Best Intel gaming processors in South Africa – performance per rand

Buying gaming hardware in South Africa can be a daunting task. The exchange rate and local pricing can cause product value to vary relative to international standards.

If you’re building or upgrading a performance-oriented gaming rig, chances are you’ll want to include an Intel CPU capable of handling modern games.

We’ve collected the pricing and performance data for a wide range of Intel gaming processors and calculated a value score measured in performance per rand.

Performance is measured by an individual processor’s PassMark Score.

Because we want to depict an accurate difference in performance per rand, we have used pricing from a single source in order to avoid discrepancies in value score.

Pricing data is taken from Rebeltech and is accurate at the time of writing.

Check out our Intel processor value comparison below:

Processor	PassMark Score	Price	Value Score
Intel Core i5-4460 3.20GHz	6,607	R3,382	1.95
Intel Core i5-4590 3.30GHz	7,193	R3,631	1.98
Intel Core i5-4690 3.50GHz	7,604	R4,216	1.80
Intel Core i5-4690K 3.50GHz	7,696	R4,525	1.70
Intel Core i7-4790 3.60GHz	10,000	R5,686	1.76
Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz	11,188	R6,229	1.80

Intel Core i3-6100 3.70GHz	5,478	R2,129	2.57
Intel Core i3-6300 3.80GHz	5,803	R2,621	2.21
Intel Core i5-6400 2.70GHz	6,530	R3,382	1.93
Intel Core i5-6500 3.20GHz	7,025	R3,643	1.93
Intel Core i5-6600 3.30GHz	7,607	R3,987	1.90
Intel Core i5-6600K 3.50GHz	7,784	R4,344	1.79
Intel Core i7-6700 3.40GHz	9,981	R6,343	1.57
Intel Core i7-6700K 4.00GHz	10,994	R6,391	1.72

Intel Core i7-6800K 3.40GHz	13,759	R8,126	1.69
Intel Core i7-6900K 3.20GHz	17,526	R19,461	0.90
Intel Core i7-6950X 3.0GHz	19,918	R31,255	0.64