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Best Bench: 100% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 76% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)

Poor: 76% Great: 100%

SPEED RANK: 148^th / 1445

Gaming 88%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 80%

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Best Bench: 121% Base clock 5.4 GHz, turbo 5.35 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 88% Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg)

Poor: 88% Great: 121%

SPEED RANK: 57^th / 1445

Gaming 104%

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Desktop 107%

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Workstation 100%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		88.4 %			104 %	Faster effective speed. +18%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	90.1 Pts	Lower memory latency. +13%	80 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	128 Pts		187 Pts	Much faster single-core speed. +46%
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	249 Pts		368 Pts	Much faster dual-core speed. +48%
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	466 Pts		691 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +48%
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	770 Pts		1088 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +41%


Memory OC Memory Latency	96.5 Pts	+4%	92.9 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	148 Pts		209 Pts	Much faster OC single-core speed. +41%
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	292 Pts		409 Pts	Much faster OC dual-core speed. +40%
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	558 Pts		804 Pts	Much faster OC quad-core speed. +44%
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	892 Pts		1234 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +38%

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)		1.48 %	Insanely higher market share. +∞%		0 %
User Rating UBM User Rating		81 %	Much more popular. +53%		53 %


Age Newest	79 Months	21+ Months	Much more recent. +73%
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1147 Pts	1477 Pts	Faster OC 64-core speed. +29%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	971 Pts	1344 Pts	Much faster 64-core speed. +38%

The i7-8700K is Intel’s latest, top of the range, 8th generation Coffee Lake processor. Like Kaby Lake and Sky Lake before that, Coffee Lake is based on Intel’s 14nm architecture which has been slightly optimized on each iteration. Following AMD’s modus operandi, Intel has upped the cores and threads across the range of their CPUs. In previous generations, a 6-core processor would have been a high-end desk-top (HEDT) processor, however the i7-8700K is the first Intel CPU with 6 cores and 12 threads to be classified (and priced) as a mainstream consumer processor. Specifically, the i7-8700K features a base clock speed of 3.7 GHz which boosts to 4.7 GHz (4.5 GHz for the previous generation i7-7700k), 12MB of smart (L3) cache and 2 channels of DDR4 RAM. The majority of the performance improvements over the 7th generation stem from the higher core count which results in a 50% increase in multi-core speed between the i7-7700k and i7-8700k. A new motherboard will need to be factored into the budget when upgrading to the 8700K as it requires a new Intel Z370 chipset which has supposedly been designed to better deliver power to CPUs with a greater number of cores. Also available in this latest release of CPUs is the 6 core 6 thread i5-8600k which is a more rational option (around $100 cheaper) for the vast majority of users that don’t require hyper-threading. Sandy bridge owners can finally justify an upgrade but with the next iteration of AMD's Zen architecture just around the corner the CPU market will be a lot faster moving now that Intel, once again, has to compete. ^{[Sep '17 CPUPro]}

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Within minutes of this unrealistic, pre-release, result appearing on userbenchmark, AMD’s marketing machinery declared a 20% victory over the 12900K whilst simultaneously slandering userbenchmark via hundreds of “news” outlets and thousands of supposedly disinterested twitter, reddit, forum and youtube accounts. Buying new AMD products is like buying used cars: it takes time, experience and a taste for sales hype. It’s difficult for consumers to make rational choices because AMD completely dominates “news” and social media channels. Ten years ago, when AMD was the underdog, this type of marketing was understandable. Today, with a capitalization of $150 Billion USD, it’s disrespectful to AMD's own users. Even with Intel's marketing department permanently asleep at the wheel, If these practices continue, Ryzen may eventually end up in the same state as Radeon. Following a series of overhyped releases, consumers have little interest in the Radeon brand. The combined market share for all AMD’s (discrete) Radeon RX 5000 and 6000 GPUs (Jun ’22 Steam stats) is just 2%. Meanwhile, Nvidia’s RTX 2060 alone accounts for 5%. If Zen 4 actually delivers anywhere near a 57% real-world single core uplift, we will bow down, call AMD king, and commit seppuku! AMD’s new architecture is, once again, optimized to shine in specific benchmarks. Realistically, even if Zen 4 only catches Intel's 12th gen. (Alder Lake) in a handful of real-world scenarios, it will be a big step forward for AMD. A few weeks after Zen 4 (est. Sep 27), Intel’s 13th gen. (Raptor Lake) is scheduled to launch. Smart shoppers will do well to wait until then, before considering a purchase. Despite AMD’s Neanderthal marketing techniques, it’s hard not to admire the speed of their technical progress. AMD-Raptor-4 and Intel-Zen-13 would be better fitting product names. ^{[Jul '22 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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