I. Preface: i9-10980XE, the ultimate plaything of enthusiasts, appeared.
The fever platform has always focused on productivity creation, while the mainstream platform has a better game experience, and everyone has their own duties. If there is a processor that has more than twice the productivity of the mainstream platform, but also has the game performance beyond i9-9900K, and the price is not so expensive, then it will definitely be the ultimate processor that top enthusiasts really deserve.
In October 2019, Intel officially announced its 10th generation Core X processor, which is designed for performance enthusiasts. If this processor is properly tuned, it can overclock to 4.8GHz within the controllable temperature and power consumption range, and become a top-class processor integrating productivity tools and game performance.
The 10th generation Core X processor adopts Cascade Lake-X architecture, and still adopts 14nm++ technology. Compared with the previous generation, it introduces an updated instruction set, and the main frequency is also improved. In addition, the new processor has also improved in memory, PCIe, AI artificial intelligence, network and so on. The overall performance is further enhanced compared with the previous generation products.
The 10th generation Core X processor released a total of 4 models, canceled the 16-core and 8-core models, and reduced the 10-core from two to one.
The flagship model Core i9-10980XE, with 18 cores and 36 threads, 24.75MB of three-level cache, has a reference frequency of 3.0GHz, the highest acceleration frequency of single core of Turbo 2.0 is increased from 4.4GHz to 4.6GHz, the acceleration frequency of Turbo Max 3.0 is increased from 4.5GHz to 4.8GHz, and the whole core acceleration frequency is 3.8GHz.
Core i9-10940X with 14 cores and 28 threads, and Core i9-10920X with 12 cores and 24 threads all have 19.25MB of tertiary cache, and the reference frequency is 3.3GHz and 3.5GHz respectively, and the acceleration frequencies of Turbo 2.0 and Turbo Max 3.0 are also 4.6GHz and 4.8GHz respectively, and the whole core acceleration frequency is 4.1GHz respectively.
The Core i9-10900X with 10 cores and 20 threads is the lowest model this time, with 19.25MB of tertiary cache, the reference frequency increased from 3.5GHz to 3.7GHz, and the acceleration frequencies of Turbo 2.0 and Turbo Max 3.0 were 4.5GHz and 4.7GHz, respectively, which increased the speed by 300MHz and 200MHz, and the whole core accelerated by 4.3GHz.
All four models can be unlocked and overclocked, and all of them support Aoteng memory acceleration. The thermal design power consumption is 165W as the previous generation.
This generation of Core X continues to fully support two kinds of intel dynamic acceleration, namely Turbo 2.0 and Turbo Max 3.0. The latter has been further upgraded and optimized, and one or more cores with the best constitution can be selected to reach a higher frequency, which has been deeply supported by Windows 10, so the highest acceleration frequency has reached 4.8GHz, which is 300MHz higher than the previous generation.
At the same time, it also fully supports Intel Performance Maximizer(IPM) one-button overclocking tool (previously only supported nine generations of Core K series), and will try various frequency and voltage combinations of the processor until the most stable parameters are found. The whole process is automated, which is more relaxed, reliable and stable than manual overclocking. Of course, the frequency and voltage that are finally overclocked will be relatively conservative.
Memory is still a four-channel DDR4, the rated frequency is increased from 2666MHz to 2933MHz, and the maximum capacity is 256GB (a single 32GB).
PCIe bus is still PCIe 3.0, but the total number of channels supported by the platform has increased from 68 to 72, including 24 X299 chipsets and 48 processors.
In AI, DL Boost deep learning acceleration is fully introduced, which is the first time that this function has come to a high-end desktop platform. The AI reasoning speed is up to 2.2 times higher than that of the previous generation and up to 7.9 times higher than that of the platform three years ago.
On the network side, Intel Wi-Fi 6 Gig+ is supported wirelessly. Based on AX200 chipset and ten generations of Core on notebook, Intel wants to fully popularize the rhythm of Gigabit Wi-Fi 6, and upgrade to Intel i225 2.5G, that is, 2.5Gigabit network. The thermal design power consumption is as low as 1.95W, and the price is only 2.4USD..
Second, the test platform: the top MSI Creator X299 motherboard is escorted.
The test platform is as follows:
We received the QS version of i9-10980XE processor.
Creator X299 adopts high-end heat dissipation design, which can cope with high workload that may cause heat dissipation problems. While the creator is dealing with high-load operations (such as video editing, animation or programming), the larger radiator size and all-aluminum heat pipe design are more conducive to heat dissipation, thus improving performance. In addition to the heat dissipation design, Creator X299 also ensures the stable and efficient transmission of power through a dedicated 12-phase 90A digital power supply and three-way 8-pin power supply connectors.
The graphics card uses the 10th anniversary of the Galaxy RTX 2080 Tihoff. This graphics card uses six heat pipes to dissipate heat, including three 8mm composite heat pipes. The TDP of the graphics card is as high as 300W, which is considered as the top RTX 2080 Ti non-public graphics card at present.
The mainstream platform uses the Yingchi HOF OC Lab DDR4-4000MHz 8GBx2 suite. Every memory of HOF OC Lab DDR4 is selected from Samsung B-die high-quality granules, which have been carefully debugged by Yingchi overclocking lab and have strong and stable overclocking performance.
In all tests, we will set the parameters of the memory to dual channel 3600MHz 16-18-18-38 CR2.
The X299 platform uses the Zhiqi F4-3200C14D 8GB, with 4 pieces of 32GB in total, forming a four-channel mode, and the test parameters are also 3600MHz 16-18-18-38 CR2.
Ying Chi HOF PRO PCIe 4.0 SSD 2TB. To test the performance of PCIe 4.0 of X570, how can you get this top SSD without it?
This SSD uses a pure copper heat pipe to connect the front and back of the heat dissipation surface, which can effectively reduce the temperature of the main control.
In terms of heat dissipation, the player storm fortress 360EX water-cooled radiator is used.
Asus player country PG27UQ ROG 27-inch IPS esports display.
4K UHD(3840*2160) resolution, 4ms response time, 144Hz refresh rate, G-Sync technology, IPS+ quantum dot panel, 10bit color, and DisPlay HDR1000 certification.
Any monitor can be called a high-end monitor as long as it supports any of the above characteristics. ASUS PG27UQ ROG has all the above characteristics and is the top e-sports monitor at present.
Third, theoretical performance test: single thread leads I9-9980xe by 8%.
1、CPU-Z v1.90
I9-10980XE has a single thread score of 548 and a multi-thread score of 10424.
In the test of CPU-Z v1.90, the single-core performance of i9-10980XE is 60 points ahead of i9-9980XE, which is nearly 13% ahead. Multithreading only gained 201 points, leading by 2%.
2、wPrime v2.10
In the performance test of wPrime 32M single thread, i9-10980XE takes 30.9 seconds; It took 50.8 seconds for multithreading to run wPrime 1024M.
In the wPrime 32M single-threaded test, the score of i9-10980XE is equivalent to that of i9-9980XE; However, the multithreading performance of Prime 1024M is 1.8 seconds slower.
3、7-zip
The score of i9-10980XE is 135990MIPS for multithreading and 7082MIPS for single threading.
In the 7-ZIP test, the single-threaded performance of i9-10980XE is 7% better than that of i9-9980XE, while the multi-threaded performance is about 1% better.
4、AIDA64 GPGPU
The i9-10980XE single-precision floating-point performance reaches 3322GFLOPS(3.3 trillion FLOPS), and the double-precision floating-point performance is 1611GFLOPS(1.6 trillion FLOPS).
The floating-point test of AIDA64 supports AVX 512 instruction set, so i9-10980XE and i9-9980XE are far ahead of the two mainstream processors in this test.
5、3DMark
3DMark Fire Stirke is too old to test multi-core processors, just look at the score. The physical score of i9-10980XE is 28303.
Fourth, professional performance test: Multi-core performance is equivalent to i9-9980XE.
1、CineBench R15
I9-10980XE scored 206cb for single thread and 3738cb for multi-thread.
In the CineBench R15 test, the single-thread score of i9-10980XE is 16 points higher than that of i9-9980XE, leading by 8%. On the contrary, the multithreading score is still 22 points behind, with a range of less than 1%.
2、CineBench R20
I9-10980XE scored 477cb for single thread and 8836cb for multi-thread.
In the CineBench R20 test, the single-thread score of i9-10980XE is 26 points higher than that of i9-9980XE, leading by 6%. Multithreading scores are basically the same.
3、POV-Ray
The score of i9-10980XE is 7452PPS for multithreading and 501PPS for single threading.
In POV-Ray test, the single-thread score of i9-10980XE is 45 points higher than that of i9-9980XE, and the leading range is just 10%. The multi-thread score is 84 points more, leading by 1%.
4、X264 FHD Benchmark
X264 FHD Benchmark can only support up to 16 threads, but more threads can be opened. We start two programs for parallel testing at the same time, and take the sum as the test score.
The i9-10980XE has a performance of 120FPS, the maximum power consumption of the core can reach 242 watts, and the maximum temperature is 80 degrees.
In X264 FHD Benchmark, i9-10980XE is 2 frames less than i9-8980XE.
5、X265 FHD Benchmark
X265 FHD Benchmark can only support up to 16 threads, so we start two programs for coding test at the same time. (At present, the mainstream X265 video compression production software supports multi-opening and parallel processing, so our testing method has certain reference value).
The score of i9-10980XE is 121FPS.
X265 FHD Benchmark is a tool that supports AVX 256 instruction set.
After repeated tests, the score of i9-10980XE is always around 120FPS, with a gap of 10 frames from i9-9980XE.
6、Corona Benchmark 1.3
Corona Render has excellent rendering quality and speed, and it can be used as a plug-in by 3Dsmax and C4D software.
The score of i9-10980XE is 9518810 Rays/ second.
The results of i9-10980XE are basically the same as those of i9-9980XE, which is 90% better than that of i9-9900KS.
7、Blender Benchmark 2.80
The score of i9-10980XE is 8 minutes and 53 seconds.
Blender Benchmark is one of the few test software that supports AVX 256 instruction set. The score difference between i9-10980XE and i9-9980XE can be regarded as an error.
V Premiere Pro playback, rendering playback and transcoding test
Adobe Premiere Pro is a widely used video editing software, which is widely used in advertising production and TV program production. This software can complete video collection, editing, color matching, beautifying audio, adding subtitles, video transcoding and so on.
We use the latest version of Premiere Pro 2020, which is much more optimized for multi-core than the previous generation, and can call up to 48 threads, while Premiere Pro 2018 can only use up to 16 threads.
The test method is to play back, render and transcode a 4K resolution scene to test the performance of different processors.
The video of the test scene is IntroSequence, which is designed to simulate the types of intro sequences that are common in online video production. This sequence creates a vivid opening sequence by using the generated bars and tone shots with acceleration effect. The sequence consists of 2 video layers and 1 title graphic layer. Application effects include lens distortion, Gaussian blur, mosaic, edge finding and video transformation (rotation).
The resolution of this video is 4096*2340, the frame rate is 23.98FPS, and the duration is 59.4 seconds.
1. Playback
Video playback does not consume much processing. The CPU occupancy rate of i9-10980XE is about 60%, the highest power consumption of CPU is 184W, and the highest temperature is 64 degrees.
2. Rendering
The CPU usage during rendering fluctuates between 90% and 100%, and the highest power consumption reaches 204 watts.
3. Transcoding:
The transcoding parameters are set as shown above.
When transcoding, the CPU usage fluctuates between 90% and 100%, and the highest power consumption reaches 209 watts.
View all test data from the console.
Playback:There are 1439 frames in this scene, and the standard frame rate is 23.98FPS. I9-10980XE lost 1164 frames during playback, and the playback frame rate was 4.8FPS.
I9-10980XE has the highest playback frame rate, which is 25% higher than i9-9900KS and nearly twice as fast as Ruilong 9 3900X.
Rendering:I9-10980XE takes 45 seconds to render 1439 frames, and the rendering frame rate is 32FPS.
The frame rate of i9-10980XE is 1FPS higher than that of i9-10980XE, and 78% higher than that of 9900KS and Ruilong 9 3900X.
Transcoding:It took 47.6 seconds for i9-10980XE to complete the transcoding of this 4K video.
When Premiere Pro 2020 transcodes, i9-10980XE takes 1 second less than i9-9980XE, and 33 seconds less than 9900KS, with a leading edge of 72%.
Six, 3DS MAX and MAYA test
1、3DS MAX
A rendered interior decoration scene has 2.9 million polygons and 1.98 million vertices.
Because 3DS MAX itself can’t record the results, we use a stopwatch to record the time. In the process of rendering, 18 cores of I9-10980xe are fully loaded, with the maximum power consumption of 243W and the real-time temperature of the processor of 81 degrees.
I9-10980XE finally took 4 minutes and 13 seconds to render.
2、Maya
Maya can directly use the Kick renderer called by Arnold’s command line to accurately test the rendering time. When we use Maya 2019, all the cores of i9-10980XE can be fully called during the rendering process. When rendering, the highest core power consumption can reach 221W and the highest temperature is 76 degrees.
I9-10980XE takes 7 minutes and 40 seconds to render the whole scene.
Maya 2019 is also an application software that supports AVX 256 instruction set. The rendering time of i9-10980XE is 3 seconds less than that of i9-9980XE, and the difference is less than 1%.
Of the nearly 20 applications in the above table, only X265 FHD Benchmark, Maya 2019 and Blender benchmark 2.80 support the AVX 256 instruction set, and only AIDA64 floating-point testing tool supports the AVX 512 instruction set.
The performance of i9-10980XE in the silent frequency state does not bring surprises, and the single-thread performance is 8% stronger than the previous generation i9-9980XE because of its high turbo frequency. But multi-core performance is still 1% behind.
Seven, the game performance test: slightly ahead of i9-9980XE.
1. APEX hero
"Apex Hero" does not provide a test program. In order to reduce the interference of variables during the test, we choose to test the frame number in the training ground, and manually adjust it to the highest image quality during the test. The frame rate we recorded in the training ground is close to that in actual combat, so it has certain reference value.
In APEX Hero, the frame rate of i9-10980XE is 2FPS higher than that of i9-9900XE.
2、GTA V
The following are our parameter settings in GTA V. At 1080P resolution, the memory occupation is 3442MB.
Like i9-9980XE, i9-10980XE’s performance in GTA V is pitifully low, and 98FPS is nearly 30 frames lower than 127FPS of i9-9900KS.
3. Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
The frame rate of i9-10980XE in Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey is acceptable, and the score of 86FPS is one frame lower than that of i9-9980XE and three frames less than that of i9-9900KS.
4. Cry in the Island 5
In Cry of the Island 5, i9-10980XE is only 128FPS, 33 frames less than i9-9900KS.
5. Tomb Raider: Shadow
In Tomb Raider: Shadow, the frame rate of i9-10980XE and i9-9980XE are both 148FPS.
6, the devil may cry 5
7, Jedi survival
In Survival of the Jedi, the frame rate performance of i9-10980XE can basically keep up with the mainstream platform.
8. Singularity ashes
In Singularity Ashes, i9-10980XE and i9-9980XE are much better than the other two processors, and the advantage of 7 frames is nearly 6%.
9. Civilization 6
I9-9980XE’s performance in Civilization 6 is abnormal!
The frame rate of i9-10980XE is 87FPS, which is the same as i9-9900KS.
10. Wizard 3
"Wizard 3" does not require much processor performance, and the frame rate performance of the four CPUs is basically the same.
If Civilization 6 is left out, the game performance of i9-10980XE is almost the same as that of i9-9980XE, and the difference is within 0.5%.
Eight, MESH and memory overclocking test: the higher the memory frequency, the better. Mesh 3000MHz is enough.
Since the Skylake-X era, Intel’s HEDT platform has abandoned the traditional Ring bus and switched to Mesh bus. Although the new Mesh bus has improved the communication efficiency within multi-core processors, the Mesh frequency is always a pain. The Ring frequency of mainstream platform processors is 4.3GHz by default, and overclocking to 4.7GHz is not difficult, while the Mesh frequency of i9-10980XE is still 2.4GHz.
Now let’s see what changes can be brought by super Mesh and memory frequency. When testing, fix the CPU core frequency at 4.5GHz.
The i9-10980XE in our hand can stabilize the Mesh at 3.0GHz only by setting the buffer voltage of 1.03V, and the buffer voltage should be raised to 1.17V when overclocking to 3.2GHz. Obviously, it is not worth paying such a high price. 3.0GHz is a more suitable frequency.
In addition, in the later processor overclocking test, the Mesh frequency of 3.0GHz will increase the overclocking voltage of CPU by an additional 0.02V V.
1、7-ZIP
The fraction of 2133MHz in Mesh 2.4GHz memory is 137657 MIPS.
The score of 3600MHz in Mesh 2.4GHz memory is 152320MIPS.
The score of 3600MHz in Mesh 3.0GHz memory is 153830 MIPS.
2、CineBench R15
The score of 2133MHz in Mesh 2.4GHz memory is 4306cb.
Mesh 2.4GHz memory with a score of 3600MHz is 4353cb.
Mesh 3.0GHz memory with a score of 3600MHz is 4399cb.
3、CineBench R20
Mesh 2.4GHz memory with a score of 2133MHz is 10237cb.
Mesh 2.4GHz memory with a score of 3600MHz is 10340cb.
Mesh 3.0GHz memory with a score of 3600MHz is 10405cb.
4. AIDA64 memory cache
When Mesh 2.4GHz memory is 2133MHz, the measured memory delay is 89.9ns and L3 cache delay is 22.4ns.
After overclocking the memory to 3600MHz, the memory read bandwidth reaches 104.7GB/s, and the delay is reduced from 89.9ns to 64.8ns.
The bandwidth of L3 cache is also increased by about 15%, and the latency is reduced from 22.4ns to 21.4ns.
After the Mesh frequency is increased to 3.0GHz, the memory latency is further reduced to 60.3ns, the L3 cache latency is reduced from 21.4ns to 18.5ns, and the L3 cache reading speed is also increased by 20%.
5. Cry in the Island 5
Mesh 2.4GHz memory has a frame rate of 137FPS at 2133MHz.
Mesh 2.4GHz memory has a frame rate of 140FPS at 3600MHz.
Mesh 3.0GHz memory has a frame rate of 146FPS at 3600MHz.
Summary: Overall, overclocking Mesh from 2.4GHz to 3.0GHz will bring about 1% performance improvement; After increasing the memory frequency from 2133MHz to 3600MHz, not only the theoretical performance is improved by more than 1%, but also the bandwidth and delay of L3 cache are greatly improved, and the frame rate of Cry Out 5 is also improved by 5%.
Eight, overclocking test: can light load 5.0GHz.
After reading the previous tests, I believe many friends are disappointed with the performance of i9-10980XE, and so am I. The general performance of CPU is almost the same as that of i9-9980XE. If the game performance is not improved by Civilization 6, the results are basically the same.
But please don’t forget that the physique of the new processor is not comparable to that of the previous generation! An e-commerce platform has sold quite a few ES versions of i9-10980XE. According to the feedback from players, quite a few of them can overclock to 5GHz and run some light-load applications.
Then how will the QS version of i9-10980XE in our hand behave? Of all the overclocking tests,
All the overclocking tests below are based on 3000MHz Mesh frequency and 3600MHz memory frequency.
1, 4.7GHz test
Our i9-10980XE can overclock to 4.7GHz at a voltage of 1.15V, and run the CineBench R20 program. At this time, the maximum temperature is 93 degrees.
Another point needs to be pointed out, we have not set the anti-voltage level in BIOS, but the voltage given by MSI Creator X299 motherboard is almost exactly the same as the BIOS voltage at full load. The BIOS is set to 1.15V, and the voltage is 1.149V when the system is fully loaded.
2, 4.8GHz test
Overclocking to 4.8GHz requires a voltage of 1.24V, but at this time, the running power consumption of running CineBench R20 has approached 400W, and the highest temperature has reached 107 degrees.
You should know that the test of CineBench R20 takes a short time. If it runs at a power of 400W for a long time, i9-10980XE will easily explode.
3, 5.0GHz test
This i9-10980XE can enter the system at a voltage of 1.32V and run some light-load applications, such as wPrime and 7-ZIP.
At this voltage and frequency, when running other large programs, it will crash immediately. As far as overclocking ability is concerned, this i9-10980XE in our hand can only be regarded as a mass constitution.
Nine, how to make i9-10980XE low-temperature and low-power full-core 4.8GHz?
There are many methods, and the author mainly introduces two:
1. Set the power consumption wall in BIOS.
Our processor can keep a good temperature under the power consumption of 350W, so we directly set the "long-period power limit" to 350W on the motherboard.
The advantage of setting the power consumption wall is that the maximum temperature of the processor can be controlled within the desired range, and the impact on performance will only be reduced when the full-load power consumption exceeds 350W. However, it is basically impossible to fully load i9-10980XE 18 cores in most applications and games in daily use, so i9-10980XE can keep the frequency of 18 cores running at 4.8GHz in these applications.
2. Find the core with poor physique and lower the blood pressure and frequency separately.
That’s the point!
Then the question is, how can we find some cores with poor physique among the 18 cores?
Look at the screenshot. When running CineBench R20, although the highest temperature reaches 107 degrees, the temperature of each core is actually different. The lowest temperature is only 83 degrees, and there are many below 95 degrees. Those over 100 degrees have six cores.
There are two possibilities for abnormally high core temperature, one is poor physical condition and high leakage rate, and the other is that the silicone grease is not evenly spread.
After several times of repeated application of silicone grease to test the temperature, we basically ruled out the second possibility, so the remaining possibility is that the system of these six cores is too poor.
Since it can be overclocked to 4.7GHz at a voltage of 1.15V before, it shows that these six poor physical cores can also do it.
Now there is another question-after removing six cores with poor physical fitness, can the other 12 cores overclock to 4.8GHz at a lower voltage?
Finally, we can overclock the remaining 12 cores to 4.8GHz at a voltage of 1.20V, which is really a surprise and accident.
However, in order to ensure the stability of the system, we will slightly increase the voltage of 4.8GHz to 1.22V, and the core voltage of six poor bodies will be increased from 1.15V to 1.16V V.
When running CineBench R20, the temperature of i9-10980XE was reduced from 107 degrees to 93 degrees, which was 14 degrees lower.
Because AIDA64 FPU program supports AVX 512 instruction set, it is impossible for 18-core processor to bake without setting AVX offset. However, below, we will let it run all tests except AIDA64, among which the load is much higher than that of CineBench R20, and many programs need to be tested for up to 8 minutes.
PS: If you want to set the voltage and temperature of each core separately, you need the BIOS of your motherboard to support the function of "By Specific Core". Unfortunately, MSI’s motherboard can only set the frequency separately, but not the voltage of each core.
9. Theoretical performance test at 4.8GHz: 22% stronger than silent frequency.
265 FHD Benchmark, Maya 2019 and Blender benchmark 2.80 support the AVX 256 instruction set. We set i9-10980XE as 12-core 1.22V 4.8GHz+6-core 1.16V 4.7GHz for testing, and set the AVX 256 Offset value to 3 and the AVX 512 Offset value to 10.
Let’s officially start the test.
1、CPU-Z
The i9-10980XE single-threaded score of 4.8G is 567.2, and the multi-threaded score is 13058.
2、wPrime
4.8G i9-10980XE takes 32 seconds for a single thread to run 32M, and 42.7 seconds for a multi-thread to run 1024M.
3、7-ZIP
4.8G i9-10980XE has a single-thread score of 7326MIPS and a multi-thread score of 160052MIPS in 7-ZIP.
4、X264 FHD Benchmark
The score of i9-10980XE of 4.8G is 152FPS.
5、X265 FHD Benchmark
The score of i9-10980XE of 4.8G is 163FPS.
6、Blender benchmark 2.80
4.8G i9-10980XE scored 7 minutes and 22 seconds.
7、Maya
It takes 340 seconds to render the i9-10980XE of 4.8G.
8、3DS MAX
It takes 3 minutes and 24 seconds to render the i9-10980XE of 4.8G.
9、CineBench R15
The i9-10980XE of 4.8G has a single thread score of 209cb and a multi-thread score of 4661cb.
10、CineBench R20
4.8G i9-10980XE has a single thread score of 487cb and a multi-thread score of 11030cb.
11. Premiere Pro playback, rendering and transcoding
The playback frame rate of 4.8G i9-10980XE is 4.7FPS, the rendering frame rate is 37FPS, and transcoding takes 47 seconds.
Summarize the theoretical test results as follows, and add Ruilong 9 3950X for comparison.
Under the silent frequency, i9-10980XE has a certain gap with Ruilong 9 3950X in both single-core performance and multi-thread performance. However, once overclocked to 4.5GHz, the multithreading performance of i9-10980XE will be greatly improved by 22%, thus achieving the overtaking of Ruilong 9 3950X, and the leading margin is as high as 18%.
X. 4.8GHz Game Performance Test: Beyond i9-9900KS
1. Jedi survival
The 4.8G i9-10980XE reached an unprecedented 245FPS in Survival of the Jedi.
2. Tomb Raider: Shadow
The frame rate of 4.8G i9-10980XE in Tomb Raider: Shadow reaches 164FPS.
3. Cry in the Island 5
The frame rate of 4.8G i9-10980XE in Cry Out 5 reaches 156FPS.
4. Civilization 6
The frame rate of 4.8G i9-10980XE in Civilization 6 reached a record 111FPS.
5, singularity ashes
The frame rate of Singularity Ashes is 124FPS, which is not much improved.
Summarize the test results as follows, and join i9-9900KS this time.
Based on the test results of ten games, after the i9-10980XE was overclocked to 4.8GHz (Mesh3000MHz), the game performance was improved by nearly 10%, and the overall performance even surpassed i9-9900KS.
Twelve, power consumption data: the correct overclocking posture power consumption can also be controlled.
For i9-10980XE, AIDA64 FPU is no longer suitable as a baking machine tool. We recorded the temperature and power consumption of the processor and the whole platform during the test. The detailed data are as follows:
In the silent frequency state, when testing the theoretical performance of CPU, the maximum power consumption of the core does not exceed 250 watts, and the maximum power consumption of the whole machine is also within 370 watts; When testing the game, the maximum power consumption is actually the 10th anniversary of the 300-watt TDP’s Shadow Play RTX 2080 Tihoff, but even so, the maximum power consumption of the whole machine is only 550 watts.
When i9-10980XE is set to 12-core 1.22V 4.8GHz+6-core 1.16V 4.7GHz, the highest power consumption of CPU in theoretical test reaches 406W, which is 160W higher than the silent frequency. The maximum power consumption of the whole machine reaches 621 watts. If the conversion efficiency of the extremely cool MasterWatt Maker 1200W titanium power supply is calculated at 92%, the output power of the power supply is 570 watts.
When the game is tested after overclocking, the maximum power consumption of the whole machine is 581 watts.
XIII. Summary: This is the top processor that top enthusiasts deserve.
The test process experienced many twists and turns, but it was finally completed. Although Intel has always stressed that this is a processor that focuses on productivity creation, after the price is reduced by half, there are actually many DIY enthusiasts who are interested in this processor and are willing to buy it.
But if we just look at its default performance, it doesn’t seem to be worth buying. It is not much different from the previous generation i9-9980XE, and even its performance is not as good as the cheaper Ruilong 9 3950X.
But please don’t forget, this is i9-10980XE with the latest 14nm++ process, and its physique is far stronger than that of the previous generation i9-9980XE. If it is matched with excellent BIOS, this processor will give you enough surprises, even far exceeding your initial expectations.
Perhaps the simple and violent overclocking test of other media will make you afraid of the power consumption and heat generation of this processor, but in fact, as long as you have the correct overclocking posture, it can reach the daily use frequency of 4.*GHz within a reasonable temperature and power consumption range. The method is as follows:
When the processor is under high load, it will be found that there are a few cores with very high temperatures, and usually these cores are the ones with poor physique. You can reduce the frequency of these cores by one step in the BIOS and set the voltage separately.Crucially, after eliminating these cores with poor physique, other cores with better physique can achieve the same frequency at lower voltage.
Through this setting, the operating temperature of i9-10980XE at 4.8GHz is reduced by 14 degrees. Moreover, the maximum power consumption of the whole machine is within 630 watts. Even with the strongest non-public RTX 2080 Ti graphics card, a rated 700W power supply can meet the demand.
Of course, if the frequency of 4.7 GHz can satisfy you, the temperature and power consumption will be better controlled.
The i9-10980XE overclocked to 4.8GHz shows the style that a top-class processor should have, and its theoretical performance is improved by 22%, which can easily surpass all competitors below 18 cores. As for the game performance, it exceeds i9-9900KS, which is quite scary.
This is the top processor that top enthusiasts deserve!
