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Best Bench: 88% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 70% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 1.65 GHz (avg)

Poor: 70% Great: 88%

SPEED RANK: 257^th / 1442

Gaming 78%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 69%

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Best Bench: 81% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 61% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)

Poor: 61% Great: 81%

SPEED RANK: 361^st / 1442

Gaming 72%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 58%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		78.4 %	Slightly faster effective speed. +9%		71.8 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	86.2 Pts	+2%	84.7 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	98 Pts	+4%	94 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	196 Pts	Slightly faster dual-core speed. +8%	182 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	381 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +19%	320 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	619 Pts	Faster octa-core speed. +30%	477 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	95.2 Pts	+1%	94 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	118 Pts	+2%	116 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	231 Pts	Slightly faster OC dual-core speed. +6%	217 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	450 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +15%	392 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	728 Pts	Faster OC octa-core speed. +25%	581 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.04 %	0.04 %
Value Value For Money	52.6 %	92.7 %	Much better value. +76%
User Rating UBM User Rating	52 %	55 %	Slightly more popular. +6%
Price Price (score)	$1,189	$110	Hugely cheaper. +91%


Age Newest	127 Months		127 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watts		130 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	6 cores	Much higher core count. +50%	4 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	12 threads	Much higher thread count. +50%	8 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	22 nm		22 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.6 GHz		3.7 GHz	+3%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4 GHz	+3%	3.9 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	905 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +55%	583 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	776 Pts	Much faster 64-core speed. +59%	487 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Ivy Bridge-E	Ivy Bridge-E
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA2011	FCLGA2011
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	None
Cache Cache	15 MB SmartCache	10 MB SmartCache
Max Turbo Frequency Max Turbo Frequency	4 GHz	3.9 GHz
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The Core i7-4960X is Intel's top of the range desktop processor which sports six physical and twelve hyper-threaded cores. The 4960X was released in 2013 but it uses an FCLGA2011 socket which is supported only by the X79 chipset and is now three years old. As a result an investment in this processor forgoes the last three years worth of platform advances which include, amongst other things, on-board USB 3.0 and additional SATA 600 MB/s ports. Comparing the 4960X and the 4930K shows that when overclocked, the 4930K is able to best the extreme 4960X at nearly half the price! Finally comparing the latest Haswell 4770K to the 4960X shows that 4770K is again able to best the 4960X, this time at a small fraction of the price. The 4960X is significantly overpriced and there is far better value available elsewhere. ^{[Mar '14 CPUPro]}

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This is yet another processor from Intel that demonstrates their total market domination in the high end PC sector. The 4820K isn't really a step forward in any particular direction but rather a variant on what's already been available (performance wise) for a few years. As long as Intel is largely competing with itself they will likely continue with these sorts of incremental releases. The 4820K requires an Intel X79 chipset, which dates back to Sandy Bridge-E and lacks some of the newer features like native USB 3.0 support. An investment in the 4820K only makes sense if you already own an LGA2011 Motherboard and could be seen as good money chasing bad given that the platform is due an upgrade. That said the 4820K is a very capable multi-core processor and it sits amongst the top handful of processors in this regard. For typical consumers a Haswell i3 will offer mostly identical response times, a lower energy footprint and a significantly more competitive price. ^{[Nov '13 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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