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Core i7-9800X

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8 Cores, 16 Threads @3.80 GHz, Skylake.
Release date ≈ Q4 2018.

Average Bench: 84% (87th of 1276)

Based on 2,319 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF00050654 Model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9800X CPU @ 3.80GHz
Poor: 74%Average: 84% Great: 96%
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Gaming 84%
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Desktop 85%
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Workstation 85%
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Very good average bench

The Intel Core i7-9800X averaged just 15.9% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Core i7-9800X near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Single Core Mixed Speed 127Pts
Avg. Dual Core Mixed Speed 253Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Core i7-9800X is 21.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Core i7-9800X performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Memory Latency 77.5Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 893Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 2,319 samples)
Rank 8784%
Min Avg Max
69.2 Memory 77.5 88.1
108 1-Core 127 145
214 2-Core 253 290
85.4% 152 Pts
Min Avg Max
395 4-Core 486 576
737 8-Core 893 1,084
85.9% 689 Pts
Min Avg Max
1,138 64-Core 1,309 1,503
87.9% 1,309 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
91.2% Outstanding
Memory 87.5
1-Core 139
2-Core 278
94% 168 Pts
4-Core 509
8-Core 953
91% 731 Pts
64-Core 1454
98% 1454 Pts
LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
87.2% Excellent
Memory 85.2
1-Core 124
2-Core 248
87% 152 Pts
4-Core 479
8-Core 883
85% 681 Pts
64-Core 1,280
86% 1,280 Pts
LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
86.4% Excellent
Memory 79.4
1-Core 129
2-Core 253
86% 154 Pts
4-Core 501
8-Core 887
87% 694 Pts
64-Core 1,328
89% 1,328 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
81.3% Excellent
Memory 71.8
1-Core 134
2-Core 258
86% 154 Pts
4-Core 486
8-Core 928
88% 707 Pts
64-Core 1,335
90% 1,335 Pts
CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
79.2% Very good
Memory 74.7
1-Core 126
2-Core 252
84% 151 Pts
4-Core 449
8-Core 851
81% 650 Pts
64-Core 1,251
84% 1,251 Pts
LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
78.4% Very good
Memory 68.4
1-Core 118
2-Core 262
81% 149 Pts
4-Core 474
8-Core 885
84% 679 Pts
64-Core 1,367
92% 1,367 Pts
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Workstation 118%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF X299 MARK 2

CPU
Core i7-9800XIntel  $392Bench 84%, 2,319 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $808Bench 136%, 606,625 samples258x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $450Bench 106%, 816,196 samples217x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $1,264Bench 173%, 247,718 samples176x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $138Bench 313%, 220,142 samples76x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $85Bench 217%, 131,958 samples72x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $149Bench 326%, 192,610 samples71x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 89%, 47,216 samples51x
2x8GBUnknownBench 58%, 175,268 samples46x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 86%, 18,707 samples32x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 56% - Above average Total price: $1,337

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 Specifications

Essentials

DescriptionIntel® Core™ i7-9800X X-series Processor (16.5M Cache, up to 4.50 GHz)
Code NameSkylake
Launch DateQ4'18
Processor Numberi7-9800X
# of Cores8
# of Threads16
Cache16.5 MB SmartCache
Instruction Set ExtensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Embedded Options AvailableNo
Lithography14 nm
Recommended PriceN/A
Clock Speed3.80 GHz
Max Turbo Frequency4.40 GHz
Bus Speed8 GT/s DMI3
QPI Links0
Scalability1S Only
Max TDP165 W
Thermal Solution SpecificationPCG 2017X

Memory

Max Memory Size128 GB
Memory TypesDDR4-2666
Memory Channels4
ECC Memory SupportedNo

Expansion Options

PCI Express Revision3.0
Max # of PCI Express Lanes44

Data Protection

AES New InstructionsYes

Advanced Technologies

Turbo Boost 3.0 TechYes
Virtualization Tech (VT-x)Yes
Intel 64Yes
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® TechYes
Turbo Boost Tech2.0
Hyper-Threading TechYes
Virtualization for Directed I/O (VT-d)Yes

Package

Max CPU Configuration1

Platform Protection

Execute Disable BitYes

 Comments

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USA-User
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26 days ago.

Same performance as my 9900k with 4 channel ram and PCIe lanes.

IRN-User
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2,798

Terrible

29 days ago.

It’s so expensive comparing to amd cpu s with even lower speed score

Viper207
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Poor

13 months ago.

really strange because have 8 core

deweycd
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Excellent

2 years ago.

Core i7-9800X is a 64-bit octa-core high-performance x86 desktop microprocessor from Intel (late 2018). A Skylake micro-architecture chip, is fabricated on using Intel's 14 nm process. The i7-9800X operates at 3.8 GHz with a TDP of 165 W and a Turbo Boost frequency of up to 4.4 GHz and am Turbo Max Boost frequency of 4.5 GHz. The processor supports up to 128 GiB of quad-channel DDR4-2666 memory and supports 44 PCIe lanes. A strong contender to the i9-9900k, yet slightly slower, except utilizing the x299 platform allowing for more ram and PCIe lanes (44 vs 16)

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