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CSGO Dust 2 1080p Max	280 EFps	Better CSGO EFps. +12%	251 EFps
GTAV Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max	110 EFps	Better GTAV EFps. +11%	99 EFps
Overwatch Temple of Anubis 1080p Max	138 EFps	Slightly Better Overwatch EFps. +5%	131 EFps
PUBG M249 Training 1080p Max	135 EFps	Better PUBG EFps. +19%	113 EFps
Fortnite UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max	133 EFps	+4%	128 EFps

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Best Bench: 103% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 82% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)

Poor: 82% Great: 103%

SPEED RANK: 120^th / 1442

Gaming 93%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 77%

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15,293 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 89% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 69% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)

Poor: 69% Great: 89%

SPEED RANK: 242^nd / 1442

Gaming 80%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 68%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		93.2 %	Faster effective speed. +17%		79.7 %


05 Nov20\|Techpowerup AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Review	5 %	FarC5 21%, BFV 5%, Witcher3 3%, Civ6 10%, MetroEx 7%, Sekiro 16%, Wolf2 2%	SotTR 4%, Rage2 6%, ACO 3%
28 May20\|Techpowerup Intel Core i5-10400F Review - Six ...	6 %	FarC5 24%, BFV 4%, Witcher3 3%, Civ6 11%, MetroEx 6%, Sekiro 16%, Wolf2 2%	SotTR 5%, Rage2 5%, ACO 0%
28 May20\|Gamers Nexus Best CPUs of 2020 So Far (Gaming, ...	9 %^OC	SotTR 15%^OC, F119 2%^OC, TWarTKC 16%^OC, Divis2 4%^OC
28 May20\|Gamers Nexus Best CPUs of 2020 So Far (Gaming, ...	1 %	Hitm2 1%, SotTR 9%, TWarTKC 7%	F119 8%, Divis2 2%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	91 Pts	Lower memory latency. +18%	77.3 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	135 Pts		137 Pts	+1%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	268 Pts	+4%	257 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	525 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +19%	443 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	688 Pts	+4%	662 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	96.5 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +10%	87.6 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	153 Pts	+4%	147 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	306 Pts	Slightly faster OC dual-core speed. +6%	289 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	604 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +21%	500 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	822 Pts	Slightly faster OC octa-core speed. +10%	748 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.97 %	Insanely higher market share. +4,750%	0.02 %
Value Value For Money	109 %	Better value. +16%	94.4 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	92 %	Much more popular. +31%	70 %
Price Price (score)	$155		$150	+3%


Age Newest	66 Months		47 Months	More recent. +29%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watts		65 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +32%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	6 cores	Much higher core count. +50%	4 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	6 threads		8 threads	Much higher thread count. +33%
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm		7 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +50%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.7 GHz		3.8 GHz	+3%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.6 GHz	Slightly faster turbo frequency. +7%	4.3 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	848 Pts	Faster OC 64-core speed. +13%	753 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	717 Pts	Slightly faster 64-core speed. +6%	677 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Coffee Lake	Zen2
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1151	AM4
Graphics Integrated Graphics	UHD 630	None

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 motherboard), 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 CPU encoding (Cinebench, Blender, Handbrake etc.) the Ryzen 3000 series offers great 64-core performance. For example the overclocked Ryzen 3600 is approximately 13% worse for gaming, desktop and normal consumer workloads but it is 27% faster for 64-core processing. CPU encoding is akin to using hair clippers on a lawn, encoding tasks are far better performed by dedicated hardware such an NVENC or QuickSync. 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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The 3300X is a 4-core Ryzen CPU. Priced at just $120 USD, it offers far better value to gamers than all the previous Ryzen CPUs. This is great news for potential buyers, but bad luck for gamers that recently spent nearly three times more on the 8-core 3700X. The reduction from eight to four cores results in more efficient caching and higher boost clocks. AMD’s marketing has abruptly broken from the firmly established “moar cores” mantra to a conveniently realistic: four cores are actually okay. Shifting goalposts this quickly reveals an unhealthy focus on first time buyers and a brazen disregard for existing customers. Sales tactics aside, unfortunately the 3300X remains constrained by architectural latency and the associated gaming bottleneck (frame drops). Comparing an overclocked 3300X pegged at 4425 MHz to a stock Intel Core i3-10100 running at 4100 MHz shows that the i3-10100 delivers better gaming performance in four out of five games. The 10100 also includes an iGPU with QuickSync hardware encoding. Since additional cores make little difference to gamers, there are no significant upgrades beyond the 3300X in the Ryzen product stack. In order to achieve better gaming performance, it is necessary to upgrade to a higher tier Intel CPU. Despite the barrage of anonymous hearsay pushed on social media, users will be hard pressed to find actual use cases that favor the 3300X over the i3-10100, especially when the 10100 is not handicapped by 2666 MHz RAM. Gamers are bottlenecked by the Ryzen architecture and desktop users need integrated graphics. ^{[Jun '20 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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