UserBenchmark: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Intel Core i5-8600K

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CSGO Dust 2 1080p Max	233 EFps		280 EFps	Better CSGO EFps. +20%
GTAV Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max	105 EFps		110 EFps	+5%
Overwatch Temple of Anubis 1080p Max	130 EFps		138 EFps	Slightly Better Overwatch EFps. +6%
PUBG M249 Training 1080p Max	124 EFps		135 EFps	Slightly Better PUBG EFps. +9%
Fortnite UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max	141 EFps	Slightly Better Fortnite EFps. +6%	133 EFps

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Best Bench: 94% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 76% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)

Poor: 76% Great: 94%

SPEED RANK: 170^th / 1445

Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 87%

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264,837 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 101% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 79% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)

Poor: 79% Great: 101%

SPEED RANK: 136^th / 1445

Gaming 91%

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 74%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		85.9 %			90.7 %	Slightly faster effective speed. +6%


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Memory Avg. Memory Latency	76.2 Pts		90.1 Pts	Lower memory latency. +18%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	138 Pts	Slightly faster single-core speed. +7%	129 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	270 Pts	Slightly faster dual-core speed. +5%	257 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	513 Pts	+2%	502 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	900 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +37%	656 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	86.6 Pts		96.5 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +11%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	145 Pts		151 Pts	+4%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	288 Pts		302 Pts	+5%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	562 Pts		594 Pts	Slightly faster OC quad-core speed. +6%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	1009 Pts	Faster OC octa-core speed. +26%	798 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.74 %	Much higher market share. +48%	0.5 %
Value Value For Money	93.4 %		110 %	Better value. +17%
User Rating UBM User Rating	89 %	More popular. +14%	78 %
Price Price (score)	$205		$139	Much cheaper. +32%


Age Newest	58 Months	More recent. +27%	79 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	Hugely higher thread count. +167%	6 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	7 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +50%	14 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.6 GHz		3.6 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.4 GHz	+2%	4.3 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1479 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +79%	828 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1358 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +99%	681 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Zen2	Coffee Lake
Socket Motherboard Socket	AM4	FCLGA1151
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	UHD 630

The 3700X is a $320 USD 8-core, 16-thread mid-range Ryzen 3000 series CPU. Out of the box, the 3700X, 3600X and 3600 achieve similar quad core speeds but the 16 threaded 3700X is 30% faster at multi-core computations than the 12 threaded 3600X. Comparing the 3700X to Intel’s i7-9700K shows that, when overclocked, the 3700X is 26% faster at 64-core computations but 13% slower for gaming and desktop (sub eight core performance). Unlike lower end Ryzen 3000 SKUs, the 3700X comes with a half decent cooler but AMD should not have bothered since a $20 aftermarket cooler is still quieter, easier to change, and better at cooling. With a Gammaxx 400 cooler we were able to maintain a 43.25x OC during our EFps tests. We had to use a fixed clock OC (rather than Offset/PBO) to avoid significant frame drops in Fortnite. With strong single-core scores, the 3700X should offer very strong gaming performance but in reality it is let down by its memory controller, which, although significantly improved over previous Ryzen iterations, still has limited bandwidth and high latency. The heavily hyped 3700X, paired with a 2060S, offers real world gaming performance comparable to the $80 USD entry level 4-core, 4-thread Intel Core i3-9100F. At $320 USD, the 3700X offers reasonable value to full time media encoders but general desktop users, gamers and even 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 3700X severely bottlenecks a 2070S: gamers should investigate the 9600K, which is both cheaper and faster. ^{[Jul '19 CPUPro]}

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The unlocked hex-core i5-8600K from Intel’s latest Coffee Lake generation of processors is the new flagship of the i5 series, succeeding the Kaby Lake quad-core i5-7600K. The 8th generation of processors brings the largest performance uplift since Sandy Bridge by adding more cores at each of the i3, i5 and i7 product lines. Like the other Coffee Lake processors, the i5-8600K is built upon optimized 14nm architecture, marginally improved upon from Kaby Lake and Skylake. The 8600K has a 95W TDP and a nominal stock clock of 3.6 GHz, which boosts to 4.1 GHz for all six cores, 4.2 GHz for dual/quad and 4.3 GHz for single core. Early benchmarks put the i5-8600K’s effective speed 15% ahead of the i5-7600K. A 50% increase in multi-core speed is explained by two additional cores and thanks to the quad-core clock bump from 4 GHz on the 7600K to 4.2 GHz on the 8600K there is also an additional 5% performance boost across all workloads. All Coffee Lake processors require a 300-series chipset, making a straight CPU upgrade unfeasible despite sharing the same socket as their Z270 predecessors. Even though most games still use less than 4 cores simultaneously, the i5-8600K is a great choice for gamers but for $80 less, the 8350K which is faster than last years 7600K and only marginally weaker for gaming than the 8600K is certainly well worth considering as well. ^{[Oct '17 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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