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CSGO Dust 2 1080p Max	318 EFps	Much Better CSGO EFps. +36%	233 EFps
GTAV Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max	108 EFps	Slightly Better GTAV EFps. +7%	101 EFps
Overwatch Temple of Anubis 1080p Max	142 EFps	Slightly Better Overwatch EFps. +8%	131 EFps
PUBG M249 Training 1080p Max	133 EFps	Better PUBG EFps. +12%	119 EFps
Fortnite UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max	121 EFps		131 EFps	Slightly Better Fortnite EFps. +8%

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Best Bench: 108% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 87% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)

Poor: 87% Great: 108%

SPEED RANK: 79^th / 1442

Gaming 99%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 109%

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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 / 1442

Gaming 83%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 77%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		99 %	Faster effective speed. +19%		83.1 %


10 Mar21\|HardwareLUXX Processor non grata: Rocket Lake-S...	17 %	BFV 12%, SotTR 16%, MetroEx 25%, Divis2 16%
05 Nov20\|Techpowerup AMD Ryzen 5 5800X Review	9 %	FarC5 31%, BFV 7%, SotTR 0%, Rage2 2%, Witcher3 1%, Civ6 19%, ACO 3%, MetroEx 2%, Sekiro 22%, Wolf2 2%
22 Nov22\|Gamers Nexus Intel i7-13700K CPU Review & Bench...	40 %	FarC6 36%, FinFant14 24%, GTAV 42%, SotTR 55%, CSGO 49%, R6S 51%, TWarW3 21%
06 Nov20\|Gamers Nexus Friendly Fire: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X C...	35 %	SotTR 47%, GTAV 38%, RDR2 20%, TWarTKC 27%, F120 56%, TWarTKB 28%, ACO 27%
05 Nov20\|Anandtech AMD Zen 3 Ryzen Deep Dive Review: ...	18 %	FarC5 33%, Bord3 11%, GTAV 19%, Civ6 37%, FinFant15 15%, Chernob 9%, DExMD 9%, FinFant14 20%, F119 25%, RDR2 1%, GearsT 24%, WoT 25%	StrangeB 0%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	81.1 Pts	Slightly lower memory latency. +6%	76.3 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	163 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +23%	133 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	320 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +24%	259 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	626 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +30%	483 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	1157 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +46%	792 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	92.3 Pts	Slightly lower OC memory latency. +5%	87.5 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	179 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +27%	141 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	356 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +27%	281 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	694 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +27%	546 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	1318 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +52%	869 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.56 %	1.16 %	Hugely higher market share. +107%
Value Value For Money	102 %	116 %	Better value. +14%
User Rating UBM User Rating	72 %	95 %	Much more popular. +32%
Price Price (score)	$250	$83	Much cheaper. +67%


Age Newest	42 Months	More recent. +26%	57 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watts		65 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +38%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	12 cores	Hugely higher core count. +100%	6 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	24 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +100%	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	4.8 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +14%	4.2 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	2290 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +110%	1091 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	2000 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +100%	999 Pts


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

The Ryzen 9 5900X is second in AMD’s line-up of new Zen 3 CPUs. The 12-core hyper-threaded processor has base/boost clock speeds of 3.7/4.8 GHz, a 70 MB cache and a TDP of 105W. The 5900X took center stage in the 5000 series launch presentation where AMD gunned for Intel’s “best gaming CPU” crown. They showed the 5900X as being 26% better for gaming than the previous generation’s Ryzen 9 3900XT, attributing this to the new architecture’s faster single core speeds and lower latency. AMD also stated that the 5900X achieves, on average, 6.8% faster gaming performance than Intel’s 10-core i9-10900K. The details around AMD’s testing were not disclosed but it is safe to assume that 6.8% is the highest average lead that AMD are willing to stand by. Our benchmarks show that the 5900X’s slightly faster cores and the 10900K’s slightly lower memory latency balance out to yield similar performance. Whilst presenting their figures, AMD admitted that their 3000 series CPUs were far from “best for gaming” and conceded that the 10900K is approximately 19% faster than the 3900XT (our effective speed marks the gap at just 14%). Despite this clear performance deficiency, AMD supported 3000 series sales with an aggressive and successful marketing campaign to easily outsell Intel over the last 12 months. Given the real performance uplift observed in the 5000 series, and the absence of any meaningful marketing from Intel, we expect CPU sales to shift even further in AMD’s favour. Gamers that do not wish to pay “marketing fees” should investigate Intel’s $175 USD 11400F, the $660 USD savings would be far better spent on a higher tier GPU. ^{[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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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