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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%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 97%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 89%

Aircraft carrier

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Best Bench: 91% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 70% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg)

Poor: 70% Great: 91%

SPEED RANK: 241^st / 1441

Gaming 80%

Battleship

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 70%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		96.9 %	Faster effective speed. +21%		79.8 %


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	90.9 Pts	+4%	87.2 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	140 Pts	Much faster single-core speed. +36%	103 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	279 Pts	Much faster dual-core speed. +36%	205 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	552 Pts	Much faster quad-core speed. +41%	391 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	964 Pts	Much faster octa-core speed. +50%	642 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	96.6 Pts	+2%	94.8 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	155 Pts	Faster OC single-core speed. +23%	126 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	309 Pts	Faster OC dual-core speed. +25%	248 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	618 Pts	Faster OC quad-core speed. +28%	483 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	1123 Pts	Much faster OC octa-core speed. +44%	780 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	2.25 %	Insanely higher market share. +5,525%	0.04 %
Value Value For Money	99.8 %		117 %	Better value. +17%
User Rating UBM User Rating	92 %	Much more popular. +59%	58 %
Price Price (score)	$249		$70	Much cheaper. +72%


Age Newest	65 Months	Much more recent. +44%	116 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watts	Much more energy efficient. +32%	140 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	Much newer manufacturing. +36%	22 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.6 GHz	+3%	3.5 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	4.9 GHz	Much faster turbo frequency. +32%	3.7 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	1145 Pts	Faster OC 64-core speed. +16%	983 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1001 Pts	Faster 64-core speed. +23%	814 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Coffee Lake	Haswell-E
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1151	LGA2011-V3
Graphics Integrated Graphics	UHD 630	None
Launch Date Launch Date	Q4'18	Q3'14
Cache Cache	12 MB SmartCache	15 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions Instruction Set Extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	SSE4.2, AVX 2.0, AES
Lithography Lithography	14 nm	22 nm
Recommended Price Recommended Customer Price	$374.00 - $385.00	$583.00 - $594.00
Max Turbo Frequency Max Turbo Frequency	4.90 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus Speed Bus Speed	8 GT/s DMI3	0 GT/s
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR4-2666	DDR4 1333/1600/2133
Memory Channels Max # of Memory Channels	2	4
Memory Bandwidth Max Memory Bandwidth	41.6 GB/s	68 GB/s
Processor Graphics Processor Graphics ‡	Intel® UHD Graphics 630	None
Package Size Package Size	37.5mm x 37.5mm	52.5mm x 45.0mm
Hyper-Threading Tech Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡	No	Yes
Trusted Execution Tech Intel® Trusted Execution Technology ‡	Yes	No
Max # of PCI Express Lanes Max # of PCI Express Lanes	16	40
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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 Intel 5930K is Intel's new middle tier Haswell-E prosumer CPU. This model has base/turbo clocks of 3.5/3.7 GHz and sports 6 physical cores with 12 hyperthreads. The 5930K offers enormous processing throughput but like its Haswell-E siblings it lacks in single and dual-core speed. Comparing the 5930K and 4790K shows that the 4790K offers nearly 20% more single and dual core throughput and is priced nearly 40% lower than the 5930K. The 5930K does win hands down on multi-core workloads but these are not generally relevant to consumers. Finally since the Haswell-E architecture is coupled with the X99 chipset it requires far more expensive DDR4 RAM with offers little upside over DDR3. ^{[Sep '14 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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