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CSGO Dust 2 1080p Max	313 EFps	Slightly Better CSGO EFps. +9%	287 EFps
GTAV Franklin & Lamar 1080p Max	109 EFps		109 EFps
Overwatch Temple of Anubis 1080p Max	138 EFps	+1%	137 EFps
PUBG M249 Training 1080p Max	142 EFps	+4%	136 EFps
Fortnite UserBenchmark Island 1080p Max	135 EFps		145 EFps	Slightly Better Fortnite EFps. +7%

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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: 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%

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Desktop 97%

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Workstation 89%

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Effective Speed Effective CPU Speed		99.6 %	+3%		96.9 %


10 Mar21\|HardwareLUXX Processor non grata: Rocket Lake-S...	7 %	BFV 6%, SotTR 4%, MetroEx 15%, Divis2 4%
05 Nov20\|Techpowerup AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Review	4 %	FarC5 15%, BFV 5%, SotTR 7%, Rage2 2%, Witcher3 1%, Civ6 5%, MetroEx 3%, Sekiro 8%, Wolf2 2%	ACO 2%
05 Nov20\|Techpowerup AMD Ryzen 5 5800X Review	4 %	FarC5 15%, BFV 5%, SotTR 7%, Rage2 2%, Witcher3 1%, Civ6 5%, MetroEx 3%, Sekiro 8%, Wolf2 2%	ACO 2%
21 May20\|Optimum Tech Intel i5-10600K Review - 6-core Ga...	5 %	FarC5 4%, SotTR 12%, RDR2 1%, StarWJFO 2%, CSGO 13%, R6S 2%	OverW 0%
28 May20\|Gamers Nexus Best CPUs of 2020 So Far (Gaming, ...	4 %^OC	SotTR 3%^OC, F119 4%^OC, TWarTKC 5%^OC
28 May20\|Gamers Nexus Best CPUs of 2020 So Far (Gaming, ...	4 %	SotTR 3%, F119 2%, TWarTKC 6%


Memory Avg. Memory Latency	91.1 Pts	+0%	90.9 Pts
1-Core Avg. Single Core Speed	149 Pts	Slightly faster single-core speed. +6%	140 Pts
2-Core Avg. Dual Core Speed	295 Pts	Slightly faster dual-core speed. +6%	279 Pts
4-Core Avg. Quad Core Speed	579 Pts	+5%	552 Pts
8-Core Avg. Octa Core Speed	1100 Pts	Faster octa-core speed. +14%	964 Pts


Memory OC Memory Latency	97.4 Pts	+1%	96.6 Pts
1-Core OC Single Core Speed	158 Pts	+2%	155 Pts
2-Core OC Dual Core Speed	314 Pts	+2%	309 Pts
4-Core OC Quad Core Speed	623 Pts	+1%	618 Pts
8-Core OC Octa Core Speed	1222 Pts	Slightly faster OC octa-core speed. +9%	1123 Pts

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Market Share Market Share (trailing 30 days)	0.56 %	2.06 %	Hugely higher market share. +268%
Value Value For Money	87.3 %	99.5 %	Better value. +14%
User Rating UBM User Rating	66 %	92 %	Much more popular. +39%
Price Price (score)	$449	$252	Much cheaper. +44%


Age Newest	47 Months	More recent. +29%	66 Months
TDP Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watts		95 Watts	More energy efficient. +24%
Cores CPU Processing Cores	10 cores	Higher core count. +25%	8 cores
Threads CPU Processing Threads	20 threads	Hugely higher thread count. +150%	8 threads
Lithography Manufacturing process	14 nm		14 nm
Base Clock Base Clock Speed	3.7 GHz	+3%	3.6 GHz
Turbo Clock Turbo Clock Speed	5.3 GHz	Slightly faster turbo frequency. +8%	4.9 GHz
64-Core OC Multi Core Speed	2033 Pts	Much faster OC 64-core speed. +78%	1145 Pts
64-Core Avg. Multi Core Speed	1888 Pts	Hugely faster 64-core speed. +89%	1001 Pts


Series CPU Architecture	Comet Lake	Coffee Lake
Socket Motherboard Socket	FCLGA1200	FCLGA1151
Graphics Integrated Graphics	UHD 630	UHD 630
Launch Date Launch Date	Q2'20	Q4'18
Cache Cache	20 MB Intel® Smart Cache	12 MB SmartCache
Max Turbo Frequency Max Turbo Frequency	5.30 GHz	4.90 GHz
Bus Speed Bus Speed	8 GT/s	8 GT/s DMI3
Thermal Solution Specification Thermal Solution Specification	PCG 2015D	PCG 2015D (130W)
Max Memory Size Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type)	128 GB	64 GB
Memory Types Memory Types	DDR4-2933	DDR4-2666
Memory Bandwidth Max Memory Bandwidth	45.8 GB/s	41.6 GB/s
Turbo Boost Tech Intel® Turbo Boost Technology ‡	2	2.0
Hyper-Threading Tech Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ‡	Yes	No
PCI Express Revision PCI Express Revision	3	3.0
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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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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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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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