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Intel Core i9-11900K Review - World's Fastest Gaming Processor?

Name: Intel Core i9-11900K
Brand: Intel
Price: 550 USD

on Mar 30th, 2021,

in Processors.

Manufacturer: Intel

Test Setup

All applications, games, and processors are tested with the drivers and hardware listed below—no performance results were recycled between test systems.
All games and applications are tested using the same version.
All games are set to their highest quality setting unless indicated otherwise.

Test System "Rocket Lake"
Processor:	All Intel 11th Generation processors
Motherboard:	ASUS Z590 Maximus XIII Hero BIOS 0610
Memory:	2x 8 GB DDR4-3800 16-16-16-34 1T Gear 2 unless indicated otherwise (3800 MHz unstable with Gear 1)
Graphics:	EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra
Storage:	Crucial MX500 2 TB SSD
Cooling:	Noctua NH-U14S Zadak Spark 240 mm AIO
Power Supply:	Seasonic SS-860XP
Software:	Windows 10 Professional 64-bit Version 20H2 (October 2020 Update)
Drivers:	NVIDIA GeForce 461.92 WHQL

Test System "Zen 3"
Processor:	All AMD Ryzen 5000
Motherboard:	ASRock X570 Taichi BIOS v4.10, AGESA 1.2.0.0
Memory:	2x 8 GB DDR4-3800 16-16-16-34 1T Infinity Fabric @ 1900 MHz 1:1
All other specifications same as above

Test System "Comet Lake"
Processor:	All Intel 10th Generation processors
Motherboard:	ASUS Z490 Maximus XII Extreme BIOS 2004
Memory:	2x 8 GB DDR4-3800 16-16-16-34 1T
All other specifications same as above

Test System "Zen 2"
Processor:	All AMD Ryzen 3000
Motherboard:	ASRock X570 Taichi BIOS v4.10, AGESA 1.2.0.0
Memory:	2x 8 GB DDR4-3800 16-16-16-34 1T Infinity Fabric @ 1700 MHz
All other specifications same as above

Test System "Coffee Lake"
Processor:	All Intel 9th Generation processors
Motherboard:	ASUS Z390 Maximus XI Extreme BIOS 2004
Memory:	2x 8 GB DDR4-3800 16-16-16-34 1T
All other specifications same as above

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