+2%		72.4 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	75.7 Pts		83.3 Pts	Lower memory latency. +10%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	103 Pts		110 Pts	Slightly faster single-core speed. +7%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	202 Pts		218 Pts	Slightly faster dual-core speed. +8%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	387 Pts	Slightly faster quad-core speed. +10%	352 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	667 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +79%	373 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	83.7 Pts		95.2 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +14%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	118 Pts		136 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +15%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	236 Pts		269 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +14%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	453 Pts		455 Pts	+0%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	823 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +73%	476 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.04 %	0.49 %	Insanely higher market share. +1,125%
Value Value For Money	82.6 %	102 %	Better value. +23%
User Rating UBM User Rating	63 %	74 %	More popular. +17%
Price Price (score)	$185	$81	Much cheaper. +56%


Age Newest	71 Months	Much more recent. +32%	104 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watts	More energy efficient. +29%	91 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	8 cores	Hugely higher core count. +100%	4 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	16 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +300%	4 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	12 nm	Newer manufacturing. +14%	14 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.2 GHz		3.5 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +9%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.1 GHz	Slightly faster turbo frequency. +5%	3.9 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1176 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +143%	484 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1017 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +169%	378 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Zen+	Skylake
Socket Motherboard Socket	AM4	FCLGA1151
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	HD 530

The Ryzen 7 2700 is an 8 core, 16 thread high-end desktop processor featuring AMD’s second generation 12nm Zen+ architecture and Precision Boost 2 technology. It is the second strongest of four new Ryzen CPUs due for imminent release. The second generation Ryzen processors, codenamed Pinnacle Ridge, are both compatible with the new 400 series and 300 series of motherboards. Official specs for the 2700 are yet to be seen, but early benchmarks appear to indicate base and boost clock speeds of 3.2 and 4.1 GHz respectively. This translates to a modest improvement upon the previous generation 1700 which continues to offer fantastic value for money in terms of multi-core performance. The expected retail price of $299 includes a Wraith cooler and costs the same as Intel’s 6 core 12 thread i7-8700. As expected, the 8700 beats the 2700 on single and quad core intensive tasks, but lags slightly for higher core workloads. Even though the 2700 excels at pure multimedia production streamers should look elsewhere. Streaming with dedicated hardware such as NVENC or a separate stream PC will nearly always result in fewer dropped frames. ^{[Apr '18 CPUPro]}

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The Intel Core i5-6600K is based on the new "Skylake" 14nm manufacturing process. Sporting 4 physical cores with base/turbo clocks of 3.5/3.9 GHz the 6600K and its predecessor, the 4690K share the same basic configuration and disappointingly, offer similar performance. Comparing the 6600K and 6700K shows that the 6700K has faster multi and single core performance. The improved multi core performance is due to Hyperthreading which is the key differentiator for the i7-6700K. The gap in single core performance can largely be eliminated by overclocking the i5-6600K so although the stock effective speed is significantly higher on the 6700K, this gap diminishes significantly when both processors are overclocked. At a 30% discount, the 6600K is the better value gaming CPU. ^{[Aug '15 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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