Intel i9-9900KS Review: Overclocking, Power, & Gaming CPU Benchmarks

Our Intel i9-9900KS review & benchmark covers the 9900K vs. 9900KS differences, overclocking, power consumption, MCE and TDP/frequency, and the AMD R9 3900X.
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Our benchmarks today look at the best processors for gaming, Adobe Premiere (video editing), Blender/3D art, and more. We talk about the Intel i9-9900KS vs. 9900K differences and whether it's "worth it," part of which requires a refresher on MCE and what "5GHz" means to various motherboard manufacturers. For future search phrases, we'll note that anyone wondering why their Intel i9-9900KS isn't 5GHz can find the answer in this video -- it's probably because turbo duration limits are being followed. Enabling MCE would "fix" this, sort of, but at costs discussed in the video.

Our CPU benchmarks look additionally at the R9 3900X vs. Intel i9-9900KS, 9900KS stock vs. 9900KS 5.2GHz, and add some other CPUs like the R5 3600 or i7-8700K for perspective.

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Editorial, Testing, Video: Steve Burke
Testing: Patrick Lathan
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