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Best Bench: 66% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 48% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)

Poor: 48% Great: 66%

SPEED RANK: 605^th / 1443

Gaming 59%

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Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 42%

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Best Bench: 124% Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 109% Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.1 GHz (avg)

Poor: 109% Great: 124%

SPEED RANK: 22^nd / 1443

Gaming 117%

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Desktop 117%

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Workstation 136%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		58.5 %			117 %	Hugely faster effective speed. +100%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	80.9 Pts	84.6 Pts	+5%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	82.7 Pts	207 Pts	Hugely faster single-core speed. +150%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	145 Pts	405 Pts	Hugely faster dual-core speed. +179%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	211 Pts	798 Pts	Hugely faster quad-core speed. +278%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	214 Pts	1512 Pts	Hugely faster octa-core speed. +607%


Memory OC Memory Latency	93.3 Pts	98.3 Pts	Slightly lower OC memory latency. +5%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	91.8 Pts	219 Pts	Hugely faster OC single-core speed. +139%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	173 Pts	434 Pts	Hugely faster OC dual-core speed. +151%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	232 Pts	846 Pts	Hugely faster OC quad-core speed. +265%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	232 Pts	1616 Pts	Hugely faster OC octa-core speed. +597%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.01 %		0.07 %	Hugely higher market share. +600%
Value Value For Money	56.1 %		110 %	Hugely better value. +96%
User Rating UBM User Rating	51 %	Slightly more popular. +6%	48 %
Price Price (score)	$325	Slightly cheaper. +7%	$350


Age Newest	141 Months	14+ Months	Hugely more recent. +90%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	233 Pts	2812 Pts	Insanely faster OC 64-core speed. +1,107%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	215 Pts	2664 Pts	Insanely faster 64-core speed. +1,139%

The Core i3-3225 Ivy Bridge processor offers both superb real world performance and excellent value for money. For raw single threaded performance the i3-3225 scores 28% lower than the i7-3770K but costs less than half as much. At first glance one might assume that I am crazy for recommending a puny Core-i3 over the mighty Core-i7's but for real world consumer use there is simply no point in having 4 cores and 8 threads, they will hardly ever be used. All of the third gen Ivy Bridge Core-i3s are superb but the i3-3225 sports the slightly more 3D capable HD 4000 Graphics vs the HD 2500 offered on the other models. For real-world performance in an energy efficient package with modest on-board graphics, this is a superb choice. For most use cases including: email, surfing, watching movies, listening to music and office apps, this processor will deliver almost as good an experience as any other processor on the market. ^{[Jun '13 CPUPro]}

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The AMD 7000X3D CPUs have the same core architecture as the rest of the 7000 series but they have one group of eight "3D" cores with extra cache. The “3D” cores are priced higher but run at 10% lower clocks. For most real-world tasks performance is comparable to the 7000X variant. Cache sensitive scenarios such as low res. canned game benchmarks with an RTX 4090 ($2,000) benefit at the cost of everything else. Be wary of sponsored reviews with cherry picked games that showcase the wins, ignore frame drops and gloss over the losses. Also watch out for AMD’s army of Neanderthal social media accounts on reddit, forums and youtube, they will be singing their own praises as usual. AMD continue to develop “Advanced Marketing” relationships with select youtubers with the obvious aim of compensating for second tier products with first tier marketing. PC gamers considering a 7000X3D CPU need to work on their critical thinking skills: Influencers are paid handsomely to promote overpriced niche products (X3D, EPYC, Threadripper etc.). Rational gamers have little reason to look further than the $300 13600K which offers comparable real-world gaming and better desktop performance at a fraction of the price. Workstation users (and RTX 4080+ gamers) may find value in higher core CPUs such as the 16-core $400 13700K. Despite offering better performance at lower prices, as long as Intel continues to sample and sponsor marketers that are mostly funded by AMD, they will struggle to win market share. ^{[Mar '23 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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