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Gen Intel Core i9-12900K

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Release date ≈ Q4 2021.

Average Bench: 105% (56th of 1442)

Based on 50 user benchmarks.  Device: 0F8BFBFF00090672 Model: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900K
Poor: 93%Average: 105% Great: 117%
Gaming
Gaming 105%
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Desktop
Desktop 106%
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Workstation
Workstation 112%
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Outstanding average bench

The 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900K averaged 5.2% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900K near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Quad Core Speed 721Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 189Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900K is 23.7%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900K performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Memory Latency 75.9Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 1,264Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 50 samples)
Rank 56105%
Min Avg Max
13.3 Memory 75.9 92.7
42 1-Core 189 212
87.8 2-Core 361 427
109% 208 Pts
Min Avg Max
163 4-Core 721 852
153 8-Core 1,264 1,618
120% 993 Pts
Min Avg Max
164 64-Core 1,880 2,997
116% 1,880 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
119% Outstanding
Memory 80.2
1-Core 210
2-Core 419
122% 236 Pts
4-Core 839
8-Core 1,600
145% 1,220 Pts
64-Core 1,650
102% 1,650 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
116% Outstanding
Memory 78.6
1-Core 209
2-Core 417
121% 235 Pts
4-Core 814
8-Core 1,625
144% 1,219 Pts
64-Core 1,614
100% 1,614 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
111% Outstanding
Memory 69.7
1-Core 204
2-Core 403
115% 226 Pts
4-Core 810
8-Core 1,195
125% 1,003 Pts
64-Core 1,445
89% 1,445 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
110% Outstanding
Memory 70.1
1-Core 192
2-Core 386
111% 216 Pts
4-Core 798
8-Core 1,322
129% 1,060 Pts
64-Core 1,365
84% 1,365 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
104% Outstanding
Memory 66.8
1-Core 195
2-Core 375
109% 212 Pts
4-Core 749
8-Core 1,379
127% 1,064 Pts
64-Core 1,758
109% 1,758 Pts
CPU 0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
99.3% Outstanding
Memory 66.8
1-Core 193
2-Core 387
110% 216 Pts
4-Core 703
8-Core 1,354
122% 1,029 Pts
64-Core 2,830
175% 2,830 Pts
, 1 CPU, 7 cores, 14 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
98.7% Outstanding
Memory 84.2
1-Core 198
2-Core 355
113% 213 Pts
4-Core 606
8-Core 1109
103% 858 Pts
64-Core 1,681
104% 1,681 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 130%
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Desktop
Desktop 102%
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Workstation
Workstation 138%
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System: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)

CPU
Gen Intel Core i9-12900K12thBench 105%, 50 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples37x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples29x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples28x
SSD
HARDDISK 2TBQemuBench 65%, 24 samples19x
HARDDISK 500GBQemuBench 59%, 94 samples18x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples16x
RAM
1x16GBQEMUBench 91%, 3,887 samples140x
1x8GBQEMUBench 78%, 5,342 samples73x
1x12GBQEMUBench 78%, 4,175 samples66x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Good Total price: $485

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