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After the outstanding investigative journalism of Gamers Nexus and Hardware Unboxed, the competitive saga of Principled Technologies – and now almost corrected – competitive testing of the Intel Core i9-9900K processor has ended whimsically . Why? I'm going straight to the point. When the benchmarking company decided to test the AMD Ryzen 2700X with its 8 cores and 16 threads, activatedIntel no longer claims to be "up to 50% faster" than the flagship product of the AMD game. This advance was reduced to 17% at best and 12% on average for all games tested.
And the 9900K will still cost consumers 66% more than competitor Ryzen. C & # 39; before you buy a cooler suitable for the processor, because the 9900K is delivered without one in the box.
Intel 9th generation Core i9-9900KIntel
Let's do a quick recap for those of you who missed the drama. Following its launch in New York earlier this week, Intel has published a full set of game criteria on its Newsroom site (10 days before embargoed reviews can dispute the results) of a study commissioned by the third-party testing company Principled Technologies.
The tests included 19 games and included various processors such as Ryzen Threadripper 2950X, Ryzen 2700X, Intel Core i7-8700K and the all-new Intel Core i9-9900K. The study allowed Intel to conclude that its processor stood at US $ 480 up to 50% faster than the AMD Ryzen 2700X at US $ 299. Principled Technologies has described its testing methodology with great care, which of course has allowed the technology press to quickly identify several critical flaws in its testing procedures, rendering the results irrelevant.
These issues included, but were not limited remotely to:
- Test all AMD processor systems with Ryzen Master's "Game Mode" enabled, which is only for Threadripper and disables half of the processor cores.
- Use the original Wraith cooler from AMD for the Ryzen 2700X, but upgrade the Intel 9900K processor to a higher Noctua processor cooler.
- Can not enable an XMP profile for AMD systems, resulting in loose memory timings. XMP has been enabled on Intel systems and the memory has been configured correctly.
- Test the graphical reference for Civilization VI and not the more processor-dependent AI benchmark.
Even if you do not follow the technical aspects of CPU tests or passionate games, just scan this first point to see the glaring problem.
When faced with passionate gamers and the technical reviewers' community, Principled Technologies recognized some of these errors and has committed to running the entire test suite with a revised testing methodology. To the merit of the company, not only did she do it, but she published the results.
Originally, Intel had bet its claim "up to 50% faster" on Ashes of singularity, a demanding multithreaded reference. You can imagine what happens to the Ryzen 2700X when 4 of its cores and 8 of its threads are deactivated. With the chip at full capacity, this performance advantage has dropped to 17%.
The overall performance advantage of the Intel i9-9900K processor now benefits from the corrected test methods? About 12% on average over 19 games. And it is important to note that Principled Technologies has not yet addressed the correct memory configurations, which gives the Intel platform an advantage that could further diminish if it is tested properly.
After actually using Ryzen 2700X as planned, the performance advantage alleged by Intel decreases significantly.Principled technologies
Intel PR sent a new deaf-and-mute statement to the press after the publication of revised results by Principled Technologies:
"Based on feedback from the technical community, we are pleased that Principled Technologies has done additional testing, and they have now published these results with even more details on the configurations used and their justification, and the results continue to show that the 9th Intel® CoreTM i9-9900K generation is the world's best gaming processor, we are grateful for the time and transparency of Principled Technologies throughout this process, we always appreciate the feedback from the technical community, and we look forward to comprehensive third-party reviews to be published on October 19. "
The problem is that no one – not even the technical press at launch – has ever disputed the fact that the i9-9900K would be the fastest gaming processor in the world. Critics still insist on a value proposition of value for money, the big question was: how much faster? Intel of course uses the word "best" and I think this should be the subject of debate. Will it be the best when the thermals are taken into account? When the top price of 66% is taken into account? When reviewers and consumers evaluate the additional cost of a third-party processor cooler. We will certainly know it – on October 19, with truly independent parties.
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After the outstanding investigative journalism of Gamers Nexus and Hardware Unboxed, the competitive saga of Principled Technologies – and now almost corrected – competitive testing of the Intel Core i9-9900K processor has ended whimsically . Why? I'm going straight to the point. When the benchmarking company decided to test the AMD Ryzen 2700X with its 8 cores and 16 threads, activatedIntel no longer claims to be "up to 50% faster" than the flagship product of the AMD game. This advance was reduced to 17% at best and 12% on average for all games tested.
And the 9900K will still cost consumers 66% more than competitor Ryzen. C & # 39; before you buy a cooler suitable for the processor, because the 9900K is delivered without one in the box.
Intel 9th generation Core i9-9900KIntel
Let's do a quick recap for those of you who missed the drama. Following its launch in New York earlier this week, Intel has published a full set of game criteria on its Newsroom site (10 days before embargoed reviews can dispute the results) of a study commissioned by the third-party testing company Principled Technologies.
The tests included 19 games and included various processors such as Ryzen Threadripper 2950X, Ryzen 2700X, Intel Core i7-8700K and the all-new Intel Core i9-9900K. The study allowed Intel to conclude that its processor stood at US $ 480 up to 50% faster than the AMD Ryzen 2700X at US $ 299. Principled Technologies has described its testing methodology with great care, which of course has allowed the technology press to quickly identify several critical flaws in its testing procedures, rendering the results irrelevant.
These issues included, but were not limited remotely to:
- Test all AMD processor systems with Ryzen Master's "Game Mode" enabled, which is only for Threadripper and disables half of the processor cores.
- Use the original Wraith cooler from AMD for the Ryzen 2700X, but upgrade the Intel 9900K processor to a higher Noctua processor cooler.
- Can not enable an XMP profile for AMD systems, resulting in loose memory timings. XMP has been enabled on Intel systems and the memory has been configured correctly.
- Test the graphical reference for Civilization VI and not the more processor-dependent AI benchmark.
Even if you do not follow the technical aspects of CPU tests or passionate games, just scan this first point to see the glaring problem.
When faced with passionate gamers and the technical reviewers' community, Principled Technologies recognized some of these errors and has committed to running the entire test suite with a revised testing methodology. To the merit of the company, not only did she do it, but she published the results.
Originally, Intel had bet its claim "up to 50% faster" on Ashes of singularity, a demanding multithreaded reference. You can imagine what happens to the Ryzen 2700X when 4 of its cores and 8 of its threads are deactivated. With the chip at full capacity, this performance advantage has dropped to 17%.
The overall performance advantage of the Intel i9-9900K processor now benefits from the corrected test methods? About 12% on average over 19 games. And it is important to note that Principled Technologies has not yet addressed the correct memory configurations, which gives the Intel platform an advantage that could further diminish if it is tested properly.
After actually using Ryzen 2700X as planned, the performance advantage alleged by Intel decreases significantly.Principled technologies
Intel PR sent a new deaf-and-mute statement to the press after the publication of revised results by Principled Technologies:
"Based on feedback from the technical community, we are pleased that Principled Technologies has done additional testing, and they have now published these results, with even more details on the configurations used and their rationale." The results continue to show that 9 CoreTM i9-9900K is the world's best gaming processor, and we are grateful for the time and transparency of Principled Technologies throughout the process.
The problem is that no one – not even the technical press at launch – has ever disputed the fact that the i9-9900K would be the fastest gaming processor in the world. Critics still insist on a value proposition of value for money, the big question was: how much faster? Intel of course uses the word "best" and I think this should be the subject of debate. Will it be the best when the thermals are taken into account? When the top price of 66% is taken into account? When reviewers and consumers evaluate the additional cost of a third-party processor cooler. We will certainly know it – on October 19, with truly independent parties.
