Last week I shared benchmark results of the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X vs. Intel Core i9 9900K in 400+ benchmarks in the largest comparison ever for these two competing ~$500 USD processors. If that wasn't enough, I repeated the hundreds of CPU/system benchmarks a...

After using the Intel Core i9-9900K for the past week we found it to perform exactly like we expected it to. Intel finally has a mainstream 8-core, 16-thread processor to compete with AMD's parts with the same core and thread count. The 9900K was able to...

Legit Reviews has been using Blender in our benchmarks for years and hopefully you've found the results worthwhile and interesting. Blender, for those that might not know, is the free and open source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D p...

We recently updated our Linux testing suite a wee bit, making minor changes, but at the expense of dropping all single-threaded benchmarks – by accident. We hadn't thought much about every single set of results being hugely optimized for core counts, whic...

We recently updated our Linux testing suite a wee bit, making minor changes, but at the expense of dropping all single-threaded benchmarks – by accident. We hadn't thought much about every single set of results being hugely optimized for core counts, whic...

The Intel i7-9700K received ample criticism at unveil for being the first “gaming,” S-class i7 in recent history to drop hyperthreading. The move was accompanied by an increase in physical core count to 8C, but followed the previous move from 4C/8T to 6C/...

The Intel i7-9700K received ample criticism at unveil for being the first “gaming,” S-class i7 in recent history to drop hyperthreading. The move was accompanied by an increase in physical core count to 8C, but followed the previous move from 4C/8T to 6C/...

We hope that this article has helped you find the right CPU for your gaming PC. As you can see, it doesn't really matter what your budget is because great gaming CPUs are available within any budget. If you consider yourself to be a casual gamer, a budget...

We hope that this article has helped you find the right CPU for your gaming PC. As you can see, it doesn't really matter what your budget is because great gaming CPUs are available within any budget. If you consider yourself to be a casual gamer, a budget...

There is no doubt that the Intel 9th Gen Core i9 9900K is a powerhouse of a chip. It can crank through tasks faster than the Ryzen 7 2700X, and it's considerably faster than older Intel models. While the claims about being a new generation of processor ar...

There is no doubt that the Intel 9th Gen Core i9 9900K is a powerhouse of a chip. It can crank through tasks faster than the Ryzen 7 2700X, and it's considerably faster than older Intel models. While the claims about being a new generation of processor ar...

The 9900K has been met with seemingly equal parts positive and negative press. On one hand, Intel has expanded the mainstream line in order to compete with AMD's similar (by thread count) offerings on their mainstream lineup. This brought 8 core processor...

The 9900K has been met with seemingly equal parts positive and negative press. On one hand, Intel has expanded the mainstream line in order to compete with AMD's similar (by thread count) offerings on their mainstream lineup. This brought 8 core processor...

Intel's newest line of desktop processors bring with them a number of changes designed to sway favor with performance enthusiasts. These new parts bring Intel's consumer processors up to eight cores, with higher frequencies, better thermal connectivity, a...

I try to write these reviews from a real-world perspective, which is a challenge with a product like the i9-9900K. It is technically more powerful than its competition, and more games should begin launching to take advantage of that power. So then… shoul...

Intel's newest line of desktop processors bring with them a number of changes designed to sway favor with performance enthusiasts. These new parts bring Intel's consumer processors up to eight cores, with higher frequencies, better thermal connectivity, a...

I try to write these reviews from a real-world perspective, which is a challenge with a product like the i9-9900K. It is technically more powerful than its competition, and more games should begin launching to take advantage of that power. So then… shoul...

This is without a doubt the most powerful consumer mainstream desktop CPU's ever to hit the streets. Some might balk at the $488 MSRP, but the raw performance is beyond impressive. We remember the Intel's very first consumer 8-core CPU, the HEDT based i7-...

This is without a doubt the most powerful consumer mainstream desktop CPU's ever to hit the streets. Some might balk at the $488 MSRP, but the raw performance is beyond impressive. We remember the Intel's very first consumer 8-core CPU, the HEDT based i7-...

Let's rewind to the announcement of the 9900K. it was touted as the “World best Gaming Processor” by Intel. and I can't argue that. as it games and so much more.The Intel Core i9 9900K has me quite perplexed. Is it the best gaming processor ever? most lik...

Normally I'd say that the Core i9 9900K is the new king of desktop processors. However, price versus performance wise the Ryzen 2700X does hold ground. Also, we cannot shy away from the fact that from 4 to 32 cores, AMD has some sort of Ryzen (Threadrippe...

Intel has stepped up to the plate with the Core i9-9900K CPU. We all know that AMD's Ryzen 7 2700X is exactly where Intel set its sights and it is surely on target when it comes to performance in any workload you assign it to. The 9900K is a the better CP...

In its stock configuration, the Core i9-9900K's power consumption is also in-line with expectations. The processor appears to be approaching the limits of Intel's 14nm manufacturing process, however, and will require robust cooling and a quality motherboa...

March 2nd, 2017, that is the day that Ryzen officially launched and I think anyone including Intel can admit that day and that launch has changed the PC market. Up until then higher core counts were limited to AMD's much slower bulldozer CPUs and Inte...

Since the inception of the Core Series of processors, the i7 was the flagship of Intel's line of desktop processors. Since the first generation, the top tier i7 was always a quad core chip with hyper-threading. That was until June 2017 when the rumors flo...

The 9th Generation of Intel CPUs has taken the increased core count we saw from the 8th Generation and pushed it a little further. The Intel Core i9-9900K now has eight core and sixteen threads to help your system work as quickly as possible, whilst doing...

After generations upon generations of consumer processors topping out at four cores going back to the Core 2 days, Intel finally launched their first 6-core processor for consumers with the 8700K almost exactly a year ago.AMD's continued to persevere wi...

When Intel declared its new 9th gen Core i9-9900K the “world's best gaming CPU,” it lied. After poking and prodding the CPU, we can say without a doubt that it is actually the fastest mainstream CPU around and—wait for it—the fastest gaming CPU too.For th...

Sorry for the rather threadbare preceding pages, but our results speak for themselves. The Core i9-9900K often shadows chips costing nearly twice as much in multithreaded workloads while delivering unbeatable single-threaded responsiveness, gaming perfor...

These new 8-core Coffee Lake processors certainly are interesting animals, but I'm not entirely sure who they're for. Before I try and work that out let's quickly touch on pricing. The Core i9-9900K comes in at an MSRP of $500, but currently costs more th...

So Intel's newest flagship mainstream processor is here and as you saw from the past few pages it tops the results in almost all of the tests that we ran. So let's talk about what Intel has done with the 9th generation Core processors and specifically the...

Intel's eight-core Core i9-9900K comes with everything to satisfy enthusiasts, like more cores, higher frequencies, and performance-boosting Solder TIM. Those improvements make the chip the fastest mainstream processor on the market, but the $500 asking p...

Intel has come a long way with their mainstream processor platform. The platform has largely seen stagnation in terms of core and thread count over many generations since the first Core series CPU that launched back in 2010 but last year brought a big cha...

Let's rewind to the announcement of the 9900K. it was touted as the “World best Gaming Processor” by Intel. and I can't argue that. as it games and so much more.The Intel Core i9 9900K has me quite perplexed. Is it the best gaming processor ever? most lik...

Normally I'd say that the Core i9 9900K is the new king of desktop processors. However, price versus performance wise the Ryzen 2700X does hold ground. Also, we cannot shy away from the fact that from 4 to 32 cores, AMD has some sort of Ryzen (Threadrippe...

Intel has stepped up to the plate with the Core i9-9900K CPU. We all know that AMD's Ryzen 7 2700X is exactly where Intel set its sights and it is surely on target when it comes to performance in any workload you assign it to. The 9900K is a the better CP...

In its stock configuration, the Core i9-9900K's power consumption is also in-line with expectations. The processor appears to be approaching the limits of Intel's 14nm manufacturing process, however, and will require robust cooling and a quality motherboa...

March 2nd, 2017, that is the day that Ryzen officially launched and I think anyone including Intel can admit that day and that launch has changed the PC market. Up until then higher core counts were limited to AMD's much slower bulldozer CPUs and Inte...

Since the inception of the Core Series of processors, the i7 was the flagship of Intel's line of desktop processors. Since the first generation, the top tier i7 was always a quad core chip with hyper-threading. That was until June 2017 when the rumors flo...

The 9th Generation of Intel CPUs has taken the increased core count we saw from the 8th Generation and pushed it a little further. The Intel Core i9-9900K now has eight core and sixteen threads to help your system work as quickly as possible, whilst doing...

After generations upon generations of consumer processors topping out at four cores going back to the Core 2 days, Intel finally launched their first 6-core processor for consumers with the 8700K almost exactly a year ago.AMD's continued to persevere wi...

When Intel declared its new 9th gen Core i9-9900K the “world's best gaming CPU,” it lied. After poking and prodding the CPU, we can say without a doubt that it is actually the fastest mainstream CPU around and—wait for it—the fastest gaming CPU too.For th...

Sorry for the rather threadbare preceding pages, but our results speak for themselves. The Core i9-9900K often shadows chips costing nearly twice as much in multithreaded workloads while delivering unbeatable single-threaded responsiveness, gaming perfor...

These new 8-core Coffee Lake processors certainly are interesting animals, but I'm not entirely sure who they're for. Before I try and work that out let's quickly touch on pricing. The Core i9-9900K comes in at an MSRP of $500, but currently costs more th...

So Intel's newest flagship mainstream processor is here and as you saw from the past few pages it tops the results in almost all of the tests that we ran. So let's talk about what Intel has done with the 9th generation Core processors and specifically the...

Intel's eight-core Core i9-9900K comes with everything to satisfy enthusiasts, like more cores, higher frequencies, and performance-boosting Solder TIM. Those improvements make the chip the fastest mainstream processor on the market, but the $500 asking p...

Intel has come a long way with their mainstream processor platform. The platform has largely seen stagnation in terms of core and thread count over many generations since the first Core series CPU that launched back in 2010 but last year brought a big cha...