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Best Bench: 83% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 59% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)

Poor: 59% Great: 83%

SPEED RANK: 353^rd / 1442

Gaming 72%

Battleship

Desktop 76%

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Workstation 58%

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Best Bench: 94% Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 75% Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)

Poor: 75% Great: 94%

SPEED RANK: 161^st / 1442

Gaming 87%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 78%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		72.4 %			87 %	Faster effective speed. +20%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	86.9 Pts	88.7 Pts	+2%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	96.5 Pts	126 Pts	Much faster single-core speed. +31%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	182 Pts	245 Pts	Much faster dual-core speed. +35%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	314 Pts	459 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +46%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	458 Pts	748 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +63%


Memory OC Memory Latency	96.4 Pts	+1%	95.5 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	116 Pts		132 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +14%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	222 Pts		263 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +18%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	382 Pts		518 Pts	Much faster OC quad-core speed. +36%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	557 Pts		822 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +48%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.23 %		1.24 %	Hugely higher market share. +439%
Value Value For Money	82.2 %		95.3 %	Better value. +16%
User Rating UBM User Rating	62 %		71 %	More popular. +15%
Price Price (score)	$175	Cheaper. +12%	$200


Age Newest	144 Months		78 Months	Much more recent. +46%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	77 Watts		65 Watts	More energy efficient. +16%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	4 cores		6 cores	Much higher core count. +50%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	8 threads		12 threads	Much higher thread count. +50%
Lithography Manufacturing process	22 nm		14 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +36%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.5 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +9%	3.2 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.9 GHz		4.6 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +18%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	573 Pts		1043 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +82%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	471 Pts		936 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +99%


Series CPU Architecture	Ivy Bridge	Coffee Lake
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1155	FCLGA1151
Graphics Integrated Graphics	HD 4000	UHD 630
Launch Date Launch Date	Q2'12	Q4'17
Cache Cache	8 MB SmartCache	12 MB
Instruction Set Extensions Instruction Set Extensions	SSE4.1/4.2, AVX	SSE4.1/4.2, AVX2
Lithography Lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	$332.00 - $342.00	N/A
Max Turbo Frequency Max Turbo Frequency	3.9 GHz	4.60 GHz
Bus Speed Bus Speed	5 GT/s DMI	8 GT/s DMI3
Thermal Solution Specification Thermal Solution Specification	2011D	PCG 2015C (65W)
Max Memory Size Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)	32 GB	64 GB
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR3 1333/1600	DDR4-2666
Processor Graphics Processor Graphics ‡	Intel® HD Graphics 4000	Intel® UHD Graphics 630
Graphics Base Frequency Graphics Base Frequency	650 MHz	350 MHz
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency	1.15 GHz	1.20 GHz
Virtualization for Directed I/O (VT-d) Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) ‡	No	Yes
TSX-NI Intel® TSX-NI	No	Yes
vPro Tech Intel® vPro™ Technology ‡	No	Yes
Trusted Execution Tech Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡	No	Yes
PCI Express Configurations PCI Express Configurations ‡	up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8 & 2x4	Up to 1x16 or 2x8 or 1x8+2x4
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The third gen Ivy Bridge Core i7-3770K can't really be described as a consumer orientated processor. With 8 threads and four cores its capabilities are better aligned to server use. For price insensitive consumers that want the best of the best, this is currently one of the fastest processors available. The PassMark Single Thread score of 2080 points puts the 3770K right at the top of the pack in terms of raw processing power and real world performance. The GeekBench and PassMark scores of 17210 and 9653 are within 20% or so of the best we have ever seen. Despite the near record breaking processing throughputs the 3770K is only rated at 77 TDP, which is very low by historical standards. For typical consumer use there are better value propositions out there. ^{[May '13 CPUPro]}

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The high-end hex core, 12 thread i7-8700 is second in Intel’s line up of 8th generation Coffee Lake CPUs that witnesses an increase in the number of cores at each SKU, as well as further refinement on the 14nm architecture as seen in the 6th and 7th generations. The i7-8700 features a TDP of 65W, 12MB of L3 Cache and 16 PCIe lanes. Although the 8700 has a base clock of 3.2 GHz it has an all core boost of 4.3 GHz and a single core boost of 4.6 GHz. These are unusually high clocks for a non-K SKU, Intel have historically clocked their non-K SKUs around 10% lower than the flagship K variants but with Coffee Lake, the 8700 is almost a match for a stock 8700K. Priced at $320, the i7-8700 offers exceptional single, quad and multi-core processing power to the mainstream market but unfortunately a new 300 series chipset will also need to be factored into the purchase. AMD’s comparably priced Ryzen 7 1700X is an 8 core 16 thread processor which is around 20% faster at multi-threaded tasks, but has around 20% slower single and quad core performance so the choice between these two processors is use case dependant but generally favours Intel for most desktop users whose workloads are typically single or dual core bound. ^{[Oct '17 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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