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CSGO Dust 2 1080p Max	280 EFps	Better CSGO EFps. +20%	233 EFps
GTAV Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max	110 EFps	+5%	105 EFps
Overwatch Temple of Anubis 1080p Max	138 EFps	Slightly Better Overwatch EFps. +6%	130 EFps
PUBG M249 Training 1080p Max	135 EFps	Slightly Better PUBG EFps. +9%	124 EFps
Fortnite UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max	133 EFps		141 EFps	Slightly Better Fortnite EFps. +6%

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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: 138^th / 1468

Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 95%

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Workstation 77%

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197,342 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 97% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 80% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 0.6 GHz (avg)

Poor: 80% Great: 97%

SPEED RANK: 173^rd / 1468

Gaming 88%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 101%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		93.2 %	Slightly faster effective speed. +6%		87.9 %


14 Nov19\|PCGamer AMD Ryzen 9 3950X review	2 %	FarC5 13%, TWarW2 0%, SotTR 4%, MetroEx 4%, MESoW 7%		Hitm2 2%, StrangeB 5%, ACO 4%, Divis2 1%
10 Mar21\|HardwareLUXX Processor non grata: Rocket Lake-S...		BFV 6%	7 %	SotTR 17%, MetroEx 1%, Divis2 17%
05 Nov20\|Techpowerup AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Review	0 %	FarC5 9%, Witcher3 1%, MetroEx 10%, Sekiro 12%, Wolf2 2%		BFV 4%, SotTR 4%, Rage2 7%, Civ6 9%, ACO 5%
28 May20\|Gamers Nexus Best CPUs of 2020 So Far (Gaming, ...	8 %^OC	SotTR 8%^OC
28 May20\|Gamers Nexus Best CPUs of 2020 So Far (Gaming, ...		SotTR 0%	5 %	Hitm2 8%, F119 8%
30 Oct19\|Gamers Nexus Intel i9-9900KS Review: Overclocki...	10 %^OC	TWarW2 26%^OC, F118 5%^OC, GTAV 12%^OC, SotTR 8%^OC		Hitm2 0%^OC
30 Oct19\|Gamers Nexus Intel i9-9900KS Review: Overclocki...	3 %	TWarW2 16%, F118 3%, GTAV 2%, SotTR 0%		Hitm2 7%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	91 Pts	Lower memory latency. +21%	75 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	135 Pts		139 Pts	+3%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	268 Pts		275 Pts	+3%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	525 Pts		539 Pts	+3%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	688 Pts		1030 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +50%


Memory OC Memory Latency	96.5 Pts	Slightly lower OC memory latency. +10%	87.9 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	153 Pts	+3%	148 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	306 Pts	+4%	295 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	604 Pts	+5%	577 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	822 Pts		1128 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +37%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	1.06 %	Hugely higher market share. +324%	0.25 %
Value Value For Money	116 %	Much better value. +38%	84.2 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	92 %	More popular. +26%	73 %
Price Price (score)	$126	Much cheaper. +61%	$325


Age Newest	72 Months		63 Months	More recent. +12%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watts	Slightly more energy efficient. +10%	105 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	6 cores		12 cores	Hugely higher core count. +100%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	6 threads		24 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +300%
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		4.6 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	848 Pts		2224 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +162%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	717 Pts		2036 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +184%


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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Early Q3 of 2019 welcomes the Ryzen 9 3900X, AMD’s current top of the range, third generation Ryzen flagship which raises the bar for 64-core processing on desktop CPUs. This is AMD’s first Ryzen 9 processor and it is a 12-core, 24-thread CPU based on their latest 7nm Zen 2 microarchitecture. The 3900X has a boost/base clock of 3.8/4.6 GHz, 64 MB of L3 cache (double the L3 on the rest of 3000 series), support for 3200 MHz DDR4 system memory and a TDP of 105W. All this, plus a Wraith Prism cooler, at a very reasonable launch price of $499 USD. By comparison, Intel’s 8-core, 16 thread i9-9900K is available for $479 USD (and requires a cooler: $30+ USD). Benchmarks illustrate that the overclocked 3900X leads by a whopping 41% for 64-core processing but that the 9900K maintains a 10% lead for gaming, desktop and other sub octa-core tasks. The 3900 memory controller is significantly improved over previous Ryzen iterations and shows a better write throughput than the lower spec 3000 models, but it still shows relatively high latency which adversely impacts gaming. In terms of 64-core performance at this price point, there is no threat from Intel. The only real competitor is the upcoming (Q4, 2019) 16-core, 32-thread 3950X ($749 USD). The Ryzen 9 3900X is compatible with the new PCIe 4.0 enabled X570 motherboard via an AM4 socket, as well as 400 and 300 series motherboards. ^{[Jul '19 CPUPro]}

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