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Intel BX8070110600KF

Core i5-10600KF

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6 Cores, 12 Threads @4.10 GHz, 125 W.
Release date ≈ Q3 2020.

Average Bench: 91.9% (144th of 1463)

Based on 24,257 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF000A0655 Model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10600KF CPU @ 4.10GHz
Poor: 81%Average: 91.9% Great: 100%
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 84%
Aircraft carrier

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Excellent average bench

The Intel Core i5-10600KF averaged just 8.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Core i5-10600KF near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Single Core Speed 136Pts
Avg. Quad Core Speed 501Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Core i5-10600KF is just 19.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Core i5-10600KF performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 1,035Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 818Pts

Average Bench

(Based on 24,257 samples)
Rank 14491.9%
Min Avg Max
80.8 Memory 90.7 96.8
110 1-Core 136 148
231 2-Core 265 293
91.1% 164 Pts
Min Avg Max
422 4-Core 501 564
699 8-Core 818 904
80.7% 660 Pts
Min Avg Max
896 64-Core 1,035 1,144
64.1% 1,035 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
95.6% Outstanding
Memory 91.5
1-Core 139
2-Core 272
93% 168 Pts
4-Core 535
8-Core 878
86% 706 Pts
64-Core 1,109
69% 1,109 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
93.6% Outstanding
Memory 90.7
1-Core 144
2-Core 278
94% 171 Pts
4-Core 518
8-Core 889
85% 704 Pts
64-Core 1,114
69% 1,114 Pts
LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
93.1% Outstanding
Memory 86.5
1-Core 139
2-Core 276
92% 167 Pts
4-Core 535
8-Core 854
85% 695 Pts
64-Core 1,086
67% 1,086 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
92.8% Outstanding
Memory 86.9
1-Core 143
2-Core 284
94% 171 Pts
4-Core 530
8-Core 919
88% 724 Pts
64-Core 1,105
68% 1,105 Pts
LGA1200, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg)
91.4% Outstanding
Memory 84.2
1-Core 139
2-Core 278
91% 167 Pts
4-Core 529
8-Core 855
85% 692 Pts
64-Core 1,078
67% 1,078 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg)
86.7% Excellent
Memory 84.6
1-Core 110
2-Core 237
80% 144 Pts
4-Core 478
8-Core 784
77% 631 Pts
64-Core 966
60% 966 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg)
82.6% Excellent
Memory 79
1-Core 137
2-Core 266
88% 161 Pts
4-Core 462
8-Core 802
76% 632 Pts
64-Core 1,024
63% 1,024 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg)
62.3% Good
Memory 54.8
1-Core 93.2
2-Core 190
61% 113 Pts
4-Core 374
8-Core 733
66% 554 Pts
64-Core 1,036
64% 1,036 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 137%
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Desktop
Desktop 98%
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Workstation
Workstation 126%
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Motherboard: MSI Z490-A PRO - $230

CPU
Core i5-10600KFIntel  $100Bench 92%, 24,257 samples1x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $395Bench 148%, 619,642 samples2,666x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $284Bench 100%, 447,556 samples1,769x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $793Bench 187%, 424,051 samples1,715x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $75Bench 310%, 455,997 samples903x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD  $120Bench 228%, 180,890 samples796x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $55Bench 275%, 495,311 samples568x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples974x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBUnknownBench 77%, 23,800 samples603x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $57Bench 85%, 346,786 samples589x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 106% - Outstanding Total price: $842

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 Specifications

Essentials

DescriptionIntel® Core™ i5-10600KF Processor
Launch DateQ2'20
Processor Numberi5-10600KF
# of Cores6
# of Threads12
Cache12 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Instruction Set64-bit
Instruction Set ExtensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Embedded Options AvailableNo
Lithography14 nm
Clock Speed4.10 GHz
Max Turbo Frequency4.80 GHz
Bus Speed8 GT/s
Scalability1S Only
Max TDP125 W
Thermal Solution SpecificationPCG 2015D

Memory

Max Memory Size128 GB
Memory TypesDDR4-2666
Memory Channels2
Memory Bandwidth41.6 GB/s
ECC Memory SupportedNo

Expansion Options

PCI Express Revision3
PCI Express ConfigurationsUp to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Max # of PCI Express Lanes16

Data Protection

AES New InstructionsYes
Secure KeyYes

Advanced Technologies

Turbo Boost 3.0 TechNo
Virtualization Tech (VT-x)Yes
Intel 64Yes
Idle StatesYes
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® TechYes
Thermal Monitoring TechnologiesYes
Turbo Boost Tech2
Hyper-Threading TechYes
Virtualization for Directed I/O (VT-d)Yes
VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)Yes
Identity Protection TechYes
Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)No

Package

Package Size37.5mm x 37.5mm
Max CPU Configuration1
Sockets SupportedFCLGA1200

Platform Protection

Execute Disable BitYes
OS GuardYes
Trusted Execution TechNo

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3 months ago.

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Amazing(Compared to the R5 3600). That is all I need to say.—Feb '21

GBR-User
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5,860

Terrible

6 months ago.

My cat ate it and now its dead :(

IRN-User
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4,048

Excellent

1 month ago.

The overclocking option made me buy this instead of 12400

SWE-User
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2,808

Good

20 days ago.

It does the job for the budget gamers. Quite outdated as of 2024 but it's still running just fine in my rig. Paired with a 2060 12gb

PRT-User
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2,692

Good

3 years ago.

literally better at everything

CYP-User
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1,366

Excellent

2 years ago.

amazing cpu,performs very well. Paired with Evga FTW3 1080Ti , motherboard Asrock b460 Steel Legend. Looks amazing as well.

ThatGuyRandomly
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Excellent

3 years ago.

Perfection at the start, meaningfully out performs a R5 3600, pitifully that's it's main competition and its side job is the R5 5600 and I7 9700/8700. However Intel finally seems to be making smarter moves by making its I5 series dual threaded. This has the I5 10600kf out performing the R5 3600 without the need of an over clock. Then pushing 6 cores and 12 threads on at least 4.9GHz all core ratio is insanely good for a more compromising build. Taking in to consideration the I5 10600kf and a Z490 go for about $350 it is an easy buy when the R5 5600 goes for $350 alone and a R5 3600 with a oc'ing motherboard also pushes $450 to this day. The performance after the I5 overclock is easily comparable to the R5 5600. Keeping in mind for the same price as buying a I5 9600k/8600k and Z390. The difference the dual threads on Intels elite budget gaming cpus finally clouds the difference between performance of a I5, I7, I9 to be unnoticed in a gaming machine. This product also serves to compete with any AMD offer considering price to performance especially after an overclock. However in the contrary with the recent GPU pandemic, if you do not own a GPU I strongly recommend you spend a little extra and get the Vega 11 in the R5 3400g or the slightly faster vega 8 R5 5400g. However these Apu's only perform somewhere inbetween a GT1030 and a RX 560, with how bottom of the barrel that selection is I would truly recommend desperately looking for a fairly priced GPU, but the two Vega APU's should be a nice bit for okay/low quality gaming at 1080p but not anywhere near good fps in most cases.

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