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CSGO Dust 2 1080p Max	313 EFps	Much Better CSGO EFps. +34%	233 EFps
GTAV Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max	109 EFps	+4%	105 EFps
Overwatch Temple of Anubis 1080p Max	138 EFps	Slightly Better Overwatch EFps. +6%	130 EFps
PUBG M249 Training 1080p Max	142 EFps	Better PUBG EFps. +15%	124 EFps
Fortnite UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max	135 EFps		141 EFps	+4%

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Best Bench: 106% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.3 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 89% Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 2.15 GHz (avg)

Poor: 89% Great: 106%

SPEED RANK: 74^th / 1442

Gaming 100%

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 107%

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Best Bench: 97% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 79% Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 0.5 GHz (avg)

Poor: 79% Great: 97%

SPEED RANK: 139^th / 1442

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 89%

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Workstation 114%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		99.6 %	Faster effective speed. +12%		89.3 %


10 Mar21\|HardwareLUXX Processor non grata: Rocket Lake-S...	26 %	BFV 29%, SotTR 14%, MetroEx 49%, Divis2 14%
21 May20\|Optimum Tech Intel i5-10600K Review - 6-core Ga...	16 %	FarC5 29%, OverW 9%, SotTR 28%, RDR2 9%, StarWJFO 19%, CSGO 11%, R6S 5%
06 Nov20\|Gamers Nexus Friendly Fire: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X C...	16 %	SotTR 26%, GTAV 17%, RDR2 12%, TWarTKC 8%, F120 25%, TWarTKB 16%, ACO 7%
28 May20\|Gamers Nexus Best CPUs of 2020 So Far (Gaming, ...	11 %^OC	Divis2 11%^OC
28 May20\|Gamers Nexus Best CPUs of 2020 So Far (Gaming, ...	13 %	F119 16%, TWarTKC 16%, Divis2 8%
07 Dec20\|KitGuru AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Zen 3 CPU Review	17 %^OC	GTAV 18%^OC, SotTR 26%^OC, RDR2 10%^OC, F120 15%^OC, MetroEx 17%^OC, Divis2 14%^OC
07 Dec20\|KitGuru AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Zen 3 CPU Review	15 %	GTAV 14%, SotTR 24%, RDR2 10%, F120 14%, MetroEx 16%, Divis2 12%
05 Nov20\|Anandtech AMD Zen 3 Ryzen Deep Dive Review: ...	12 %	FarC5 33%, Bord3 8%, GTAV 12%, FinFant15 10%, Chernob 8%, DExMD 15%, FinFant14 11%, F119 25%, RDR2 2%, WoT 20%	StrangeB 0%, Civ6 5%
05 Nov20\|Linustechtips Remember this day… - AMD Ryzen 500...	14 %	GTAV 7%, SotTR 13%, MSFS20 19%, CSGO 14%, F120 20%
16 Jan21\|Hardware Unboxed Is Zen 3 Really Worth it For Gamin...	3 %	Dirt5 2%, Godfall 10%, HorizZD 7%, F120 3%, R6S 2%, DoomE 1%, Hitm2 10%, SotTR 9%, CPunk 4%, ACV 5%, WarThund 1%, DeathStra 1%, ResE3 2%, WolfYB 1%	WatchDL 0%, RDR2 1%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	91.1 Pts	Lower memory latency. +18%	77.2 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	149 Pts	Slightly faster single-core speed. +7%	139 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	295 Pts	Slightly faster dual-core speed. +7%	276 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	579 Pts	Slightly faster quad-core speed. +7%	543 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	1100 Pts	+2%	1074 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	97.4 Pts	Lower OC memory latency. +10%	88.2 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	158 Pts	Slightly faster OC single-core speed. +5%	150 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	314 Pts	Slightly faster OC dual-core speed. +6%	297 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	623 Pts	Slightly faster OC quad-core speed. +7%	580 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	1222 Pts	Slightly faster OC octa-core speed. +7%	1146 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.59 %	Hugely higher market share. +638%	0.08 %
Value Value For Money	87.3 %	Better value. +15%	75.8 %
User Rating UBM User Rating	66 %	Slightly more popular. +10%	60 %
Price Price (score)	$449	Cheaper. +11%	$506


Age Newest	47 Months	More recent. +11%	53 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watts		105 Watts	More energy efficient. +16%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	10 cores		16 cores	Much higher core count. +60%
Threads CPU Processing Threads	20 threads		32 threads	Much higher thread count. +60%
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm		7 nm	Much newer manufacturing. +50%
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.7 GHz	Slightly faster base frequency. +6%	3.5 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	5.3 GHz	Faster turbo frequency. +13%	4.7 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	2033 Pts		2965 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +46%
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1888 Pts		2737 Pts	Much faster 64-core speed. +45%


Series CPU Architecture	Comet Lake	Zen2
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1200	AM4
Graphics Integrated Graphics	UHD 630	None

Intel’s Comet Lake flagship, the i9-10900K, is the fastest gaming and desktop CPU currently available. This ten-core hyperthreaded processor can easily be overclocked so that all twenty threads run at an eye-watering 5.2 GHz. Whilst its stellar performance is second to none, it comes with a premium price tag of $488 USD. The 10900K also requires a new (Z490) LGA1200 motherboard, which Intel has indicated will remain compatible with Rocket Lake CPUs which are due later this year. Whilst AMD’s competing $420 USD Ryzen 3900X and $675 USD Ryzen 3950X do have a greater number of cores, their lower clock speeds and higher memory latency handicap them in non-rendering use cases. Overall, the 10900K has a 16% effective speed advantage over both the 3900X and 3950X. Users that do a lot of rendering should investigate dedicated hardware encoders such as NVENC and Quick Sync as these are far more efficient than CPU based rendering. Comparing the 10900K and 10700K shows that, when paired with a 2060S, the 10700K offers comparable gaming performance for 20% less money. ^{[Jun '20 CPUPro]}

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The 3950X is the 16 core, 32 thread Ryzen 3 flagship. Although this CPU offers server levels of multi-core encoding performance, there are relatively few, if any, consumer use cases for the 3950X. Streamers are better off using dedicated hardware such as NVENC which encodes far more efficiently than any CPU. Gamers are better served by low latency gaming CPUs such as the 9600K for a fraction of the price. For example, comparing these two PCs shows that the 3950X build offers less than half the gaming performance. The only rational reason to put a 3950X in a gaming build is in exchange for sponsorship money. ^{[Feb '21 CPUPro]}

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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