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Gen Intel Core i5-11600K

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Release date ≈ Q2 2021.

Average Bench: 83.1% (201st of 1441)

Based on 19 user benchmarks.  Device: 0F8BFBFF000A0671 Model: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-11600K @ 3.90GHz
Poor: 49%Average: 83.1% Great: 103%
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship

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Very good average bench

The 11th Gen Intel Core i5-11600K averaged just 16.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the 11th Gen Intel Core i5-11600K near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Single Core Speed 154Pts
Avg. Dual Core Speed 267Pts

Below average consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 11th Gen Intel Core i5-11600K is 53.9%. This is a relatively wide range which indicates that the 11th Gen Intel Core i5-11600K performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 757Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 699Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 19 samples)
Rank 20183.1%
Min Avg Max
14.2 Memory 77.6 93.7
65.8 1-Core 154 171
107 2-Core 267 337
91.1% 166 Pts
Min Avg Max
149 4-Core 482 625
144 8-Core 699 1,057
73.8% 591 Pts
Min Avg Max
146 64-Core 757 1,240
46.8% 757 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
103% Outstanding
Memory 88.8
1-Core 157
2-Core 310
100% 185 Pts
4-Core 625
8-Core 939
97% 782 Pts
64-Core 1,115
69% 1,115 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
101% Outstanding
Memory 86.9
1-Core 160
2-Core 316
101% 188 Pts
4-Core 616
8-Core 960
97% 788 Pts
64-Core 1,120
69% 1,120 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
99.9% Outstanding
Memory 90.7
1-Core 161
2-Core 297
100% 183 Pts
4-Core 585
8-Core 925
93% 755 Pts
64-Core 1,108
69% 1,108 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
89.1% Excellent
Memory 80.9
1-Core 152
2-Core 294
95% 176 Pts
4-Core 523
8-Core 762
80% 642 Pts
64-Core 767
48% 767 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
88.5% Excellent
Memory 79.7
1-Core 150
2-Core 304
95% 178 Pts
4-Core 562
8-Core 554
75% 558 Pts
64-Core 543
34% 543 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 105%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 92%
Nuclear submarine

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

CPU
Gen Intel Core i5-11600K11thBench 83%, 19 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples37x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples29x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples28x
SSD
HARDDISK 2TBQemuBench 65%, 24 samples19x
HARDDISK 500GBQemuBench 59%, 94 samples18x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples16x
RAM
1x16GBQEMUBench 91%, 3,887 samples140x
1x8GBQEMUBench 78%, 5,342 samples73x
1x12GBQEMUBench 78%, 4,175 samples66x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Good Total price: $485

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