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CSGO Dust 2 1080p Max	318 EFps	Better CSGO EFps. +12%	284 EFps
GTAV Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max	108 EFps	+2%	106 EFps
Overwatch Temple of Anubis 1080p Max	142 EFps	+2%	139 EFps
PUBG M249 Training 1080p Max	133 EFps		139 EFps	+5%
Fortnite UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max	121 EFps		139 EFps	Better Fortnite EFps. +15%

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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 / 1441

Gaming 99%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 100%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 109%

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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 / 1441

Gaming 88%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 80%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		99 %	Faster effective speed. +12%		88.4 %


10 Mar21\|HardwareLUXX Processor non grata: Rocket Lake-S...		12 %	SotTR 15%, MetroEx 23%, Divis2 15%			BFV 4%
05 Nov20\|Techpowerup AMD Ryzen 5 5800X Review		2 %	FarC5 7%, BFV 2%, SotTR 4%, Rage2 3%, Civ6 10%, Sekiro 2%, Wolf2 1%			Witcher3 1%, ACO 3%, MetroEx 3%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	81.1 Pts		90.1 Pts	Lower memory latency. +11%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	163 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +27%	128 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	320 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +29%	249 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	626 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +34%	466 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	1157 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +50%	770 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	92.3 Pts		96.5 Pts	+5%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	179 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +21%	148 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	356 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +22%	292 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	694 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +24%	558 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	1318 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +48%	892 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.58 %		1.4 %	Hugely higher market share. +141%
Value Value For Money	102 %	+3%	98.7 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	72 %		81 %	More popular. +12%
Price Price (score)	$249		$186	Cheaper. +25%


Age Newest	41 Months	Much more recent. +47%	78 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watts		95 Watts	Slightly more energy efficient. +10%
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	Much newer manufacturing. +50%	14 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.7 GHz		3.7 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.8 GHz	+2%	4.7 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	2290 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +100%	1147 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	2000 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +106%	971 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Zen3	Coffee Lake
Socket Motherboard Socket	AM4	FCLGA1151
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	UHD 630

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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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 $279	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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