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Best Bench: 89% Base clock 3.3 GHz
Worst Bench: 66% Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 0.85 GHz (avg)

Poor: 66% Great: 89%

SPEED RANK: 270^th / 1442

Gaming 78%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 67%

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Best Bench: 82% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 62% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)

Poor: 62% Great: 82%

SPEED RANK: 326^th / 1442

Gaming 74%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 67%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		77.7 %	Slightly faster effective speed. +5%		73.7 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	87.1 Pts	Lower memory latency. +19%	73.1 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	96.7 Pts		110 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +14%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	192 Pts		215 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +12%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	369 Pts		400 Pts	Slightly faster quad-core speed. +8%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	585 Pts		646 Pts	Faster octa-core speed. +10%


Memory OC Memory Latency	95.3 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +18%	80.7 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	118 Pts		120 Pts	+2%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	233 Pts		239 Pts	+3%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	457 Pts		461 Pts	+1%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	715 Pts		725 Pts	+1%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0 %	0.04 %	Insanely higher market share. +∞%
Value Value For Money	78.7 %	91.8 %	Better value. +17%
User Rating UBM User Rating	53 %	68 %	More popular. +28%
Price Price (score)	$265	$125	Much cheaper. +53%


Age Newest	151 Months	84 Months	Much more recent. +44%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watts	95 Watts	More energy efficient. +27%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	6 cores	6 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	12 threads	12 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	32 nm	14 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +56%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.3 GHz	3.6 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +9%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	3.9 GHz	4 GHz	+3%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	888 Pts	917 Pts	+3%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	728 Pts	834 Pts	Faster 64-core speed. +15%


Series CPU Architecture	Sandy Bridge-E	Zen
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA2011	AM4
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	None

The fact that the near three year old Intel i7-3960X still tops the speed charts reflects just how little competition there is in the CPU market. Intel have dominated for so long that there is simply no economic incentive to push the speed boundaries at anywhere nearly the pace of improvement we saw in previous years. The i7-3960X has 6 cores and 12 threads which is two cores more than the vast majority of Intel's other top end processors. The extra two cores explain why the 3960X still performs so well compared to the majority of the 3960X's newer siblings. This processor will offer little more than a far cheaper i3 to regular desktop users but for server orientated workloads it is still one of the best processors available. ^{[Mar '14 CPUPro]}

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The Ryzen 5 1600X is the flagship processor from AMD's latest generation of Ryzen 5 processors which feature the Zen architecture. Following on from last month's release of the Ryzen 7 series, the Ryzen 5 series is positioned as a less expensive mid-performance alternative to Intel's i5 mainstream offerings. Once again, AMD excels in multi-core technology. Like the Ryzen 5 1600, the 1600X features 6 cores and 12 threads, but has roughly 11% higher clock speeds (out of the box) for a 14% premium. Like all Ryzen CPUs the 1600X is unlocked. The 1600X is the only Ryzen 5 CPU with a TDP of 95W, the 1600, 1500X and 1400 all have 50% lower power consumption of 65W. Due to its high thread count, UserBenchmarks show that at stock clocks the 1600X outperforms the i7-7700k on multi-threaded tasks by 23%, but it lags behind by 23% for single and 14% for quad-core performance. The 1600X is priced keenly at $249 so a more appropriate CPU comparison is the i5-7600k where the 1600X wins on stock multi-core by a whopping 81%. The 1600X does represent great value for workstation users that also game but its $30 cheaper sibling, the 1600 (non x version), which includes a cooler and has great overclocking potential out of the box is arguably the the value king in this segment. ^{[Apr '17 CPUPro]}

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