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CSGO Dust 2 1080p Max	287 EFps	Better CSGO EFps. +23%	233 EFps
GTAV Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max	109 EFps	Slightly Better GTAV EFps. +8%	101 EFps
Overwatch Temple of Anubis 1080p Max	137 EFps	+5%	131 EFps
PUBG M249 Training 1080p Max	136 EFps	Better PUBG EFps. +14%	119 EFps
Fortnite UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max	145 EFps	Better Fortnite EFps. +11%	131 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 / 1445

Gaming 97%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 97%

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Workstation 89%

Aircraft carrier

294,959 User Benchmarks

Best Bench: 92% Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 74% Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 0.55 GHz (avg)

Poor: 74% Great: 92%

SPEED RANK: 192^nd / 1445

Gaming 84%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 79%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		96.9 %	Faster effective speed. +15%		84.1 %


14 Nov19\|PCGamer AMD Ryzen 9 3950X review	12 %	Hitm2 19%, FarC5 24%, StrangeB 1%, TWarW2 13%, SotTR 26%, ACO 8%, MetroEx 3%, MESoW 10%, Divis2 7%
10 Mar21\|HardwareLUXX Processor non grata: Rocket Lake-S...	11 %	BFV 11%, SotTR 14%, MetroEx 5%, Divis2 14%
05 Nov20\|Techpowerup AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Review	6 %	FarC5 18%, BFV 7%, Rage2 1%, Witcher3 2%, Civ6 12%, ACO 5%, MetroEx 6%, Sekiro 16%, Wolf2 2%	SotTR 5%
05 Nov20\|Techpowerup AMD Ryzen 5 5800X Review	6 %	FarC5 18%, BFV 7%, Rage2 1%, Witcher3 2%, Civ6 12%, ACO 5%, MetroEx 6%, Sekiro 16%, Wolf2 2%	SotTR 5%
28 May20\|Techpowerup Intel Core i5-10400F Review - Six ...	7 %	FarC5 18%, BFV 7%, Rage2 0%, Witcher3 2%, Civ6 11%, ACO 10%, MetroEx 5%, Sekiro 16%, Wolf2 2%	SotTR 5%
30 Oct19\|Gamers Nexus Intel i9-9900KS Review: Overclocki...	17 %^OC	F118 11%^OC, GTAV 19%^OC, SotTR 20%^OC
30 Oct19\|Gamers Nexus Intel i9-9900KS Review: Overclocki...	16 %	Hitm2 20%, F118 12%, GTAV 14%, SotTR 19%
20 Oct20\|Tom's Hardware AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Review: Non-X Mar...	9 %	Hitm2 10%, FarC5 16%, WarhDoW3 8%, ProjC2 15%, GTAV 6%, Civ6 13%, FinFant15 6%, WoT 6%, Divis2 5%	AotS 0%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	90.9 Pts	Lower memory latency. +18%	76.9 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	140 Pts	+3%	136 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	279 Pts	Slightly faster dual-core speed. +6%	264 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	552 Pts	Faster quad-core speed. +13%	490 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	964 Pts	Faster octa-core speed. +19%	808 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	96.6 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +11%	87.1 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	155 Pts	Slightly faster OC single-core speed. +6%	146 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	309 Pts	Slightly faster OC dual-core speed. +8%	287 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	618 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +12%	553 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	1123 Pts	Faster OC octa-core speed. +28%	878 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	1.89 %	Hugely higher market share. +656%	0.25 %
Value Value For Money	98.7 %	Slightly better value. +9%	90.8 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	91 %	Much more popular. +32%	69 %
Price Price (score)	$260		$210	Cheaper. +19%


Age Newest	66 Months		58 Months	More recent. +12%
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watts		95 Watts
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		7 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +50%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.6 GHz		3.8 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +6%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.9 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +11%	4.4 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1145 Pts	+4%	1106 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1001 Pts		1017 Pts	+2%


Series CPU Architecture	Coffee Lake	Zen2
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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Early Q3 of 2019 sees the release of the new Ryzen 5 3600X: a hex-core, 12-thread processor. AMD are releasing five new CPUs based on their latest Zen 2 microarchitecture which delivers approximately 13% better IPC than the previous 12nm Zen+. For workstation builds the 3600X is viable, however, the $200 USD Ryzen 5 3600 represents a far better value proposition. The additional $40 USD for the 3600X basically buys a better cooler (Spire vs Stealth). This allows for an extra 200 MHz of extra base and boost clock: 3.8 / 4.4 GHz on the 3600X vs 3.6 / 4.2 GHz on the 3600, this translates to approximately 2% higher overclocked performance for 20% more money. Neither of the stock coolers on the 3600 or 3600X are as effective as a $20 USD aftermarket cooler such as the Gammaxx 400. The 3600 with a Gammaxx 400 outperforms the 3600X with a Spire cooler and when both use a Gammaxx 400 they are more or less identical. The 3600X SKU is basically a marketing gimmick designed to milk unsuspecting consumers. Comparing the 3600X to Intel’s overclocked flagship i5-9600K shows that although the 3600X has 29% faster 64-core speed, it is around 11% worse for gaming (sub eight core performance). Additionally, the 3600X's memory controller, although significantly improved over previous Ryzen iterations, still has limited bandwidth and high latency which can also impact gaming. The arrival of Zen 2 marks the end of the "Sandy Bridge (i5-2500K)" era, Intel can no longer rely exclusively on their single-core advantage to dominate the market, they must also compete on price. ^{[Jul '19 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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