I5-8600K gaming performance
The I5-8600K sits at number 101 of the 161 desktop processors in our benchmark table. A processor rarely decides on its own whether a game runs, so the useful question is how it pairs with your graphics card and memory.
Check this processor against your whole PC →Processors near it
The closest neighbours above and below it in the same table, useful when weighing an upgrade.
| Processor | Relative |
|---|---|
| Ryzen 3 3100 | faster |
| Ryzen 5 4600H | faster |
| Ryzen 5 1600X | faster |
| Ryzen 5 1600 | slower |
| I5-10300H | slower |
| I7-1165G7 | slower |
How to read this
We do not publish a list of games this processor "can run", because in almost every case the graphics card decides that and the processor sets the ceiling on frame rate rather than on whether the title starts. Claiming otherwise would be tidy and wrong.
Every figure here is computed. Card and processor scores come from our benchmark tables, and each game requirement comes from its publisher. Titles whose stated GPU requirement does not resolve in our tables are left out rather than placed by guesswork. How we score. Maintained by Farhad Ali.