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CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K

CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K
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Effective Speed -70%Effective Speed -70%Average Score -90%Memory -23%, 1-Core -49%, 2-Core -52%, 4-Core -112%, 8-Core -216%Overclocked Score -17%1-Core -23%, 2-Core -25%, 4-Core -24%, 8-Core -17%, Memory 3%Value & Sentiment User Rating -92%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves -154%64-Core -30%, 64-Core -356%, Age -75%

Average Bench: 62.6% (540^th of 1445)

Based on 46 user benchmarks. Device: 0F8BFBFF000906ED Model: 1st CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHz

Poor: 34%Average: 62.6% Great: 96%

Gaming 63%

Destroyer

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

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Above average average bench

The 1st CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K averaged 37.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Single Core Speed 124Pts

Avg. Dual Core Speed 238Pts

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Poor consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the 1st CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K is 61.9%. This is a particularly wide range which indicates that the 1st CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K performs inconsistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 414Pts

Avg. Octa Core Speed 373Pts

Average Bench

(Based on 46 samples)

Rank 54062.6%

Min	Avg	Max
24	Memory 67.7	95.5
37.9	1-Core 124	158
45.8	2-Core 238	310
77.7% 143 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
72.5	4-Core 327	609
56.4	8-Core 373	1,094
45.8% 350 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
37.5	64-Core 414	1,557
25.6% 414 Pts

User Benchmarks

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

ISR-User, 6 months ago.CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K,

CPU 0, 2 CPU, 16 cores, 16 threads

Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)

93.2% Outstanding

Memory 79.5

1-Core 144

2-Core 286

91% 170 Pts

4-Core 571

8-Core 1,116

100% 844 Pts

64-Core 1,426

88% 1,426 Pts

ISR-User, 9 months ago.CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K,

CPU 0, 2 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads

Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)

90.7% Outstanding

Memory 78.6

1-Core 136

2-Core 276

88% 163 Pts

4-Core 552

8-Core 871

88% 711 Pts

64-Core 1,068

66% 1,068 Pts

ISR-User, 9 months ago.CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K,

CPU 0, 2 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads

Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)

90.2% Outstanding

Memory 77.7

1-Core 142

2-Core 282

90% 167 Pts

4-Core 550

8-Core 978

92% 764 Pts

64-Core 946

59% 946 Pts

USA-User, 6 months ago.CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K,

CPU 0, 2 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)

57.4% Above average

Memory 83.5

1-Core 76

2-Core 183

66% 114 Pts

4-Core 183

8-Core 192

25% 187 Pts

64-Core 185

12% 185 Pts

VNM-User, 13 months ago.CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K,

, 2 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads

Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)

42% Average

Memory 55.1

1-Core 113

2-Core 194

66% 121 Pts

4-Core 164

8-Core 189

23% 176 Pts

64-Core 139

9% 139 Pts

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,909,137 CPUs tested

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 62%

Destroyer

Workstation 2%

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CPU
CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K1stBench 63%, 46 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	1,050x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	826x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples	457x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	427x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	518x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	379x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	298x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

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CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K