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6 Cores, 6 Threads @3.6GHz, Coffee Lake.
Release date: Q4 2017.

Effective Speed 
+29%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 273,575 user samples
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8,738 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 122% Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 108% Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg)
Poor: 108% Great: 122%
SPEED RANK: 24th / 1443
Gaming
Gaming 117%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 118%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 118%
UFO
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: 136th / 1443
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		117 % Faster effective speed.
+29% 		90.7 %
Average Score 
+51%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		95.1 Pts Slightly lower memory latency.
+6% 		90.1 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		194 Pts Much faster single-core speed.
+50% 		129 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		384 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+49% 		257 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		742 Pts Much faster quad-core speed.
+48% 		502 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		1315 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+100% 		656 Pts
Overclocked Score 
+39%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		98.9 Pts +2% 96.5 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		200 Pts Much faster OC single-core speed.
+32% 		151 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		397 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+31% 		302 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		788 Pts Much faster OC quad-core speed.
+33% 		594 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		1550 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+94% 		798 Pts
Value & Sentiment 
+0%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.66 % Much higher market share.
+38% 		0.48 %
Value
Value For Money 		112 % +2% 110 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		91 % More popular.
+17% 		78 %
Price
Price (score) 		$320 $139 Much cheaper.
+57%
Nice To Haves 
+123%
Age
Newest 		13+ Months Hugely more recent.
+84% 		79 Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		1856 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+124% 		828 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		1772 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+160% 		681 Pts
Conclusion 
Average Bench 117%
Average Bench 90.7%
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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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