Testseek.co.uk have collected 85 expert reviews of the Intel Core i9 9900KS 4.0GHz Socket 1151 and the average rating is 82%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core i9 9900KS 4.0GHz Socket 1151.
October 2019
(82%)
85 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(92%)
310 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
82010085
The editors liked
5.0GHz on all cores
Class-leading gaming credentials
Decent all-round perf
Excellent choice of motherboards
Excellent performance
Still the best gaming chip
5GHz all-core out of the box
Even in AVX workloads
Solid overclocking headroom on our sample – 5.2GHz was manageable
Higher quality silicon compared to an average Core i9-9900K (according to Intel)
Fastest gaming processor on the market
Ideal for lig
The editors didn't like
Runs hot
Particularly when OC'd
Not energy efficient
One-year warranty
Expensive
Gets hot
Falls behind in multi-core performance
Productivity and multi-threaded performance deficit versus Ryzen 9 3900X is generally large
Value versus AMD's Ryzen 3000 line-up is generally poor
1-year warranty instead of the usual 3 years
Demands a high-end motherboard and expensive cooling to ope
