Intel Announces Core i9-9900KS, World's Best Processor for Gaming Made Better

efikkan · Nov 1, 2019

ratirt said:
I agree but even if they do retest it is not going to end up in higher grade bin but lower only.
Maybe when evaluation of the 9900K is done and there are chips in that bin they evaluate them again to see if they can do better than what 9900K spec says and they end-up as better quality products?
That kinda explains the KS CPU.
Anyway it seems like Intel has made a market product out of higher quality product than their previous purpose.

What bins they use may change as yields change and new products are launched, but at the time of testing they still know everything they need to know to know this is a golden sample etc. If yields change, they can introduce new bins, but they don't "re-bin" CPUs to achieve that, just change which bin chips go into.

medi01 said:
Nothing "sure" about it.
For starters, you'd need to overpower the game in terms of GPU, for even see any difference.
For which TPU ended up running 720p game tests with overprice piece of crap like 2080Ti.

I would like to see the guys who buy a RTX 2080 Ti to run games in 720p. :laugh:

CPUs like i9-9900K, i7-9700K, i7-9600K and i7-8700K are already faster than needed for current games and GPUs, bumping the clock more wouldn't do much except for a handful of edge cases. All of these will probably be plenty fast for gaming for several years.

E-curbi · Nov 3, 2019

5.2Ghz.

All 8-cores All 16-threads activated. :roll:

Mankind moving forward. (if only by a little bit)

hat · Nov 3, 2019

It's expensive, but not really when you consider the cost of extreme edition CPUs... there is absolutely a market for this stuff. Plenty of people bought the $1000+ QX6850 back in the day, when you could reach similar results by overclocking the Q6600 for half the price.

TxGrin · Nov 3, 2019

I'm guilty i bought one pushed it to 5.3 :kookoo:

Intel Core i9 @ 5302.86 MHz - CPU-Z VALIDATOR

[cs4dc6] Validated Dump by DESKTOP-SLI (2019-11-03 15:48:39) - MB: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER-CF - RAM: 32768 MB

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E-curbi · Nov 3, 2019

TxGrin said:
I'm guilty i bought one pushed it to 5.3

Intel Core i9 @ 5302.86 MHz - CPU-Z VALIDATOR

[cs4dc6] Validated Dump by DESKTOP-SLI (2019-11-03 15:48:39) - MB: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER-CF - RAM: 32768 MB

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Newest member of the Mile-High Binning Club,

Feels Good, doesn't it? :roll:

I did a 5.6Ghz CPU-Z single thread bench today - scored 676.8

CPU-Z single thread bench seems to increase by 20 unit points for every 100Mhz

So:
5.0Ghz will score 556
5.1Ghz will score 576
5.2Ghz will score 596
5.3Ghz will score 616
5.4Ghz will score 636
5.5Ghz will score 656
5.6Ghz will score 676

The Chiller Zone:
5.7Ghz will score 696
5.8Ghz will score 716
5.9Ghz will score 736
6.0Ghz will score 756

My work rig is set up for ST performance so my MT score is shameful, don't look. :laugh:

Also in this screenshot, I disabled the 4400Mhz 17-17-17-34 ddr4 overclock, thinking this would improve my score. In reality, the benchmark scores the same whether your ddr4 is overclocked or not. lol

That 5.2Ghz 9900KS BadBoy sold out in 90minutes. :laugh:

Probably only had one.

Pretty good to even find a single 5.2Ghz bin in the first early sampling, first day of binning and availability. In all probability, Siliconlottery.com is most likely to find a few more. :clap:

TxGrin · Nov 5, 2019

Yes mine runs 5.2 with ease just set core clock to 52 and good to go

Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X \|\|\| Intel Core i7-3930K
Motherboard	ASUS ProArt B550-CREATOR \|\|\| Asus P9X79 WS
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S \|\|\| Be Quiet Pure Rock
Memory	Crucial 2 x 16 GB 3200 MHz \|\|\| Corsair 8 x 8 GB 1333 MHz
Video Card(s)	MSI GTX 1060 3GB \|\|\| MSI GTX 680 4GB
Storage	Samsung 970 PRO 512 GB + 1 TB \|\|\| Intel 545s 512 GB + 256 GB
Display(s)	Asus ROG Swift PG278QR 27" \|\|\| Eizo EV2416W 24"
Case	Fractal Design Define 7 XL x 2
Audio Device(s)	Cambridge Audio DacMagic Plus
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus PX-850 x 2
Mouse	Razer Abyssus
Keyboard	CM Storm QuickFire XT
Software	Ubuntu

System Name	Batman's CaseLabs Mercury S8 Work Computer
Processor	8086K 5.3Ghz binned delidded by Siliconlottery.com 5.5Ghz 6c12t 5.6Ghz 6c6t on ambient air
Motherboard	EVGA Z390 DARK
Cooling	Noctua C14S for all overclocking so far Noctua Industrial PWM fan 2000rpm rated (700rpm inaudible)
Memory	Gskill Trident Z Royal Silver F4-4600C18D-16GTRS running at 4500Mhz 17-17-17-37 (new mem OC) : )
Video Card(s)	AMD WX 4100 Workstation Card (AMD W5400 7nm workstation card coming soon)
Storage	Intel Optane 900P 280GB PCIe card as Primary OS drive / (4) Samsung 860Pro 256GB SATA internal
Display(s)	Planar 27in 2560x1440 Glossy LG panel with glass bonded to panel for increased clarity
Case	CaseLabs Mercury S8 open bench chassis two-tone black front cover with gunmetal frame
Audio Device(s)	Creative $25 2.1 speakers lol
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime Titanium 700watt fanless
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 3 graphite / Glorious Model D matte black / Razer Invicta mousing mat gunmetal
Keyboard	HHKB Hybrid Type-S black printed keycaps
Software	Work Apps text and statistical
Benchmark Scores	Single Thread scores at 5.6Ghz: Cinebench R15 ST - 249 CPU-Z ST - 676 PassMark CPU ST - 3389

System Name	Starlifter :: Dragonfly
Processor	i7 2600k 4.4GHz :: i5 10400
Motherboard	ASUS P8P67 Pro :: ASUS Prime H570-Plus
Cooling	Cryorig M9 :: Stock
Memory	4x4GB DDR3 2133 :: 2x8GB DDR4 2400
Video Card(s)	PNY GTX1070 :: Integrated UHD 630
Storage	Crucial MX500 1TB, 2x1TB Seagate RAID 0 :: Mushkin Enhanced 60GB SSD, 3x4TB Seagate HDD RAID5
Display(s)	Onn 165hz 1080p :: Acer 1080p
Case	Antec SOHO 1030B :: Old White Full Tower
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro - Bose Companion 2 Series III :: None
Power Supply	FSP Hydro GE 550w :: EVGA Supernova 550
Software	Windows 10 Pro - Plex Server on Dragonfly
Benchmark Scores	>9000

System Name	Dark Flash Phantom
Processor	i9-9900KS @ 5.3Ghz
Motherboard	Z390 AORUS MASTER
Cooling	RBG 2000 to 6000 rpm Fans
Memory	64Gb DDR4 3800Mhz
Video Card(s)	RTX 4070 Super
Storage	5 Sabrent 2TB Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD Drives
Display(s)	55 inch Sony
Case	Darkflash Phantom
Power Supply	1300 Watt
VR HMD	Quest 3
Software	Windows 11 / Linux Duel Boot
Benchmark Scores	https://www.gpumagick.com/scores/show.php?id=34679 https://valid.x86.fr/cs4dc6

System Name	Batman's CaseLabs Mercury S8 Work Computer
Processor	8086K 5.3Ghz binned delidded by Siliconlottery.com 5.5Ghz 6c12t 5.6Ghz 6c6t on ambient air
Motherboard	EVGA Z390 DARK
Cooling	Noctua C14S for all overclocking so far Noctua Industrial PWM fan 2000rpm rated (700rpm inaudible)
Memory	Gskill Trident Z Royal Silver F4-4600C18D-16GTRS running at 4500Mhz 17-17-17-37 (new mem OC) : )
Video Card(s)	AMD WX 4100 Workstation Card (AMD W5400 7nm workstation card coming soon)
Storage	Intel Optane 900P 280GB PCIe card as Primary OS drive / (4) Samsung 860Pro 256GB SATA internal
Display(s)	Planar 27in 2560x1440 Glossy LG panel with glass bonded to panel for increased clarity
Case	CaseLabs Mercury S8 open bench chassis two-tone black front cover with gunmetal frame
Audio Device(s)	Creative $25 2.1 speakers lol
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime Titanium 700watt fanless
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 3 graphite / Glorious Model D matte black / Razer Invicta mousing mat gunmetal
Keyboard	HHKB Hybrid Type-S black printed keycaps
Software	Work Apps text and statistical
Benchmark Scores	Single Thread scores at 5.6Ghz: Cinebench R15 ST - 249 CPU-Z ST - 676 PassMark CPU ST - 3389

Intel Announces Core i9-9900KS, World's Best Processor for Gaming Made Better

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