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Gen Intel Core i9-11900K

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8 Cores, 16 Threads.
Release date ≈ Q3 2021.

Average Bench: 102% (64th of 1445)

Based on 33 user benchmarks.  Model: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-11900K @ 3.50GHz
Poor: 98%Average: 102% Great: 108%
Gaming
Gaming 102%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 104%
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Workstation
Workstation 104%
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Outstanding average bench

The 11th Gen Intel Core i9-11900K averaged 2.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the 11th Gen Intel Core i9-11900K near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Single Core Speed 173Pts
Avg. Quad Core Speed 628Pts

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 11th Gen Intel Core i9-11900K is just 9.73%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the 11th Gen Intel Core i9-11900K performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Memory Latency 87Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 1,103Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 33 samples)
Rank 64102%
Min Avg Max
74.6 Memory 87 94.5
153 1-Core 173 186
287 2-Core 330 363
106% 197 Pts
Min Avg Max
489 4-Core 628 695
809 8-Core 1,103 1,280
105% 866 Pts
Min Avg Max
814 64-Core 1,619 1,780
100% 1,619 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg)
110% Outstanding
Memory 93.2
1-Core 182
2-Core 354
112% 210 Pts
4-Core 683
8-Core 1,232
115% 957 Pts
64-Core 1,751
108% 1,751 Pts
, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg)
107% Outstanding
Memory 90.9
1-Core 173
2-Core 338
108% 201 Pts
4-Core 654
8-Core 1,188
111% 921 Pts
64-Core 1,710
106% 1,710 Pts
, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg)
105% Outstanding
Memory 79.2
1-Core 174
2-Core 347
105% 200 Pts
4-Core 695
8-Core 1,280
118% 988 Pts
64-Core 1,780
110% 1,780 Pts
, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg)
103% Outstanding
Memory 79.8
1-Core 175
2-Core 323
103% 192 Pts
4-Core 677
8-Core 1,113
109% 895 Pts
64-Core 1,708
106% 1,708 Pts
, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg)
103% Outstanding
Memory 91
1-Core 178
2-Core 321
107% 197 Pts
4-Core 611
8-Core 1,112
103% 862 Pts
64-Core 1,618
100% 1,618 Pts
, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg)
98.6% Outstanding
Memory 82.6
1-Core 178
2-Core 345
107% 202 Pts
4-Core 613
8-Core 1175
106% 894 Pts
64-Core 1723
107% 1723 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 151%
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Desktop
Desktop 107%
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Workstation
Workstation 153%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS (WI-FI) - $201

CPU
Gen Intel Core i9-11900K11thBench 102%, 33 samples1x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples771x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples617x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples327x
SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples364x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD  $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples214x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples212x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples150x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair  $115Bench 89%, 144,399 samples141x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples141x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 84% - Excellent Total price: $834

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