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Best Bench: 100% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 77% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 1.25 GHz (avg)

Poor: 77% Great: 100%

SPEED RANK: 164^th / 1442

Gaming 87%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 90%

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Best Bench: 78% Base clock 3.8 GHz
Worst Bench: 61% Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)

Poor: 61% Great: 78%

SPEED RANK: 396^th / 1442

Gaming 70%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 63%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		86.8 %	Faster effective speed. +24%		70.2 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	88.2 Pts	Lower memory latency. +23%	71.7 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	114 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +12%	102 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	228 Pts	Faster dual-core speed. +15%	199 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	458 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +24%	370 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	884 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +48%	599 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	95.9 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +21%	79.5 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	142 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +23%	115 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	283 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +28%	221 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	565 Pts	Much faster OC quad-core speed. +34%	422 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	1118 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +67%	671 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.02 %	0.22 %	Hugely higher market share. +1,000%
Value Value For Money	73.9 %	90.6 %	Better value. +23%
User Rating UBM User Rating	62 %	71 %	More popular. +15%
Price Price (score)	$499	$110	Much cheaper. +78%


Age Newest	94 Months		84 Months	More recent. +11%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watts		65 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +54%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	10 cores	Much higher core count. +67%	6 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	20 threads	Much higher thread count. +67%	12 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm		14 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3 GHz		3.2 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +7%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +11%	3.6 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1799 Pts	Hugely faster OC 64-core speed. +108%	863 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1470 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +91%	769 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Broadwell-E	Zen
Socket Motherboard Socket	LGA2011-V3	AM4
Graphics Integrated Graphics	None	None

The Core i7-6950X is Intel’s new top of the range prosumer CPU. This flagship model has a whopping ten cores with base and turbo frequencies of 3.0 and 4.0 GHz respectively. The 6950X is based on the 14 nm Broadwell-E architecture. It has a TDP of 140 watts, 40 PCIe 3.0 lanes and no integrated graphics. Because of its ridiculously high MSRP of around $2,000, this CPU only makes sense for very niche use cases which could include top end graphics design or video production workstations. Comparing the 6950X and 6700K shows that for typical desktop use the 6950X only offers a gain of around 20% for a whopping 6 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 6950X. That said, if you want the most powerful desktop processor money can buy, then the 6950X hits the spot. ^{[Jun '16 CPUPro]}

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The Ryzen 5 1600 is one of four new Ryzen 5 processors released this month. Based on the AMD Zen architecture, which is comparable to Intel in terms of IPC, the Ryzen 5 1600 has six cores which is more than the vast majority of games are able to use (most games cannot use more than four cores). Ryzen 5 CPUs offer gamers better value for money than the eight core Ryzen 7 models released last month. With six cores the 1600 is approximately 75% better at multi-threaded tasks than Intel's quad core i5 flagship – the similarly priced i5-7600K, the 1600 however, has 25% lower single and 33% lower quad core scores. The 1600 has stock base/boost clock speeds of 3.2/3.6 GHz and its price tag of $219 includes a cooler. Assuming a modest overclock of 10% brings the 1600 within striking range of the 1600X which is the Ryzen 5 flagship. The 1600X sports stock base/boost clocks of 3.6/4.0 GHz but costs $30 more than the 1600 and ships without a cooler included in the box. The Ryzen 5 1600 is the best value for money six core CPU we have seen to date. ^{[Apr '17 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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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) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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