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CPU: Intel Core i5-9600K

CPU: Intel Core i5-9600K
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Effective Speed -52%Effective Speed -52%Average Score -79%Memory -5%, 1-Core -30%, 2-Core -32%, 4-Core -99%, 8-Core -229%Overclocked Score -40%1-Core -24%, 2-Core -28%, 4-Core -35%, 8-Core -109%, Memory -4%Value & Sentiment User Rating -90%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -201%64-Core -194%, 64-Core -364%, Age -45%

Average Bench: 68.1% (448^th of 1456)

Based on 8 user benchmarks. Device: 0F8BFBFF000906EC Model: 1st CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-9600K CPU @ 3.70GHz

Poor: 53%Average: 68.1% Great: 91%

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 51%

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Above average average bench

The 1st CPU: Intel Core i5-9600K averaged 31.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Single Core Speed 136Pts

Avg. Dual Core Speed 262Pts

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Above average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 1st CPU: Intel Core i5-9600K is 38.5%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the 1st CPU: Intel Core i5-9600K performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 339Pts

Avg. Octa Core Speed 333Pts

Average Bench

(Based on 8 samples)

Rank 44868.1%

Min	Avg	Max
62.7	Memory 78.9	88.5
120	1-Core 136	152
243	2-Core 262	290
86.9% 159 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
246	4-Core 332	537
232	8-Core 333	570
44.5% 332 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
242	64-Core 339	572
21% 339 Pts

User Benchmarks

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Heavy

Server

The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

UKR-User, 2 years ago.CPU: Intel Core i5-9600K,

CPU 0, 4 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)

91% Outstanding

Memory 88

1-Core 146

2-Core 290

95% 175 Pts

4-Core 537

8-Core 570

73% 554 Pts

64-Core 572

35% 572 Pts

USA-User, 2 years ago.CPU: Intel Core i5-9600K,

CPU 0, 2 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)

64.2% Good

Memory 82.2

1-Core 135

2-Core 269

88% 162 Pts

4-Core 270

8-Core 263

36% 267 Pts

64-Core 259

16% 259 Pts

USA-User, 2 years ago.CPU: Intel Core i5-9600K,

CPU 0, 2 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)

62.9% Good

Memory 79.7

1-Core 135

2-Core 259

86% 158 Pts

4-Core 268

8-Core 266

36% 267 Pts

64-Core 268

17% 268 Pts

USA-User, 2 years ago.CPU: Intel Core i5-9600K,

CPU 0, 2 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)

61.8% Good

Memory 78.9

1-Core 134

2-Core 266

87% 160 Pts

4-Core 259

8-Core 265

35% 262 Pts

64-Core 266

16% 266 Pts

MYS-User, 2 years ago.CPU: Intel Core i5-9600K,

CPU #000, 2 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 3.7 GHz

60.3% Good

Memory 77.1

1-Core 120

2-Core 243

80% 147 Pts

4-Core 252

8-Core 260

34% 256 Pts

64-Core 278

17% 278 Pts

MLT-User, 2 years ago.CPU: Intel Core i5-9600K,

CPU #000, 2 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)

52.6% Above average

Memory 62.7

1-Core 128

2-Core 245

78% 145 Pts

4-Core 246

8-Core 246

33% 246 Pts

64-Core 242

15% 242 Pts

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 68,194,895 CPUs tested

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Gaming 87%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 68%

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System: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)

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CPU: Intel Core i5-9600K1stBench 68%, 8 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $350Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	37x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	30x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	28x

SSD
HARDDISK 2TBQemuBench 65%, 24 samples	19x
HARDDISK 500GBQemuBench 59%, 94 samples	18x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	16x

RAM
1x16GBQEMUBench 91%, 3,887 samples	141x
1x8GBQEMUBench 78%, 5,342 samples	74x
1x12GBQEMUBench 78%, 4,175 samples	66x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $350

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Intel Core i5-12600K $154	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $234	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
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CPU: Intel Core i5-9600K