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CSGO Dust 2 1080p Max	287 EFps	+2%	280 EFps
GTAV Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max	109 EFps		110 EFps	+1%
Overwatch Temple of Anubis 1080p Max	137 EFps		138 EFps	+1%
PUBG M249 Training 1080p Max	136 EFps	+1%	135 EFps
Fortnite UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max	145 EFps	Slightly Better Fortnite EFps. +9%	133 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 / 1441

Gaming 97%

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Desktop 97%

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Workstation 89%

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Best Bench: 103% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 82% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)

Poor: 82% Great: 103%

SPEED RANK: 120^th / 1441

Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 95%

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Workstation 77%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		96.9 %	+4%		93.2 %


14 Nov19\|PCGamer AMD Ryzen 9 3950X review	8 %	Hitm2 18%, FarC5 7%, StrangeB 0%, TWarW2 10%, SotTR 19%, ACO 12%, MESoW 3%, Divis2 6%	MetroEx 1%
10 Mar21\|HardwareLUXX Processor non grata: Rocket Lake-S...	16 %	BFV 1%, SotTR 27%, MetroEx 9%, Divis2 27%
05 Nov20\|Techpowerup AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Review	3 %	FarC5 3%, BFV 6%, Rage2 6%, Witcher3 0%, Civ6 7%, ACO 12%, Sekiro 1%	SotTR 0%, MetroEx 1%, Wolf2 0%
28 May20\|Techpowerup Intel Core i5-10400F Review - Six ...	3 %	FarC5 3%, BFV 6%, Rage2 6%, Witcher3 0%, Civ6 7%, ACO 12%, Sekiro 1%	SotTR 0%, MetroEx 1%, Wolf2 0%
28 May20\|Gamers Nexus Best CPUs of 2020 So Far (Gaming, ...	7 %^OC	SotTR 8%^OC, F119 14%^OC, TWarTKC 0%^OC
28 May20\|Gamers Nexus Best CPUs of 2020 So Far (Gaming, ...	14 %	SotTR 16%, F119 22%, TWarTKC 4%
30 Oct19\|Gamers Nexus Intel i9-9900KS Review: Overclocki...	5 %^OC	Hitm2 17%^OC, F118 2%^OC, GTAV 1%^OC, SotTR 7%^OC	TWarW2 1%^OC
30 Oct19\|Gamers Nexus Intel i9-9900KS Review: Overclocki...	13 %	Hitm2 24%, TWarW2 9%, F118 6%, GTAV 8%, SotTR 15%
20 Oct20\|Tom's Hardware AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Review: Non-X Mar...	10 %	Hitm2 11%, FarC5 9%, AotS 16%, WarhDoW3 10%, ProjC2 9%, GTAV 5%, Civ6 13%, FinFant15 7%, WoT 7%, Divis2 8%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	90.9 Pts		91 Pts	+0%
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	140 Pts	+4%	135 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	279 Pts	+4%	268 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	552 Pts	Slightly faster quad-core speed. +5%	525 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	964 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +40%	688 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	96.6 Pts	+0%	96.5 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	155 Pts	+1%	153 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	309 Pts	+1%	306 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	618 Pts	+2%	604 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	1123 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +37%	822 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	2.18 %	Hugely higher market share. +104%	1.07 %
Value Value For Money	99.8 %		109 %	Slightly better value. +10%
User Rating UBM User Rating	92 %		92 %
Price Price (score)	$249		$155	Much cheaper. +38%


Age Newest	65 Months		65 Months
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	Much higher thread count. +33%	6 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm		14 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.6 GHz		3.7 GHz	+3%
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.9 GHz	Slightly faster turbo frequency. +7%	4.6 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1145 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +35%	848 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1001 Pts	Much faster 64-core speed. +40%	717 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Coffee Lake	Coffee Lake
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1151	FCLGA1151
Graphics Integrated Graphics	UHD 630	UHD 630
Cache Cache	12 MB SmartCache	9 MB SmartCache
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	$374.00 - $385.00	$262.00 - $263.00
Max Turbo Frequency Max Turbo Frequency	4.90 GHz	4.60 GHz
Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency Graphics Max Dynamic Frequency	1.20 GHz	1.15 GHz
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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 hex-core i5-9600K is third in Intel’s line-up of 9th generation Coffee Lake CPUs. It has a TDP of 95W and requires an aftermarket cooler (such as the $20 GAMMAXX 400). The 9600K was designed to be overclocked. Once this is enabled in the BIOS (requires a Z-series motherboard), the 9600K runs 10% faster. In terms of performance, the i5-9600K is almost unbeatable for desktop users and it has sufficient multi-core performance to handle all but the most demanding workstation tasks. For CPU encoding (Cinebench, Blender, Handbrake etc.) the Ryzen 3000 series offers great 64-core performance. For example the overclocked Ryzen 3600 is approximately 13% worse for gaming, desktop and normal consumer workloads but it is 27% faster for 64-core processing. CPU encoding is akin to using hair clippers on a lawn, encoding tasks are far better performed by dedicated hardware such an NVENC or QuickSync. At stock clocks the i5-9600K is around 8% slower than Intel’s flagship i9-9900K but when both are overclocked, the 9600K closes the gaming gap to within two or three percent. Considering that the 9900K is the fastest gaming processor available, and almost twice the price of the 9600K, this is no small feat. The i5-9600K is aimed squarely at gamers who are not willing to compromise on performance but don't want to pay more than they need to. ^{[Oct '18 CPUPro]}

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CPU	GPU	SSD
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
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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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