12th

Gen Intel Core i9-12900K

Gen Intel Core i9-12900K
BENCHMARKS (13)
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Effective Speed -3%Effective Speed -3%Average Score +1% Memory -26%, 1-Core 3%, 2-Core 6%, 4-Core 8%, 8-Core 11%Overclocked Score +1% 1-Core 5%, 2-Core 6%, 4-Core 9%, 8-Core 14%, Memory -30%Value & Sentiment -91%User Rating -91%Nice To Haves +47% 64-Core -33%, 64-Core -39%, Age 213%

Average Bench: 103% (63^rd of 1445)

Based on 13 user benchmarks. Device: 1FCBFBFF00090672 Model: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900K

Poor: 88%Average: 103% Great: 110%

Gaming 103%

UFO

Desktop 103%

UFO

Workstation 103%

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Outstanding average bench

The 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900K averaged 3.2% 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 751Pts

Avg. Dual Core Speed 384Pts

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Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900K is 22.3%. 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 65.9Pts

Avg. Multi Core Speed 1,358Pts

Average Bench

(Based on 13 samples)

Rank 63103%

Min	Avg	Max
60.7	Memory 65.9	70.8
146	1-Core 191	205
290	2-Core 384	409
109% 214 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
550	4-Core 751	818
834	8-Core 1,310	1,458
125% 1,030 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
816	64-Core 1,358	1,513
84% 1,358 Pts

User Benchmarks

Bench

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Server

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

USA-User, 5 months ago.Gen Intel Core i9-12900K,

CPU 1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads

Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)

109% Outstanding

Memory 64.5

1-Core 205

2-Core 407

114% 225 Pts

4-Core 816

8-Core 1,415

135% 1,116 Pts

64-Core 1,464

91% 1,464 Pts

USA-User, 5 months ago.Gen Intel Core i9-12900K,

CPU 1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads

Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)

106% Outstanding

Memory 67.9

1-Core 205

2-Core 405

115% 226 Pts

4-Core 763

8-Core 1,451

132% 1,107 Pts

64-Core 1,476

91% 1,476 Pts

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Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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12th

Gen Intel Core i9-12900K