Testseek.com have collected 85 expert reviews of the Intel Core i9 9900KS 4.0GHz Socket 1151 and the average rating is 82%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core i9 9900KS 4.0GHz Socket 1151.
October 2019
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The editors liked
Fastest gaming CPU available
Incredible single-threaded performance
Boost clocks greatly improved
Over 10% application performance gains compared to i9-9900K
Unlocked multiplier
8 cores and 16 threads
Excellent single-threaded energy efficiency
Sol
8 cores at 5GHz a piece is beautiful to see
Enables the highest frame rates in gaming
5 GHz on all cores
High gaming performance
High application performance
Low power consumption during idle operation
5GHz on all cores
Seriously
Specially binned silicon
Leads all CPUs in gaming performance
The editors didn't like
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X is faster in many productivity scenarios
High price
Held back by power limits
Only small gaming performance improvements
Especially at higher resolutions
No heatsink included
Weak integrated graphics
Hard to compete with 3900X in some encoding and rendering workloads
Intel's first Special Edition mainstream CPU, the Core i7-8086K was a lot of fun. Fast forward a short spurt of several months and the next Special Edition CPU, today's Core i9-9900KS is even more of a blast. Much of the coverage the last several months h...
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Published: 2020-01-17, Author: Michael , review by: phoronix.com
Abstract: This week our AMD Ryzen 9 3950X review sample finally arrived and so we've begun putting it through the paces of many different benchmarks. The first of these Linux tests with the Ryzen 9 3950X is looking at the performance up against the Ryzen 9 3900X an...
Published: 2019-12-15, Author: Sebastian , review by: notebookcheck.net
5 GHz on all cores, high gaming performance, high application performance, low power consumption during idle operation
high power consumption under load, very good cooling is required, too expensive
5 GHz at any costTesting the Intel Core i9-9900KS. Test unit provided by Intel GermanyAfter AMD raised the bar with the new Ryzen processors, Intel now had to follow suit. Unfortunately, it is not more than a small upgrade of the Intel Core i9-9900K. W...
Published: 2019-12-09, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
Abstract: Today we're comparing the Ryzen 9 3950X and Core i9-9900KS in a massive number of games, using one of G.Skill's most premium 16GB memory kits, the Trident Z Neo DDR4-3600 CL14. For those of you spending $600 or $750 on a CPU, purchasing best in class DDR4...
The Intel Core i9-9900KS drops into the flagship position in Intel's desktop consumer processor portfolio. So who is going to purchase the 9900KS? Well, presumably I expect it to sell well. There is a small niche of enthusiast DIY aficionados that do not...
Fastest gaming CPU available, Incredible single-threaded performance, Boost clocks greatly improved, Over 10% application performance gains compared to i9-9900K, Unlocked multiplier, 8 cores and 16 threads, Excellent single-threaded energy efficiency, Sol
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X is faster in many productivity scenarios, High price, Held back by power limits, Only small gaming performance improvements, especially at higher resolutions, No heatsink included, Weak integrated graphics
The Intel Core i9-9900KS retails for $525. At this time, many stores are marking up their prices to $600. Fastest gaming CPU available Incredible single-threaded performance Boost clocks greatly improved Over 10% application performance gains compared to...
Published: 2019-10-31, Author: Sebastian , review by: pcper.com
In the works since at least March when it was first teased during Computex, the wait for the special edition Core i9-9900KS (not to be confused with the existing Core i9-9900K), and its 5.0 GHz all-core boost clocks, can most easily be explained if one un...
Published: 2019-10-31, Author: Dr. , review by: anandtech.com
The Intel Core i9-9900KS is Intel's first consumer level all-core 5.0 GHz processor. Technically Intel has launched an all 5.0 GHz processor before: earlier this year the Core i9-9990XE was launched into the high-frequency trading market, which had 14 cor...
At the end of the day the Intel Core i9-9900KS is the fastest that we've ever run on the Z370/Z390 platform with socket LGA1151v2. We noticed nice little performance bumps in most all of the benchmarks that we run thanks to the higher base and boost clock...
