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▲ 65678 ▼

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

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▲ 65678 ▼

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

Effective Speed 
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Real World Speed
Performance profile from 35,018 user samples
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Best Bench: 120% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 93% Base clock 0.8 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Poor: 93% Great: 120%
SPEED RANK: 24th / 1146
Gaming
Gaming 105%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
17,509 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 120% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 93% Base clock 0.8 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Poor: 93% Great: 120%
SPEED RANK: 24th / 1146
Gaming
Gaming 105%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		105 % 105 %
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		105 % 105 %
Average User Bench 
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SC Mixed
Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 		138 Pts 138 Pts
QC Mixed
Avg. Quad Core Mixed Speed 		532 Pts 532 Pts
MC Mixed
Avg. Multi Core Mixed Speed 		766 Pts 766 Pts
Peak Overclocked Bench 
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SC Mixed
OC Single Core Mixed Speed 		156 Pts 156 Pts
QC Mixed
OC Quad Core Mixed Speed 		610 Pts 610 Pts
MC Mixed
OC Multi Core Mixed Speed 		886 Pts 886 Pts
Value & Sentiment 
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Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		1.17 % 1.17 %
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		1.17 % 1.17 %
Value
Value For Money 		108 % 108 %
Value
Value For Money 		108 % 108 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		65 % 65 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		65 % 65 %
Price
Price (score) 		$270 $270
Price
Price (score) 		$270 $270
Nice To Haves 
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Age
Newest 		4 Months 4 Months
Age
Newest 		4 Months 4 Months
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 		95 Watts 95 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores 		6 cores 6 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads 		6 threads 6 threads
Lithography
Manufacturing process 		14 nm 14 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed 		3.7 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed 		4.6 GHz 4.6 GHz
SC Int
Single Core Integer Speed 		150 Pts 150 Pts
SC Float
Single Core Floating Point Speed 		162 Pts 162 Pts
QC Int
Quad Core Integer Speed 		585 Pts 585 Pts
QC Float
Quad Core Floating Point Speed 		648 Pts 648 Pts
MC Int
Multi Core Integer Speed 		842 Pts 842 Pts
MC Float
Multi Core Floating Point Speed 		956 Pts 956 Pts
Specifications 
Series
CPU Architecture 		Coffee Lake Coffee Lake
Socket
Motherboard Socket 		FCLGA1151 FCLGA1151
Graphics
Integrated Graphics 		UHD 630 UHD 630

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Conclusion 
Average Bench 105%
Average Bench 105%
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The hex-core i5-9600K is third in the latest line-up of Intel’s 9th generation of unlocked CPUs based on their refreshed Coffee Lake 14nm architecture. This round of releases also includes the 8 core, 8 thread i7-9700K and the flagship 8 core, 16 thread i9-9900K, out of which the 9600K at USD $280 is the value leader. The 9600K supersedes last year’s similarly priced 6 core 8600K and out of the box operates at higher clocks: base 3.7 GHz vs 3.6 GHz, all core 4.3 GHz vs 4.1 GHz and single 4.6 GHz vs 4.3 GHz. The 9600K has a TDP of 95W and will require a large cooler to match. The new Z390 or last years Z370 chipset with a BIOS update are both supported. Intensive multi-threaded task masters would do better to spend a similar amount on the Ryzen 7 2700X, where an extra USD $10 buys 2 more cores and 10 more threads resulting in multi-core benchmarks 70% higher than for the 9600K. However, for the vast majority of users that undertake up to quad-core workloads, the 9600K offers very reasonable bang for your buck, and when fully overclocked, almost second to none performance for gamers. [Oct '18 CPUPro]

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