Intel Core i9-12900KS Review – Fast, Juicy, Hot and Dumb

1. Introducing the Core i9-12900KS2. What is a KS? Time to get Testing3. CPU Testing: Cinebench R15 and R234. Testing: Handbrake, 3DMark and Far Cry 65. Games: Watch Dogs: Legion and Marvel's GotG6. Testing: CPU Temperature and Power7. Closing Thoughts8. View All Pages

Watch Dogs: Legion at 1080p

Watch Dogs: Legion at 1080p is a crazy mix of results that shows very little rhyme or reason.

Watch Dogs: Legion at 1440p

Watch Dogs: Legion at 1440p has the Ryzen 7 5800X at the top of the chart and Core i9-12900K at the bottom. We are only talking about 3fps difference from one end to the other so the fairest conclusion is that any of these CPUs will work quite nicely.

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy at 1080p

You can see a distinct benefit from the KS in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy at 1080p, in particular when you overclock to 5.3GHz.

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy at 1440p

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy at 1440p closes the scores up so much that we cannot fairly draw a useful conclusion.

 

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