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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85 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
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310 Reviews
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82010085
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
Published: 2019-10-30, Author: Marco , review by: hothardware.com
Abstract: Intel has been talking about its Core i9-9900KS processor for months now. It was all the way back in May that the company first revealed what would become the new flagship processor in its mainstream computing platform. The Core i9-9900KS is not something...
Abstract: We don't know whether Intel was listening to Taylor Swift when it created its all-5GHz Core i9-9900KS Special Edition chip, but maybe you know the line about Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate. Because yes, haters, no matter what the reason was for...
Published: 2019-10-30, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
Abstract: Intel launched today the "new" Core i9-9900KS processor which appears to be a pointless release, similar to the Core i7-8086K that we never bothered to look at. Intel says this new processor delivers up to a 5.0 GHz all-core turbo frequency. It's a limite...
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5GHz on all cores, seriously, Specially binned silicon, Leads all CPUs in gaming performance
Slower in multithreaded workloads, Limited overclocking potential, 14nm round six
The Core i9-9900KS exists solely because Intel's 10nm node has been plagued by problems. It's a fast chip with a price that keeps things interesting, but Intel needs to move past 14nm on the desktop...
Abstract: Intel's 9900K has reigned at the top of the gaming CPU charts for a long time, and today we meet its successor, the 9900KS. The 9900KS is designed to boost all cores to 5GHz, which is very similar to a 9900K with multi-core enhancement turned on.While the...
Abstract: We don't know whether Intel was listening to Taylor Swift when it created its all-5GHz Core i9-9900KS Special Edition chip, but maybe you know the line about Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate. Because yes, haters, no matter what the reason was for...
Published: 2019-10-31, Author: Gordon , review by: pcworld.co.nz
Abstract: We don't know whether Intel was listening to Taylor Swift when it created its all-5GHz Core i9-9900KS Special Edition chip, but maybe you know the line about Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate. Because yes, haters, no matter what the reason was for...
Published: 2020-02-10, Author: Peter , review by: eteknix.com
Abstract: The Intel Core i9-9900K has been with us for a little while now. We loved it when we originally reviewed it. Sure, it wasn't cheap, and it has issues with load temperatures, but we couldn't refute the raw performance it delivered. AMD countered pretty har...
