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CSGO Dust 2 1080p Max	287 EFps	Much Better CSGO EFps. +45%	198 EFps
GTAV Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max	109 EFps	Better GTAV EFps. +14%	96 EFps
Overwatch Temple of Anubis 1080p Max	137 EFps	+1%	135 EFps
PUBG M249 Training 1080p Max	136 EFps	Better PUBG EFps. +20%	113 EFps
Fortnite UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max	145 EFps	Better Fortnite EFps. +26%	115 EFps

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Best Bench: 105% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 5.2 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 82% Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)

Poor: 82% Great: 105%

SPEED RANK: 98^th / 1442

Gaming 97%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 97%

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Workstation 89%

Aircraft carrier

179,588 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 81% Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 67% Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)

Poor: 67% Great: 81%

SPEED RANK: 331^st / 1442

Gaming 73%

Battleship

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 66%

Battle cruiser


Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		96.9 %	Much faster effective speed. +32%		73.3 %


14 Nov19\|PCGamer AMD Ryzen 9 3950X review	27 %	Hitm2 47%, FarC5 40%, StrangeB 0%, TWarW2 37%, SotTR 52%, ACO 20%, MetroEx 15%, MESoW 15%, Divis2 16%
28 May20\|Techpowerup Intel Core i5-10400F Review - Six ...	19 %	FarC5 40%, BFV 25%, SotTR 0%, Rage2 2%, Witcher3 5%, Civ6 34%, ACO 14%, MetroEx 15%, Sekiro 40%, Wolf2 19%
21 May20\|Optimum Tech Intel i5-10600K Review - 6-core Ga...	38 %	FarC5 50%, OverW 40%, SotTR 50%, RDR2 12%, StarWJFO 48%, CSGO 50%, R6S 17%
30 Oct19\|Gamers Nexus Intel i9-9900KS Review: Overclocki...	40 %	Hitm2 47%, TWarW2 28%, GTAV 41%, SotTR 43%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	90.9 Pts	Lower memory latency. +19%	76.6 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	140 Pts	Faster single-core speed. +30%	108 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	279 Pts	Much faster dual-core speed. +33%	210 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	552 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +46%	377 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	964 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +55%	621 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	96.6 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +15%	83.8 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	155 Pts	Much faster OC single-core speed. +31%	118 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	309 Pts	Much faster OC dual-core speed. +33%	232 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	618 Pts	Much faster OC quad-core speed. +39%	446 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	1123 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +66%	676 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	1.93 %	Hugely higher market share. +286%	0.5 %
Value Value For Money	99.5 %	Better value. +16%	86.1 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	92 %	More popular. +21%	76 %
Price Price (score)	$252		$155	Much cheaper. +38%


Age Newest	66 Months	Slightly more recent. +8%	72 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watts		65 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +32%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	8 cores	Much higher core count. +33%	6 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	8 threads		12 threads	Much higher thread count. +50%
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm		12 nm	Newer manufacturing. +14%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.6 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +6%	3.4 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.9 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +26%	3.9 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1145 Pts	Faster OC 64-core speed. +29%	889 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1001 Pts	Faster 64-core speed. +25%	800 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Coffee Lake	Zen+
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1151	AM4
Graphics Integrated Graphics	UHD 630	None

Intel’s Core i7-9700K is an unlocked 9th generation Coffee Lake CPU. It is an 8 core, 8 thread processor. The 9700K features 12 MB of cache, a 95W TDP and Intel UHD 630 graphics. Like the other 9th generation chips, it is compatible with Intel’s new Z390 chipset as well as last years Z370 chipset (with an updated BIOS). The 9700K has stock base / boost clocks of 3.6 / 4.6 GHz and a single core boost of 4.9 GHz (compared to 3.6, 4.7 and 5.0 GHz for the flagship 9900K). This translates to almost identical single, quad and octa core performance between the 9900K and 9700K. Mainstream PC games do not benefit from more than six threads, so at $350 (25% cheaper than the 9900K), the 9700K offers far better value for money to gamers. That said gamers have very little reason not to consider the i5-9600K which, when overclocked, offers almost equivalent performance at a 35% discount. ^{[Oct '18 CPUPro]}

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The Ryzen 5 2600, from AMD’s second generation (Zen+) of high-end desktop Ryzen processors, supersedes the first generation Ryzen 5 1600. The newer generation sees a lithography reduction from 14nm to 12nm, but no increase in the number of cores and threads (6 and 12 respectively) over the ground-breaking first generation which continues to surpass similarly priced Intel CPUs in terms of multi-core performance. In other words, progress between generations is predominantly driven by power efficiency and therefore higher attainable clock speeds. The 2600 appears to have a stock base/boost clock of 3.4 / 3.9 GHz compared to the 1600’s 3.2 / 3.6 GHz which is expected to result in a modest increase in effective speed that said, early benchmarks are inconclusive. Included in the expected retail price of about $200 is a Wraith Stealth cooler, so the 2600, like the 1600 before it, represents great value for workstation users. The 2600 compliments the new 400 series motherboards and is also backwards compatible with the 300 series following a bios update. Even though the 2600 is plausible for multimedia production streamers should look elsewhere. Streaming with dedicated hardware such as NVENC or a separate stream PC will nearly always result in fewer dropped frames. ^{[Apr '18 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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