Intel i9-9900KS Review: Overclocking, Power, & Gaming CPU Benchmarks
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Date: 2020-05-06
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TheDaggz
I bought a brand new system last year with a 9900K and a RTX 2080. Less than a year later, both Intel and Nvidia releases the same models again, with a suffix and some slight tweaking for a minimal performance boost and at around the same prices, depending on your location and currency differences etc. Couldn't all this marketing money had been able to go to RND instead for better products at better prices, instead of this silly red vs. blue feud giving us these weird releases and re-releases? Just release the finished product when it's finished, instead of rushing a cheaper version that consumers report issues on, that are basically just stalled or kept at bay by customer service until the re-release comes out with the fix. I see it everywhere and it's getting to a point where we're basically paying companies to do the final testing for them so they can, after a few versions of the product, release the final version at a higher price and have made up all the money invested in prototypes and customer service. LOL. Madness.
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I bought a brand new system last year with a 9900K and a RTX 2080. Less than a year later, both Intel and Nvidia releases the same models again, with a suffix and some slight tweaking for a minimal performance boost and at around the same prices, depending on your location and currency differences etc. Couldn't all this marketing money had been able to go to RND instead for better products at better prices, instead of this silly red vs. blue feud giving us these weird releases and re-releases? Just release the finished product when it's finished, instead of rushing a cheaper version that consumers report issues on, that are basically just stalled or kept at bay by customer service until the re-release comes out with the fix. I see it everywhere and it's getting to a point where we're basically paying companies to do the final testing for them so they can, after a few versions of the product, release the final version at a higher price and have made up all the money invested in prototypes and customer service. LOL. Madness.
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Tobias
This might be a very basic question but i ran some stress tests on my i9 9900ks with 1. 31 V on 5 GHz and it was super stable. under load it dropped to 4. 9 due to my LLC set on 5 (just to be sure. now i heard from a lot of people that their sweetspot for a 9900k is about 1. 32-1. 35. My question would be. I increased it to 1. 32 and running another stress test. the drop is the same and temperature pretty much too. Do i get any benefits from increacing the voltage this 0. 01V if i leave it on 5Ghz? Didn t want to go that higher on it even if i read it can run on 5. 4 Trying to keep the CPU for about 5 years and i was scared pushing it over 5 might reduce its lifespawn too much. Best regards!
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This might be a very basic question but i ran some stress tests on my i9 9900ks with 1. 31 V on 5 GHz and it was super stable. under load it dropped to 4. 9 due to my LLC set on 5 (just to be sure. now i heard from a lot of people that their sweetspot for a 9900k is about 1. 32-1. 35. My question would be. I increased it to 1. 32 and running another stress test. the drop is the same and temperature pretty much too. Do i get any benefits from increacing the voltage this 0. 01V if i leave it on 5Ghz? Didn t want to go that higher on it even if i read it can run on 5. 4 Trying to keep the CPU for about 5 years and i was scared pushing it over 5 might reduce its lifespawn too much. Best regards!
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Michael
I beg to disagree Steve. Turning off SMT and getting rid of the Ryzen Master shit, allows you to clock the 3900X to 4. 35 GHz at 1. 3 Volts with a drastic decrease in heat and if you want to push the clocks a bit more you can go up to 1. 325 Volts and get it to run stable at 4. 4 for the all-core (tested on Cinebench R20 set to run on a continuous loop for 1500 seconds multiple times in a row. Sure manually setting the clocks and the voltage will give you a slight hit on the Cinebench single core benchmark, but for gaming a higher clocked straight 12 Core/12 Thread CPU running cool is far better than frying the effing thing by putting in way more volts than the spec allows.
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I beg to disagree Steve. Turning off SMT and getting rid of the Ryzen Master shit, allows you to clock the 3900X to 4. 35 GHz at 1. 3 Volts with a drastic decrease in heat and if you want to push the clocks a bit more you can go up to 1. 325 Volts and get it to run stable at 4. 4 for the all-core (tested on Cinebench R20 set to run on a continuous loop for 1500 seconds multiple times in a row. Sure manually setting the clocks and the voltage will give you a slight hit on the Cinebench single core benchmark, but for gaming a higher clocked straight 12 Core/12 Thread CPU running cool is far better than frying the effing thing by putting in way more volts than the spec allows.
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chilrad
5: 21 - NO, not even with manual tuning. and the most golden sample in silicon history; ) Regardless, anyone with a Gigabyte board who's shiny new 9900KS expires just outside the e-tailer's warranty period should expect a conversation something like this: Customer: Hello my 9900Ks just broke E-tailer: Call Intel Customer: Hello Intel, mu 9900KS kust broke Intel: What motherboard did you put it in Customer: Gigabte aorus xtreme Intel: Thank you kind donor. listen, are you interested in participating in a class action lawsuit on our behalf!
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5: 21 - NO, not even with manual tuning. and the most golden sample in silicon history; ) Regardless, anyone with a Gigabyte board who's shiny new 9900KS expires just outside the e-tailer's warranty period should expect a conversation something like this: Customer: Hello my 9900Ks just broke E-tailer: Call Intel Customer: Hello Intel, mu 9900KS kust broke Intel: What motherboard did you put it in Customer: Gigabte aorus xtreme Intel: Thank you kind donor. listen, are you interested in participating in a class action lawsuit on our behalf!
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Miodrag
Dear All, Could you please help me? I have recently bought Intel Core i9-9900KS, and now I need some good AiO to cool it. Price is not an issue. The case I have is Cooler Master Cosmos II 25th Anniversary Edition. Could you please tell me does this case support 360mm radiator, and if it does, which AiO would you suggest me as the best option to cool this CPU? Also, if it doesn't fit 360mm radiator, please suggest me which one to take instead. Thank you in advance, Miodrag
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Dear All, Could you please help me? I have recently bought Intel Core i9-9900KS, and now I need some good AiO to cool it. Price is not an issue. The case I have is Cooler Master Cosmos II 25th Anniversary Edition. Could you please tell me does this case support 360mm radiator, and if it does, which AiO would you suggest me as the best option to cool this CPU? Also, if it doesn't fit 360mm radiator, please suggest me which one to take instead. Thank you in advance, Miodrag
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heyguyslol
Very grateful for your honesty on which CPU manufacturer to go with as far as use case. I have certain reviewers I watch that have really disappointed me because all they want to do is push AMD R3. The problem with that is some ppl don't use premiere, blender or any of these production apps and they simply just want the best gaming chip for their use case. Imo, Intel = Gaming while Amd = Production w/ Gaming, take your pick as they are both good at what they can do.
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Very grateful for your honesty on which CPU manufacturer to go with as far as use case. I have certain reviewers I watch that have really disappointed me because all they want to do is push AMD R3. The problem with that is some ppl don't use premiere, blender or any of these production apps and they simply just want the best gaming chip for their use case. Imo, Intel = Gaming while Amd = Production w/ Gaming, take your pick as they are both good at what they can do.
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Psymøn
I wonder if this is a slap in the face of the 9900K owners? I have one and I got it a few months ago, and I'm wondering if I should've held out for this CPU. I mean, it's only marginally better so it's not like I lost out on much, nor do I see any reason to consider swapping to the KS but I don't really see WHY this CPU even exists. Wasn't the K good enough? Should I feel like upgrading to it? I don't really know what to feel other than annoyance.
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I wonder if this is a slap in the face of the 9900K owners? I have one and I got it a few months ago, and I'm wondering if I should've held out for this CPU. I mean, it's only marginally better so it's not like I lost out on much, nor do I see any reason to consider swapping to the KS but I don't really see WHY this CPU even exists. Wasn't the K good enough? Should I feel like upgrading to it? I don't really know what to feel other than annoyance.
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Nicholas
I'd really like to see more 1440p benchmarks as 1080p is not likely the chosen resolution for the 500 CPU and 1000 GPU crowd. Also, I'd like to see a real Windows PC gaming benchmark, rather than a benchmarking PC. Install half a dozen game stores, leave a few Chrome tabs open, have your printer monitor app complaining you're low on toner. I suspect in real life the extra cores would be useful but I can't back that up with data.
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I'd really like to see more 1440p benchmarks as 1080p is not likely the chosen resolution for the 500 CPU and 1000 GPU crowd. Also, I'd like to see a real Windows PC gaming benchmark, rather than a benchmarking PC. Install half a dozen game stores, leave a few Chrome tabs open, have your printer monitor app complaining you're low on toner. I suspect in real life the extra cores would be useful but I can't back that up with data.
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Giovanni
Wouldn't the best 'bang for buck' 'high end' setup be a 3000 series Ryzen CPU on a x570 MB with 'expensive', well tuned RAM? If you are running at 1440p and more how much difference is there really between a 9900k and a 3900x? With the 3900x you have a 'cheap' upgrade path because you don't need to upgrade a high end motherboard and same socket 3950x and 4900, 4950x CPUs in following years.
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Wouldn't the best 'bang for buck' 'high end' setup be a 3000 series Ryzen CPU on a x570 MB with 'expensive', well tuned RAM? If you are running at 1440p and more how much difference is there really between a 9900k and a 3900x? With the 3900x you have a 'cheap' upgrade path because you don't need to upgrade a high end motherboard and same socket 3950x and 4900, 4950x CPUs in following years.
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Joseph
So what you're saying is an 8c/16t i9 consumes 246watts and finishes productivity tasks 8 minutes slower than an amd 12c/24t r9 that uses 147 watts. Got it, so bottom line, if you're looking for a productivity CPU get 4 more cores, use 100 less watts and finish 8 minutes earlier while saving 100? Did I get that correct? Wow, what a great review of the AMD R9 3900x CPU
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So what you're saying is an 8c/16t i9 consumes 246watts and finishes productivity tasks 8 minutes slower than an amd 12c/24t r9 that uses 147 watts. Got it, so bottom line, if you're looking for a productivity CPU get 4 more cores, use 100 less watts and finish 8 minutes earlier while saving 100? Did I get that correct? Wow, what a great review of the AMD R9 3900x CPU
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