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Is the Intel Core i7-5930K @ 3.50GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. [More ...]
Description:
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA2011-v3
Clockspeed: 3.5 GHz
Turbo Speed: 3.7 GHz
Cores: 6 Threads: 12
Typical TDP: 140 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 15 MB
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5930K CPU @ 3.50GHz, Intel Core i7-5930K CPU @ 3.50GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2014
CPUmark/$Price: 61.35
Overall Rank:
1492nd fastest in multithreading out of 5476 CPUs
1722nd fastest in single threading out of 5476 CPUs
452nd fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $169.00 USD (2025-10-24)
| Integer Math | 37,735 MOps/Sec |
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| Floating Point Math | 18,880 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 48 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 21,572 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 2,954 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 156,560 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 816 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 10,104 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,057 MOps/Sec |
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HERB GARDEN USA RGB Gaming PC Desktop,Core i7-5930K up to 3.7GHz, GTX 650, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD + 1TB HDD, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, Windows 11,Entry-Level 1080p Gaming Tower |
$469.88 (www.amazon.com)
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 58,544 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,362 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 38,953 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,146 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,845 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,538 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,109 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,685 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,652 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,145 | |
| Intel Core i7-5930K @ 3.50GHz | 10,369 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 264.00 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 167.50 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 159.58 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 133.36 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 114.26 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 106.11 | |
| Intel Core i7-5930K @ 3.50GHz | 61.35 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 53.74 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 4,696 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,601 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,890 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,833 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,678 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,487 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,467 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,915 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,561 | |
| Intel Core i7-5930K @ 3.50GHz | 2,057 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3093942 - Nov 29 2025 [Overclocked] | 12859 | |
| BL3093410 - Nov 29 2025 [Overclocked] | 12830 | |
| BL3086143 - Nov 27 2025 | 10930 | |
| BL3086115 - Nov 27 2025 | 10978 | |
| BL3086101 - Nov 27 2025 | 10978 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i7-5930K @ 3.50GHz | 10,369 | |
| Intel Core i7-5820K @ 3.30GHz vs Intel Core i7-5930K | 9,827 (-5.2%) | |
| Intel Core i7-4930K @ 3.40GHz vs Intel Core i7-5930K | 9,379 (-9.5%) | |
| Intel Core i7-8700 @ 3.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-5930K | 12,748 (+22.9%) | |
| Intel Core i5-10400F @ 2.90GHz vs Intel Core i7-5930K | 12,109 (+16.8%) | |
| Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-5930K | 8,934 (-13.8%) | |
| Intel Core i5-9600K @ 3.70GHz vs Intel Core i7-5930K | 10,646 (+2.7%) | |
| Intel Core i5-8600K @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i7-5930K | 10,135 (-2.3%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 3 4300G vs Intel Core i7-5930K | 9,942 (-4.1%) | |
| Intel Core i5-9500 @ 3.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-5930K | 9,830 (-5.2%) | |
| Intel Core i5-10400T @ 2.00GHz vs Intel Core i7-5930K | 9,789 (-5.6%) | |
| Intel Core i7-7700K @ 4.20GHz vs Intel Core i7-5930K | 9,626 (-7.2%) | |
| Intel Core i5-8400 @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i7-5930K | 9,228 (-11.0%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,439 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,126 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,256 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,798 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,509 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,453 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D | 10,284 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,270 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,777 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,649 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,484 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,421 | |
| Intel Core i7-5930K @ 3.50GHz | 1,873 |
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