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Intel Core i9-12900KS Review

GaK_45 by GaK_45
May 25, 2022
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Intel Core i9-12900KS Review
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6. Test Bed

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. 12Th Gen Design Overview P.1
  • 3. 12Th Gen Design Overview P.2
  • 4. Packaging
  • 5. Closer Look
  • 6. Test Bed
  • 7. Cinebench & Geekbench Results
  • 8. PCMark, POV-Ray, Blender
  • 9. winRAR and TrueCrypt
  • 10. x264 HD and Handbrake
  • 11. AC:S & BF4
  • 12. Crysis 3, GTA V, Metro LL
  • 13. Opinion(s) on Overclocking the 12900KS
  • 14. Analysis of Premium Consumer CPU options
  • 15. Closing Thoughts

 

Intel LGA 1700 (z690) Testbed:

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  • Motherboard: Gigabyte Aorus Pro
  • CPU: Intel 12-series (various)
  • RAM: 32GB Crucial Desktop Memory DDR5-4800
  • Cooling: Gigabyte Aorus WaterForce X360 w/ 3 fans
  • Video Card(s): MSI GTX 980Ti Lightning
  • SSD: 1x Crucial MX500 1TB
  • Power Supply: Corsair AX860i

 

Ryzen 5000-series Testbed:

  • Windows 11 (latest version w/ the “AMD patch” baked in)
  • Motherboard: ASRock X570 Taichi
  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
  • RAM: 32GB Ballistix Elite DDR4-3600
  • Cooling: Corsair H115i w/ 4 fans
  • Video Card(s): MSI GTX 980Ti Lightning
  • SSD: 1x Crucial MX500 1TB
  • Power Supply: Corsair AX860i

 

Ryzen 1000-series Testbed:

  • Motherboard: ASUS RoG STRIX X370-F Gaming
  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 5/7
  • RAM: 16GB Crucial Ballistix Elite DDR4-3200
  • Cooling: Corsair H115i w/ 4 fans
  • Video Card(s): MSI GTX 980Ti Lightning
  • SSD: 1x Crucial MX500 1TB
  • Power Supply: Corsair AX860i

 

Ryzen 2000-series Testbed:

  • Motherboard: ASUS RoG STRIX X470-F Gaming
  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2000-series
  • RAM: 16GB Crucial Ballistix Elite DDR4-3200
  • Cooling: Corsair H115i w/ 4 fans
  • Video Card(s): MSI GTX 980Ti Lightning
  • SSD: 1x Crucial MX500 1TB
  • Power Supply: Corsair AX860i

 

Ryzen 3000-series Testbed:

  • Motherboard: ASRock X570 PHANTOM GAMING 4
  • CPU: AMD Ryzen various 3000-series
  • RAM: 32GB Ballistix Elite DDR4-3600
  • Cooling: Corsair H115i w/ 4 fans
  • Video Card(s): MSI GTX 980Ti Lightning
  • SSD: 1x Crucial MX500 1TB
  • Power Supply: Corsair AX860i

 

Intel LGA 2011-v3 Testbed:

  • Motherboard: Asus TUF X99 Mark 1
  • Processor: Intel (various)
  • Memory: 32GB GSkill TridentX DDR3-2400 4x8GB
  • Cooling: EVGA CLC 280 AIO
  • Video Card(s): MSI GTX 980Ti Lightning
  • SSD: 1x Crucial MX500 1TB
  • Power Supply: Corsair AX860i

 

Intel LGA 1151-200 Testbed:

  • Motherboard: ASUS RoG STRIX Z370-E Gaming
  • CPU: Intel (various)
  • RAM: 32GB Ballistix Elite DDR4-3600
  • Cooling: Corsair H115i w/ 4 fans
  • Video Card(s): MSI GTX 980Ti Lightning
  • SSD: 1x Crucial MX500 1TB
  • Power Supply: Corsair AX860i

 

Intel LGA 1151-300 Testbed:

  • Motherboard: ASUS TUF Z370-Pro Gaming
  • CPU: Intel 8-series and 9-series (various)
  • RAM: 32GB Ballistix Elite DDR4-3600
  • Cooling: Corsair H115i w/ 4 fans
  • Video Card(s): MSI GTX 980Ti Lightning
  • SSD: 1x Crucial MX500 1TB
  • Power Supply: Corsair AX860i

 

Intel LGA 1200 (z490) Testbed:

  • Motherboard: ASUS TUF Z490-Plus
  • CPU: Intel 10-series (various)
  • RAM: 32GB Ballistix Elite DDR4-3200
  • Cooling: Corsair H150i w/ 3 fans
  • Video Card(s): MSI GTX 980Ti Lightning
  • SSD: 1x Crucial MX500 1TB
  • Power Supply: Corsair AX860i

 

Intel LGA 1200 (z590) Testbed:

  • Motherboard: ASUS RoG Maximus Xiii Hero
  • CPU: Intel 11-series (various)
  • RAM: 32GB Ballistix Elite DDR4-3200
  • Cooling: Corsair H150i w/ 3 fans
  • Video Card(s): MSI GTX 980Ti Lightning
  • SSD: 1x Crucial MX500 1TB
  • Power Supply: Corsair AX860i

    Adobe Performance

Adobe Photoshop CC
Adobe Photoshop is a raster graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Systems for macOS and Windows. To further make loading slower we have included a bunch of extra brushes that need to be loaded before the program is ready to use.

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Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe Premiere Pro is a timeline-based video editing software application developed by Adobe Systems and published as part of the Adobe Creative Cloud licensing program. To stress the CPU we have disabled GPU acceleration, and instead Premier Pro will use the CPU only.


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6. Test Bed

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. 12Th Gen Design Overview P.1
  • 3. 12Th Gen Design Overview P.2
  • 4. Packaging
  • 5. Closer Look
  • 6. Test Bed
  • 7. Cinebench & Geekbench Results
  • 8. PCMark, POV-Ray, Blender
  • 9. winRAR and TrueCrypt
  • 10. x264 HD and Handbrake
  • 11. AC:S & BF4
  • 12. Crysis 3, GTA V, Metro LL
  • 13. Opinion(s) on Overclocking the 12900KS
  • 14. Analysis of Premium Consumer CPU options
  • 15. Closing Thoughts
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