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Best Bench: 105% Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 92% Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)

Poor: 92% Great: 105%

SPEED RANK: 87^th / 1441

Gaming 98%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 92%

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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: 98^th / 1441

Gaming 97%

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Desktop 97%

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Workstation 89%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		98 %	+1%		96.9 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	81.6 Pts		90.9 Pts	Lower memory latency. +11%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	172 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +23%	140 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	330 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +18%	279 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	614 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +11%	552 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	974 Pts	+1%	964 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	91.1 Pts		96.6 Pts	Slightly lower OC memory latency. +6%
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	182 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +17%	155 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	352 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +14%	309 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	673 Pts	Slightly faster OC quad-core speed. +9%	618 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	1029 Pts		1123 Pts	Slightly faster OC octa-core speed. +9%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	1.75 %		2.22 %	Higher market share. +27%
Value Value For Money	120 %	Better value. +20%	99.8 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	99 %	Slightly more popular. +8%	92 %
Price Price (score)	$134	Much cheaper. +46%	$249


Age Newest	27 Months	Much more recent. +58%	65 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +32%	95 Watts
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	10 nm	Newer manufacturing. +29%	14 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	2.5 GHz		3.6 GHz	Much faster base frequency. +44%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.4 GHz		4.9 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +11%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1220 Pts	Slightly faster OC 64-core speed. +7%	1145 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1178 Pts	Faster 64-core speed. +18%	1001 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Alder Lake	Coffee Lake
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1700	FCLGA1151
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	UHD 630

Intel’s Alder Lake i5-12400F offers six hyper-threaded performance cores at an MSRP of just $180 USD. This represents excellent value for consumers and, in particular, gamers. It has a boost frequency of 4.4 GHz, 18 MB of L3 cache and a TDP of 65W. The F-version of the CPU does not have integrated graphics, however this will be of little concern to gamers with discrete GPUs. Whilst Intel’s overclockable i5-12600K has four additional efficiency cores and offers around 12% more performance than the 12400F, it also costs around 50% more. The 12400F offers great value, but to achieve optimal performance the requisite B660 motherboard (which supports 3200+ RAM) is, at least for now, difficult to find at reasonable ($150 USD) prices. AMD’s top value hex-core Ryzen 5 5600X offers similar performance for 50% more money. Despite Intel’s price / performance lead, AMD’s prolific marketers (forums, youtube, reddit etc.) have historically outsold Intel whilst carrying a similar handicap. ^{[Jan '22 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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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