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CSGO Dust 2 1080p Max	284 EFps		287 EFps	+1%
GTAV Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max	106 EFps		109 EFps	+3%
Overwatch Temple of Anubis 1080p Max	139 EFps	+1%	137 EFps
PUBG M249 Training 1080p Max	139 EFps	+2%	136 EFps
Fortnite UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max	139 EFps		145 EFps	+4%

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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: 145^th / 1468

Gaming 92%

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Desktop 94%

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Workstation 84%

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Best Bench: 105% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 5.2 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 82% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)

Poor: 82% Great: 105%

SPEED RANK: 115^th / 1468

Gaming 97%

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Desktop 97%

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Workstation 89%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		92.2 %			96.9 %	Slightly faster effective speed. +5%


10 Mar21\|HardwareLUXX Processor non grata: Rocket Lake-S...			2 %	BFV 0%, SotTR 3%, MetroEx 2%, Divis2 3%
05 Nov20\|Techpowerup AMD Ryzen 5 5800X Review	2 %	FarC5 3%, BFV 5%, SotTR 7%, Witcher3 1%, Civ6 1%, MetroEx 2%, Sekiro 3%, Wolf2 0%		Rage2 0%, ACO 4%
28 May20\|Techpowerup Intel Core i5-10400F Review - Six ...	2 %	FarC5 3%, BFV 5%, SotTR 7%, Witcher3 1%, Civ6 1%, MetroEx 2%, Sekiro 3%, Wolf2 0%		Rage2 0%, ACO 4%
28 May20\|Gamers Nexus Best CPUs of 2020 So Far (Gaming, ...		TWarTKC 1%^OC	2 %^OC	SotTR 4%^OC, F119 4%^OC
28 May20\|Gamers Nexus Best CPUs of 2020 So Far (Gaming, ...			3 %	SotTR 6%, F119 4%, TWarTKC 0%
21 May20\|Optimum Tech Intel i5-10600K Review - 6-core Ga...		RDR2 1%, CSGO 0%	3 %	FarC5 6%, OverW 0%, SotTR 2%, StarWJFO 8%, R6S 2%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	90.5 Pts	90.9 Pts	+0%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	137 Pts	140 Pts	+2%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	268 Pts	279 Pts	+4%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	505 Pts	552 Pts	Slightly faster quad-core speed. +9%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	825 Pts	964 Pts	Faster octa-core speed. +17%


Memory OC Memory Latency	96.6 Pts	96.6 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	149 Pts	155 Pts	+4%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	296 Pts	309 Pts	+4%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	569 Pts	618 Pts	Slightly faster OC quad-core speed. +9%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	918 Pts	1,123 Pts	Faster OC octa-core speed. +22%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.24 %		1.84 %	Hugely higher market share. +667%
Value Value For Money	113 %	Better value. +12%	101 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	89 %		92 %	+3%
Price Price (score)	$134	Much cheaper. +44%	$240


Age Newest	54 Months	More recent. +25%	72 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watts		95 Watts	More energy efficient. +24%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	6 cores		8 cores	Much higher core count. +33%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	12 threads	Much higher thread count. +50%	8 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		4.9 GHz	+2%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1,154 Pts	+1%	1,145 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1,041 Pts	+4%	1,001 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	Q4'18
Cache Cache	12 MB Intel® Smart Cache	12 MB SmartCache
Max Turbo Frequency Max Turbo Frequency	4.80 GHz	4.90 GHz
Bus Speed Bus Speed	8 GT/s	8 GT/s DMI3
Thermal Solution Specification Thermal Solution Specification	PCG 2015D	PCG 2015D (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
Hyper-Threading Tech Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡	Yes	No
PCI Express Revision PCI Express Revision	3	3.0
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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’s Core i7-9700K is an unlocked 9th generation Coffee Lake CPU. It is an 8 core, 8 thread processor. The 9700K features 12 MB of cache, a 95W TDP and Intel UHD 630 graphics. Like the other 9th generation chips, it is compatible with Intel’s new Z390 chipset as well as last years Z370 chipset (with an updated BIOS). The 9700K has stock base / boost clocks of 3.6 / 4.6 GHz and a single core boost of 4.9 GHz (compared to 3.6, 4.7 and 5.0 GHz for the flagship 9900K). This translates to almost identical single, quad and octa core performance between the 9900K and 9700K. Mainstream PC games do not benefit from more than six threads, so at $350 (25% cheaper than the 9900K), the 9700K offers far better value for money to gamers. That said gamers have very little reason not to consider the i5-9600K which, when overclocked, offers almost equivalent performance at a 35% discount. ^{[Oct '18 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $84
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