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CSGO Dust 2 1080p Max	280 EFps		318 EFps	Better CSGO EFps. +14%
GTAV Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max	110 EFps	+2%	108 EFps
Overwatch Temple of Anubis 1080p Max	138 EFps		142 EFps	+3%
PUBG M249 Training 1080p Max	135 EFps	+2%	133 EFps
Fortnite UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max	133 EFps	Slightly Better Fortnite EFps. +10%	121 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%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 95%

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Workstation 77%

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60,132 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 108% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 87% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)

Poor: 87% Great: 108%

SPEED RANK: 79^th / 1442

Gaming 99%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 100%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 109%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		93.2 %			99 %	Slightly faster effective speed. +6%


10 Mar21\|HardwareLUXX Processor non grata: Rocket Lake-S...			BFV 3%		21 %	SotTR 32%, MetroEx 24%, Divis2 32%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	91 Pts	Lower memory latency. +12%	81.1 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	135 Pts		163 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +21%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	268 Pts		320 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +19%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	525 Pts		626 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +19%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	688 Pts		1157 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +68%


Memory OC Memory Latency	96.5 Pts	+5%	92.3 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	153 Pts		179 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +17%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	306 Pts		356 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +16%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	604 Pts		694 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +15%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	822 Pts		1318 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +60%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.99 %	Much higher market share. +71%	0.58 %
Value Value For Money	109 %	Slightly better value. +7%	102 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	92 %	More popular. +28%	72 %
Price Price (score)	$155	Much cheaper. +38%	$249


Age Newest	66 Months		41 Months	Much more recent. +38%
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		3.7 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.6 GHz		4.8 GHz	+4%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	848 Pts		2290 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +170%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	717 Pts		2000 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +179%


Series CPU Architecture	Coffee Lake	Zen3
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 Ryzen 9 5900X is second in AMD’s line-up of new Zen 3 CPUs. The 12-core hyper-threaded processor has base/boost clock speeds of 3.7/4.8 GHz, a 70 MB cache and a TDP of 105W. The 5900X took center stage in the 5000 series launch presentation where AMD gunned for Intel’s “best gaming CPU” crown. They showed the 5900X as being 26% better for gaming than the previous generation’s Ryzen 9 3900XT, attributing this to the new architecture’s faster single core speeds and lower latency. AMD also stated that the 5900X achieves, on average, 6.8% faster gaming performance than Intel’s 10-core i9-10900K. The details around AMD’s testing were not disclosed but it is safe to assume that 6.8% is the highest average lead that AMD are willing to stand by. Our benchmarks show that the 5900X’s slightly faster cores and the 10900K’s slightly lower memory latency balance out to yield similar performance. Whilst presenting their figures, AMD admitted that their 3000 series CPUs were far from “best for gaming” and conceded that the 10900K is approximately 19% faster than the 3900XT (our effective speed marks the gap at just 14%). Despite this clear performance deficiency, AMD supported 3000 series sales with an aggressive and successful marketing campaign to easily outsell Intel over the last 12 months. Given the real performance uplift observed in the 5000 series, and the absence of any meaningful marketing from Intel, we expect CPU sales to shift even further in AMD’s favour. Gamers that do not wish to pay “marketing fees” should investigate Intel’s $175 USD 11400F, the $660 USD savings would be far better spent on a higher tier GPU. ^{[Nov '20 CPUPro]}

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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
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