Intel

Core i9-9900X

Core i9-9900X
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Effective Speed -63%Effective Speed -63%Average Score -134%Memory 1%, 1-Core -81%, 2-Core -101%, 4-Core -153%, 8-Core -335%Overclocked Score -150%1-Core -89%, 2-Core -108%, 4-Core -174%, 8-Core -370%, Memory -9%Value & Sentiment -94%User Rating -94%Nice To Haves -434%64-Core -637%, 64-Core -597%, Age -69%

Average Bench: 65.3% (492^nd of 1441)

Based on 2 user benchmarks. Device: BFEBFBFF000306C3 Model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900X CPU @ 3.50GHz

Poor: 65%Average: 65.3% Great: 66%

Gaming 65%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 47%

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Above average average bench

The Intel Core i9-9900X averaged 34.7% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Memory Latency 83.7Pts

Avg. Single Core Speed 102Pts

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this CPU perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 271Pts

Avg. Octa Core Speed 271Pts

Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)

Rank 49265.3%

Min	Avg	Max
82.8	Memory 83.7	84.5
102	1-Core 102	103
175	2-Core 180	186
71.6% 122 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
272	4-Core 274	275
269	8-Core 271	272
36.4% 272 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
267	64-Core 271	274
16.8% 271 Pts

User Benchmarks

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The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

GBR-User, 4 years ago.Core i9-9900X,

SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)

65.8% Good

Memory 84.5

1-Core 102

2-Core 186

72% 124 Pts

4-Core 275

8-Core 269

36% 272 Pts

64-Core 274

17% 274 Pts

GBR-User, 4 years ago.Core i9-9900X,

SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads

Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)

64.8% Good

Memory 82.8

1-Core 103

2-Core 175

71% 120 Pts

4-Core 272

8-Core 272

36% 272 Pts

64-Core 267

16% 267 Pts

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Specifications

Essentials

Description	Intel® Core™ i9-9900X X-series Processor (19.25M Cache, up to 4.50 GHz)
Code Name	Skylake
Launch Date	Q4'18
Processor Number	i9-9900X
# of Cores	10
# of Threads	20
Cache	19.25 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set Extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Embedded Options Available	No
Lithography	14 nm
Recommended Price	N/A
Clock Speed	3.50 GHz
Max Turbo Frequency	4.40 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s DMI3
QPI Links	0
Scalability	1S Only
Max TDP	165 W
Thermal Solution Specification	PCG 2017X

Memory

Max Memory Size	128 GB
Memory Types	DDR4-2666
Memory Channels	4
ECC Memory Supported	No

Expansion Options

PCI Express Revision	3.0
Max # of PCI Express Lanes	44

Data Protection

AES New Instructions	Yes

Advanced Technologies

Turbo Boost 3.0 Tech	Yes
Virtualization Tech (VT-x)	Yes
Intel 64	Yes
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Tech	Yes
Turbo Boost Tech	2.0
Hyper-Threading Tech	Yes
Virtualization for Directed I/O (VT-d)	Yes

Package

Max CPU Configuration	1

Platform Protection

Execute Disable Bit	Yes

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