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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%

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Desktop 94%

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Workstation 84%

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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 / 1442

Gaming 88%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 80%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		92.2 %	+4%		88.4 %


10 Mar21\|HardwareLUXX Processor non grata: Rocket Lake-S...	5 %	SotTR 8%, MetroEx 5%, Divis2 8%	BFV 0%
05 Nov20\|Techpowerup AMD Ryzen 5 5800X Review	3 %	FarC5 3%, BFV 6%, SotTR 6%, Rage2 1%, Witcher3 1%, Civ6 6%, MetroEx 3%, Sekiro 5%, Wolf2 1%	ACO 2%
28 May20\|Techpowerup Intel Core i5-10400F Review - Six ...	3 %	FarC5 3%, BFV 6%, SotTR 6%, Rage2 1%, Witcher3 1%, Civ6 6%, MetroEx 3%, Sekiro 5%, Wolf2 1%	ACO 2%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	90.5 Pts	+0%	90.1 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	137 Pts	Slightly faster single-core speed. +7%	128 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	268 Pts	Slightly faster dual-core speed. +8%	249 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	505 Pts	Slightly faster quad-core speed. +8%	466 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	825 Pts	Slightly faster octa-core speed. +7%	770 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	96.6 Pts	+0%	96.5 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	149 Pts	+1%	148 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	296 Pts	+1%	292 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	569 Pts	+2%	558 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	918 Pts	+3%	892 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.35 %		1.38 %	Hugely higher market share. +294%
Value Value For Money	111 %	Better value. +12%	98.7 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	89 %	Slightly more popular. +10%	81 %
Price Price (score)	$144	Cheaper. +23%	$186


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		12 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm		14 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	4.1 GHz	Faster base frequency. +11%	3.7 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.8 GHz	+2%	4.7 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1154 Pts	+1%	1147 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1041 Pts	Slightly faster 64-core speed. +7%	971 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	12 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	4.70 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
Turbo Boost Tech Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡	2	2.0
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 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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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