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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: 82% (130th of 1316)

Based on 3,050 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF00050654 Model: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9800X CPU @ 3.80GHz
Poor: 72%Average: 82% Great: 93%
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Desktop 83%
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Very good average bench

The Intel Core i7-9800X averaged just 18.0% 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 126Pts
Avg. Dual Core Mixed Speed 250Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Core i7-9800X is 20.6%. 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 75.6Pts
Avg. Octa Core Mixed Speed 872Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 3,050 samples)
Rank 13082%
Min Avg Max
67.8 Memory 75.6 84.9
109 1-Core 126 141
214 2-Core 250 277
84.3% 151 Pts
Min Avg Max
377 4-Core 473 550
724 8-Core 872 1,027
83.7% 673 Pts
Min Avg Max
1,114 64-Core 1,280 1,450
85.9% 1,280 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
97.4% Outstanding
Memory 82.1
1-Core 152
2-Core 302
99% 179 Pts
4-Core 603
8-Core 1,179
110% 891 Pts
64-Core 1,599
107% 1,599 Pts
LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg)
96.5% Outstanding
Memory 84.3
1-Core 152
2-Core 296
99% 178 Pts
4-Core 583
8-Core 995
99% 789 Pts
64-Core 1,507
101% 1,507 Pts
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
83.3% Excellent
Memory 72.6
1-Core 129
2-Core 231
82% 144 Pts
4-Core 504
8-Core 922
89% 713 Pts
64-Core 1335
90% 1335 Pts
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
81.1% Excellent
Memory 76
1-Core 126
2-Core 276
88% 160 Pts
4-Core 462
8-Core 838
81% 650 Pts
64-Core 1,263
85% 1,263 Pts
LGA 2066 R4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
79.3% Very good
Memory 79
1-Core 124
2-Core 227
82% 143 Pts
4-Core 427
8-Core 818
77% 622 Pts
64-Core 1,232
83% 1,232 Pts
CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
77.3% Very good
Memory 73.3
1-Core 126
2-Core 247
83% 149 Pts
4-Core 435
8-Core 833
79% 634 Pts
64-Core 1,311
88% 1,311 Pts
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Desktop 91%
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Workstation 115%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF X299 MARK 2

CPU
Core i7-9800XIntel  $549Bench 82%, 3,050 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $1,089Bench 136%, 715,540 samples343x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $540Bench 105%, 878,504 samples291x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia  $1,376Bench 172%, 291,832 samples226x
SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $169Bench 297%, 249,265 samples121x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $137Bench 321%, 298,299 samples113x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung  $140Bench 212%, 147,612 samples107x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 89%, 57,621 samples70x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 24,628 samples53x
2x8GBUnknownBench 60%, 202,400 samples52x
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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

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Terrible

3 months ago.

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

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Poor

21 months ago.

really strange because have 8 core

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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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