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Best Bench: 98% Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 76% Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg)

Poor: 76% Great: 98%

SPEED RANK: 171^st / 1445

Gaming 86%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 83%

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Best Bench: 85% Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 68% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 1.4 GHz (avg)

Poor: 68% Great: 85%

SPEED RANK: 285^th / 1445

Gaming 77%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 95%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		85.9 %	Faster effective speed. +12%		76.7 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	87.3 Pts	Lower memory latency. +26%	69.3 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	114 Pts		115 Pts	+1%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	228 Pts		228 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	454 Pts	+1%	450 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	819 Pts		876 Pts	Slightly faster octa-core speed. +7%


Memory OC Memory Latency	95.9 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +15%	83.4 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	138 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +10%	125 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	276 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +12%	247 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	545 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +11%	493 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	985 Pts	+0%	981 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.01 %		0.03 %	Hugely higher market share. +200%
Value Value For Money	108 %	Much better value. +33%	81.3 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	52 %		63 %	More popular. +21%
Price Price (score)	$120	Much cheaper. +47%	$225


Age Newest	95 Months		81 Months	More recent. +15%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watts	More energy efficient. +22%	180 Watts
Cores CPU Processing Cores	8 cores		16 cores	Hugely higher core count. +100%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	16 threads		32 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +100%
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm		14 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.2 GHz		3.4 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +6%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4 GHz		4 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1428 Pts		2521 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +77%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1206 Pts		2190 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +82%


Series CPU Architecture	Broadwell-E	Zen
Socket Motherboard Socket	LGA2011-V3	TR4
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	None

The Core i7-6900K is one of four new Broadwell-E prosumer CPUs. This model has eight cores with base and turbo frequencies of 3.2 and 4.0 GHz respectively. The 6900K is based on a 14 nm architecture, it has a TDP of 140 watts, 40 PCIe 3.0 lanes and no integrated graphics. Because of its MSRP of $1,100, the 6900K only makes sense for very niche use cases which include top end graphics design and video production. Comparing the 6900K and 6700K shows that for typical desktop use the 6900K only offers a gain of around 12% for a whopping three fold price increase. This is because desktop computing largely depends on single core performance and the Skylake i7-6700K is both clocked higher and has higher IPC due to its one generation lead over the 6900K. That said, as a workstation CPU the 6900K is bested only by the $2,000 flagship ten core 6950X. (6900K vs 6950X) ^{[Jun '16 CPUPro]}

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AMD’s 16 core, 32 thread Ryzen Threadripper 1950X is finally here to seize the throne for high end desktop processors. The 1950X is the flagship of the Zen based Threadripper series which also includes the 12 core 1920X and the 8 core 1900X. The 1950X has a stock clock of 3.4 GHz increasing to a maximum single core boost of 4.0 GHz and features quad channel DDR4 and 64 PCI Express lanes. This processor is effectively two Ryzen 7 1800Xs glued together with Infinity Fabric (AMD’s scalable interconnecting technology), making the 1950X one of the physically largest CPUs on the consumer market. If you are considering this CPU, you will need a new X399 motherboard with a TR4 socket. Early benchmarks show the 1950X competing with Intel’s similarly priced i9-7900X. Whilst the 7900X has slightly higher single and quad core scores (10%-15%), the 1950X is around 35% faster for multi-core workloads. Content creators, and other core intensive task masters will not be disappointed. ^{[Aug '17 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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