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CSGO Dust 2 1080p Max	284 EFps	+1%	280 EFps
GTAV Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max	106 EFps		110 EFps	+4%
Overwatch Temple of Anubis 1080p Max	139 EFps	+1%	138 EFps
PUBG M249 Training 1080p Max	139 EFps	+3%	135 EFps
Fortnite UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max	139 EFps	+5%	133 EFps

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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%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 84%

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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: 136^th / 1442

Gaming 91%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 74%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		92.2 %	+2%		90.7 %


28 May20\|Techpowerup Intel Core i5-10400F Review - Six ...		4 %	FarC5 6%, BFV 9%, SotTR 6%, Rage2 4%, Witcher3 1%, Civ6 7%, ACO 7%, MetroEx 1%, Sekiro 4%, Wolf2 0%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	90.5 Pts	+0%	90.1 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	137 Pts	Slightly faster single-core speed. +6%	129 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	268 Pts	+4%	257 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	505 Pts	+1%	502 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	825 Pts	Faster octa-core speed. +26%	656 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	96.6 Pts	+0%	96.5 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	149 Pts		151 Pts	+1%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	296 Pts		302 Pts	+2%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	569 Pts		594 Pts	+4%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	918 Pts	Faster OC octa-core speed. +15%	798 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.37 %		0.5 %	Much higher market share. +35%
Value Value For Money	111 %	Slightly better value. +7%	103 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	89 %	More popular. +14%	78 %
Price Price (score)	$144	Cheaper. +17%	$173


Age Newest	47 Months	Much more recent. +40%	78 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watts		95 Watts	More energy efficient. +24%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	6 cores		6 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	12 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +100%	6 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm		14 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	4.1 GHz	Faster base frequency. +14%	3.6 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.8 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +12%	4.3 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1154 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +39%	828 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1041 Pts	Much faster 64-core speed. +53%	681 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Comet Lake	Coffee Lake
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1200	FCLGA1151
Graphics Integrated Graphics	UHD 630	UHD 630
Launch Date Launch Date	Q2'20	Q4'17
Cache Cache	12 MB Intel® Smart Cache	9 MB
Instruction Set Extensions Instruction Set Extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	SSE4.1/4.2, AVX2
Max Turbo Frequency Max Turbo Frequency	4.80 GHz	4.30 GHz
Bus Speed Bus Speed	8 GT/s	8 GT/s DMI3
Thermal Solution Specification Thermal Solution Specification	PCG 2015D	PCG 2015C (130W)
Max Memory Size Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)	128 GB	64 GB
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency	1.20 GHz	1.15 GHz
Turbo Boost Tech Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡	2	2.0
Hyper-Threading Tech Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡	Yes	No
PCI Express Revision PCI Express Revision	3	3.0
PCI Express Configurations PCI Express Configurations ‡	Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4	Up to 1x16 or 2x8 or 1x8+2x4
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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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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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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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