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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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Best Bench: 88% Base clock 4.25 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 67% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)

Poor: 67% Great: 88%

SPEED RANK: 279^th / 1442

Gaming 77%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 67%

Battle cruiser


Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		93.2 %	Faster effective speed. +21%		76.9 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	91 Pts	Slightly lower memory latency. +7%	85.4 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	135 Pts	Much faster single-core speed. +42%	95.4 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	268 Pts	Much faster dual-core speed. +40%	191 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	525 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +42%	369 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	688 Pts	Faster octa-core speed. +16%	594 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	96.5 Pts	+2%	94.8 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	153 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +30%	118 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	306 Pts	Much faster OC dual-core speed. +30%	235 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	604 Pts	Much faster OC quad-core speed. +34%	452 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	822 Pts	Faster OC octa-core speed. +13%	728 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.98 %	Insanely higher market share. +1,860%	0.05 %
Value Value For Money	109 %	+4%	105 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	91 %	Much more popular. +72%	53 %
Price Price (score)	$155		$90	Much cheaper. +42%


Age Newest	66 Months	Much more recent. +48%	127 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watts	More energy efficient. +27%	130 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	6 cores		6 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	6 threads		12 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +100%
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +36%	22 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.7 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +9%	3.4 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.6 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +18%	3.9 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	848 Pts		913 Pts	Slightly faster OC 64-core speed. +8%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	717 Pts		747 Pts	+4%


Series CPU Architecture	Coffee Lake	Ivy Bridge-E
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1151	FCLGA2011
Graphics Integrated Graphics	UHD 630	None
Launch Date Launch Date	Q4'18	Q3'13
Cache Cache	9 MB SmartCache	12 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions Instruction Set Extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	SSE4.2, AVX, AES
Lithography Lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	$262.00 - $263.00	N/A
Max Turbo Frequency Max Turbo Frequency	4.60 GHz	3.9 GHz
Bus Speed Bus Speed	8 GT/s DMI3	5 GT/s DMI2
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR4-2666	DDR3 1333/1600/1866
Memory Channels Max # of Memory Channels	2	4
Memory Bandwidth Max Memory Bandwidth	41.6 GB/s	59.7 GB/s
Package Size Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm	52.5mm x 45.0mm
Hyper-Threading Tech Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡	No	Yes
Trusted Execution Tech Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡	Yes	No
Max # of PCI Express Lanes Max # of PCI Express Lanes	16	40
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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 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 Intel i7-4930K has six cores rather the standard four. The additional two cores improve multi-core throughput by 50% but leave single and dual-core speeds unchanged. Comparing the 4930K to the 3930K, its predecessor, shows that little has changed in terms of performance. At peak performance when both processors are overclocked the 4930K leads by around 7%. As well superb multi-core performance, both processors also have very strong single and dual core performance. The main downside to the 4930K is the fact that it still runs on the same FCLGA2011 platform as its predecessor, as a result purchasing it would effectively mean buying into a technology that is over three years old. In most cases, it would probably make sense to wait for a Haswell based hexacore. ^{[Mar '14 CPUPro]}

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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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