The Core i5-9600K is an iterative update over the previous-gen model. But if you're shopping for a new processor, it does provide enough of a performance improvement to merit attention. The processor clearly provides the best performance for gaming at its price point, though AMD alternatives are enticing if you're more interested in productivity applications.
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Battlefield V is playable on quad-cores but you can expect frequent frame dips, resulting in less consistent frame rates. For the most part, we've found that the older Core i5-7600K has been hanging in there pretty well with AAA titles released in...
The Core i5-9600K is an iterative update over the previous-gen model. But if you're shopping for a new processor, it does provide enough of a performance improvement to merit attention. The processor clearly provides the best performance for gaming at...
While testing the Core i5 9600K the multi-threaded performance was a bit lack-luster, this proc really could have used SMT (Hyper-threading). However, Intel carefully examined the Achilles heel of Ryzen processors and realized that with (and only) very...
Legit Reviews has been using Blender in our benchmarks for years and hopefully you've found the results worthwhile and interesting. Blender, for those that might not know, is the free and open source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D...
Geekbench 5 was officially released by Primate Labs today and Legit Reviews has been taking a look at this benchmark in the lab. The release of Geekbench 5 brings new machine learning, augmented reality, and computational photography workloads to the...
At the end of the day the Intel Core i5-9600K is a good choice for gamers on a budget. It’s performance is solid across the board and it overclocks like a champ. The only downside of this processor is that is doesn’t come bundled with a CPU cooler. So, you will factor in the price of HSF or AIO liquid cooler when you go to pick one of these processors up for a new system build.
The battle for the hexa-core crown The Intel Core i5-9600K is the latest Coffee Lake desktop processor that we have in for review. The hexa-core CPU offers almost the same specifications as its predecessor but with a ramped-up clock speed. Read on to...
The Intel Core i5-9600K is available for $279.99. Practically same gaming performance as i7-9700K and i9-9900K at any resolution High performance in less-parallelized or single-threaded workloads Reasonably high multi-threaded performance Unlocked...
There are so many processors on the market these days that how suitable a particular model is to your setup depends upon your requirements. In fact, it's vital that you're honest with yourself as to your usage so as to ensure maximum enjoyment. It would...
With a lack of multi-threaded grunt and slim gains over Intel's existing quad-core CPUs in most games, the Core i5-9600K doesn't really find any traction or get us drooling, much like the Core i5-8600K last year. If you have £250 to spend on a CPU,...