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6 Cores, 6 Threads @3.7GHz, Coffee Lake.
Release date: Q4 2018.

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Effective Speed 
+138%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 92,050 user samples
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74,501 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 107% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 81% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Poor: 81% Great: 107%
SPEED RANK: 18th / 1206
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
17,549 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 45% Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 29% Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Poor: 29% Great: 45%
SPEED RANK: 531st / 1206
Gaming
Gaming 39%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 42%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 21%
Surfboard
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		93.6 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+138% 		39.3 %
Average User Bench 
+161%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 		137 Pts Hugely faster single-core speed.
+116% 		63.3 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Mixed Speed 		270 Pts Hugely faster dual-core speed.
+123% 		121 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Mixed Speed 		528 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+153% 		209 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 		753 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+250% 		215 Pts
Overclocked Bench 
+163%
1-Core
OC Single Core Mixed Speed 		154 Pts Hugely faster OC single-core speed.
+120% 		70 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Mixed Speed 		308 Pts Hugely faster OC dual-core speed.
+128% 		135 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Mixed Speed 		607 Pts Hugely faster OC quad-core speed.
+145% 		248 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Mixed Speed 		883 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+259% 		246 Pts
Value & Sentiment 
+622%
Market Share
Based on 22,447,016 CPUs tested.
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.92 % Insanely higher market share.
+1,050% 		0.08 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		176 % Hugely more popular.
+193% 		60 %
Nice To Haves 
+198%
Age
Newest 		13 Months Much more recent.
+79% 		63+ Months
64-Core
OC Multi Core Mixed Speed 		887 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+262% 		245 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 		761 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+252% 		216 Pts
Conclusion 
Average Bench 93.6%
Average Bench 39.3%
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The hex-core i5-9600K is third in Intel’s line-up of 9th generation Coffee Lake CPUs. It has a TDP of 95W and requires an aftermarket cooler (such as the $20 GAMMAXX 400). The 9600K was designed to be overclocked. Once this is enabled in the BIOS (requires a Z-series motherbaord), the 9600K runs 10% faster. In terms of performance, the i5-9600K is almost unbeatable for desktop users and it has sufficient multi-core performance to handle all but the most demanding workstation tasks. For Heavy workstation users the Ryzen 3000 series offers great 64-core performance at a very competitive price. For example the overclocked Ryzen 3600 is approximately 13% worse for gaming and desktop (sub octa-core tasks) but it is 27% faster for 64-core processing. At stock clocks the i5-9600K is around 8% slower than Intel’s flagship i9-9900K but when both are overclocked, the 9600K closes the gaming gap to within two or three percent. Considering that the 9900K is the fastest gaming processor available, and almost twice the price of the 9600K, this is no small feat. The i5-9600K is aimed squarely at gamers who are not willing to compromise on performance but don't want to pay more than they need to. [Oct '18 CPUPro]

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