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CSGO Dust 2 1080p Max	198 EFps	284 EFps	Much Better CSGO EFps. +43%
GTAV Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max	96 EFps	106 EFps	Better GTAV EFps. +10%
Overwatch Temple of Anubis 1080p Max	135 EFps	139 EFps	+3%
PUBG M249 Training 1080p Max	113 EFps	139 EFps	Better PUBG EFps. +23%
Fortnite UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max	115 EFps	139 EFps	Better Fortnite EFps. +21%

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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 / 1442

Gaming 74%

Battleship

Desktop 75%

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Workstation 71%

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746,287 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 100% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 76% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)

Poor: 76% Great: 100%

SPEED RANK: 148^th / 1442

Gaming 88%

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Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 80%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		73.8 %			88.4 %	Faster effective speed. +20%


14 Nov19\|PCGamer AMD Ryzen 9 3950X review	StrangeB 0%	21 %	Hitm2 30%, FarC5 36%, TWarW2 30%, SotTR 31%, ACO 14%, MetroEx 18%, MESoW 17%, Divis2 13%
05 Nov20\|Techpowerup AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Review		18 %	FarC5 43%, BFV 23%, SotTR 1%, Rage2 2%, Witcher3 6%, Civ6 19%, ACO 8%, MetroEx 18%, Sekiro 42%, Wolf2 14%
28 May20\|Techpowerup Intel Core i5-10400F Review - Six ...		18 %	FarC5 43%, BFV 23%, SotTR 1%, Rage2 2%, Witcher3 6%, Civ6 19%, ACO 8%, MetroEx 18%, Sekiro 42%, Wolf2 14%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	75.7 Pts	90.1 Pts	Lower memory latency. +19%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	103 Pts	128 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +24%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	202 Pts	249 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +23%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	387 Pts	466 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +20%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	667 Pts	770 Pts	Faster octa-core speed. +15%


Memory OC Memory Latency	83.7 Pts	96.5 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +15%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	118 Pts	148 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +25%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	236 Pts	292 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +24%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	453 Pts	558 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +23%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	823 Pts	892 Pts	Slightly faster OC octa-core speed. +8%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.12 %		1.34 %	Insanely higher market share. +1,017%
Value Value For Money	82.6 %		98.7 %	Better value. +19%
User Rating UBM User Rating	63 %		81 %	More popular. +29%
Price Price (score)	$185	+1%	$186


Age Newest	72 Months	Slightly more recent. +8%	78 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +32%	95 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	8 cores	Much higher core count. +33%	6 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	16 threads	Much higher thread count. +33%	12 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	12 nm	Newer manufacturing. +14%	14 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.2 GHz		3.7 GHz	Faster base frequency. +16%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.1 GHz		4.7 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +15%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1176 Pts	+3%	1147 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1017 Pts	+5%	971 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Zen+	Coffee Lake
Socket Motherboard Socket	AM4	FCLGA1151
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	UHD 630

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 i7-8700K is Intel’s latest, top of the range, 8th generation Coffee Lake processor. Like Kaby Lake and Sky Lake before that, Coffee Lake is based on Intel’s 14nm architecture which has been slightly optimized on each iteration. Following AMD’s modus operandi, Intel has upped the cores and threads across the range of their CPUs. In previous generations, a 6-core processor would have been a high-end desk-top (HEDT) processor, however the i7-8700K is the first Intel CPU with 6 cores and 12 threads to be classified (and priced) as a mainstream consumer processor. Specifically, the i7-8700K features a base clock speed of 3.7 GHz which boosts to 4.7 GHz (4.5 GHz for the previous generation i7-7700k), 12MB of smart (L3) cache and 2 channels of DDR4 RAM. The majority of the performance improvements over the 7th generation stem from the higher core count which results in a 50% increase in multi-core speed between the i7-7700k and i7-8700k. A new motherboard will need to be factored into the budget when upgrading to the 8700K as it requires a new Intel Z370 chipset which has supposedly been designed to better deliver power to CPUs with a greater number of cores. Also available in this latest release of CPUs is the 6 core 6 thread i5-8600k which is a more rational option (around $100 cheaper) for the vast majority of users that don’t require hyper-threading. Sandy bridge owners can finally justify an upgrade but with the next iteration of AMD's Zen architecture just around the corner the CPU market will be a lot faster moving now that Intel, once again, has to compete. ^{[Sep '17 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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