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Gen Intel Core i9-12900KS

Gen Intel Core i9-12900KS
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Effective Speed +7% Effective Speed 7%Average Score +12% Memory -12%, 1-Core 14%, 2-Core 16%, 4-Core 19%, 8-Core 21%Overclocked Score +4% 1-Core 11%, 2-Core 11%, 4-Core 10%, 8-Core 12%, Memory -24%Value & Sentiment User Rating -94%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +16% 64-Core -15%, 64-Core -8%, Age 71%

Average Bench: 114% (30^th of 1441)

Based on 2 user benchmarks. Device: 0000000000000000 Model: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900KS

Poor: 114%Average: 114% Great: 114%

Gaming 114%

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Desktop 114%

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Workstation 117%

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Outstanding average bench

The 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900KS averaged 14.1% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900KS near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Quad Core Speed 824Pts

Avg. Single Core Speed 211Pts

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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. Memory Latency 74Pts

Avg. Multi Core Speed 1,742Pts

Average Bench

(Based on 2 samples)

Rank 30114%

Min	Avg	Max
73.8	Memory 74	74.2
206	1-Core 211	217
411	2-Core 420	430
120% 235 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
822	4-Core 824	826
1,426	8-Core 1,429	1,432
136% 1,126 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
1,727	64-Core 1,742	1756
108% 1,742 Pts

User Benchmarks

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

USA-User, 18 months ago.Gen Intel Core i9-12900KS,

None, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads

Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg)

114% Outstanding

Memory 73.8

1-Core 217

2-Core 430

122% 240 Pts

4-Core 826

8-Core 1,432

137% 1,129 Pts

64-Core 1,727

107% 1,727 Pts

USA-User, 18 months ago.Gen Intel Core i9-12900KS,

None, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads

Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg)

114% Outstanding

Memory 74.2

1-Core 206

2-Core 411

118% 230 Pts

4-Core 822

8-Core 1,426

136% 1,124 Pts

64-Core 1756

109% 1756 Pts

Market Share (See Leaders)

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Desktop 93%

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Workstation 2%

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CPU
Gen Intel Core i9-12900KS12thBench 114%, 2 samples	1x

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples	1,143x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1,042x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	824x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples	457x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	425x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	517x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	376x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	297x

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Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $28

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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12th

Gen Intel Core i9-12900KS