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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: 110% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 90% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)

Poor: 90% Great: 110%

SPEED RANK: 68^th / 1442

Gaming 100%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 121%

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70,951 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 100% Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 81% Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg)

Poor: 81% Great: 100%

SPEED RANK: 128^th / 1442

Gaming 92%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 94%

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Workstation 84%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		100 %	Slightly faster effective speed. +9%		92.2 %


10 Mar21\|HardwareLUXX Processor non grata: Rocket Lake-S...	7 %	SotTR 7%, MetroEx 17%, Divis2 7%	BFV 2%
20 Oct22\|Techpowerup Intel Core i5-13600K Review - Best...	12 %	Forza5 4%, AoE4 1%, Bord3 11%, FarC6 1%, BFV 16%, CPunk 1%, EldenR 7%, Civ6 70%, CSGO 37%, DoomE 4%	WatchDL 1%, RDR2 8%
22 Nov22\|Gamers Nexus Intel i7-13700K CPU Review & Bench...	28 %	FarC6 20%, FinFant14 16%, GTAV 27%, SotTR 35%, CSGO 47%, R6S 38%, TWarW3 13%
06 Nov20\|Gamers Nexus Friendly Fire: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X C...	14 %^OC	GTAV 16%^OC, TWarTKC 14%^OC, F120 27%^OC, TWarTKB 15%^OC, ACO 11%^OC	RDR2 0%^OC
06 Nov20\|Gamers Nexus Friendly Fire: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X C...	20 %	SotTR 21%, GTAV 28%, RDR2 2%, TWarTKC 22%, F120 32%, TWarTKB 14%, ACO 18%
07 Dec20\|KitGuru AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Zen 3 CPU Review	8 %^OC	GTAV 19%^OC, SotTR 33%^OC, F120 3%^OC, Divis2 1%^OC	RDR2 6%^OC, MetroEx 1%^OC
07 Dec20\|KitGuru AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Zen 3 CPU Review	11 %	GTAV 24%, SotTR 38%, F120 5%, MetroEx 2%, Divis2 3%	RDR2 4%
05 Nov20\|Anandtech AMD Zen 3 Ryzen Deep Dive Review: ...	14 %	FarC5 17%, Bord3 7%, GTAV 11%, Civ6 69%, FinFant15 12%, Chernob 7%, FinFant14 14%, F119 8%, RDR2 3%, GearsT 12%, WoT 19%	StrangeB 1%, DExMD 3%
05 Nov20\|Linustechtips Remember this day… - AMD Ryzen 500...	23 %	GTAV 12%, SotTR 24%, MSFS20 12%, CSGO 53%, F120 14%
26 Dec20\|Tom's Hardware AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Review: The Pric...	29 %	Hitm2 33%, FarC5 20%, Bord3 4%, ProjC3 49%, SotTR 44%, RDR2 31%, Divis2 23%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	81 Pts		90.5 Pts	Lower memory latency. +12%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	164 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +20%	137 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	326 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +22%	268 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	639 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +27%	505 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	1232 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +49%	825 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	92.7 Pts		96.6 Pts	+4%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	180 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +21%	149 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	355 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +20%	296 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	697 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +22%	569 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	1376 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +50%	918 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.18 %	0.36 %	Hugely higher market share. +100%
Value Value For Money	89.7 %	111 %	Better value. +23%
User Rating UBM User Rating	69 %	89 %	More popular. +29%
Price Price (score)	$416	$144	Much cheaper. +65%


Age Newest	41 Months	More recent. +13%	47 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watts	More energy efficient. +16%	125 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	16 cores	Hugely higher core count. +167%	6 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	32 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +167%	12 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	7 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +50%	14 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.4 GHz		4.1 GHz	Faster base frequency. +21%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.9 GHz	+2%	4.8 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	3063 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +165%	1154 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	2633 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +153%	1041 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Zen3	Comet Lake
Socket Motherboard Socket	AM4	FCLGA1200
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	UHD 630

The 16-core, 32-thread Ryzen 9 5950X is an impressive workhorse. It sits at the top of AMD’s latest Zen 3 based, 5000 series of CPUs and sends a clear message that AMD can beat Intel in terms of raw performance and core count. The 5950X has a boost clock speed of up to 4.9 GHz, a massive 72 MB cache and a TDP rating of 105W. Despite the “gaming” focus of AMD’s 5000 series launch marketing, the 5950X does not efficiently leverage all its 16 cores in gaming (as demonstrated by similar effective speed scores compared to the 12-core 5900X, 8-core 5800X and 6-core 5600X.) 16 cores are only suitable for professional use cases that have CPU processing needs which cannot be more efficiently met by a GPU or other dedicated hardware. There is no Intel equivalent with this number of cores, and the 5950X’s uniqueness is reflected in its $799 USD price tag, 45% more expensive than the 5900X. Gamers will get far higher FPS per dollar by allocating a higher proportion of their budget towards a better GPU rather than blowing $799 USD on the 5950X. Professional users that plan to use 32 concurrent threads at 100% load will find value in the 5950X. On the other hand, workstation users that rarely exceed 20 concurrent threads at 100% should consider the 10850K for around half the money. ^{[Nov '20 CPUPro]}

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Intel’s tenth gen, six-core i5-10600K is one of the fastest consumer CPUs currently available. Out of the box, its maximum all core frequency is 4.5 GHz, but a simple overclock allows all 12 threads to hit 5.0 GHz. Although a new Z490 (LGA1200) motherboard is required, Intel have indicated that LGA1200 will remain compatible with Rocket Lake CPUs which are due later this year. The eight-core Ryzen 3700X currently competes in the 10600K’s price bracket. CPU based encoding is akin to using hair clippers on a lawn but If dedicated hardware such as NVENC or QuickSync is not an option, the 3700X can outperform the 10600K in encoding workloads such as UserBenchmark 64-core, Cinebench, Blender-CPU and Handbrake-CPU. Meanwhile, the 10600K is better for almost everything else. Currently, the real problem with the 10600K, and much of the Comet Lake line up, is availability. Whilst there was a paper launch in Q2 2020, at the time of writing, the 10600K is still largely unavailable for purchase. In order to achieve better value for money, without compromising on gaming performance, it is necessary to consider the older generation 9600K which is 26% cheaper and offers similar gaming performance. ^{[Jun '20 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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