The Intel Comet Lake Core i9-10900K, i7-10700K, i5-10600K CPU Review: Skylake We Go Again
by Dr. Ian Cutress on May 20, 2020 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
- Intel
- Skylake
- 14nm
- Z490
- 10th Gen Core
- Comet Lake
Gaming: Final Fantasy XV
Upon arriving to PC earlier this, Final Fantasy XV: Windows Edition was given a graphical overhaul as it was ported over from console, fruits of their successful partnership with NVIDIA, with hardly any hint of the troubles during Final Fantasy XV's original production and development.
In preparation for the launch, Square Enix opted to release a standalone benchmark that they have since updated. Using the Final Fantasy XV standalone benchmark gives us a lengthy standardized sequence to record, although it should be noted that its heavy use of NVIDIA technology means that the Maximum setting has problems - it renders items off screen. To get around this, we use the standard preset which does not have these issues.
Square Enix has patched the benchmark with custom graphics settings and bugfixes to be much more accurate in profiling in-game performance and graphical options. For our testing, we run the standard benchmark with a FRAPs overlay, taking a 6 minute recording of the test.
All of our benchmark results can also be found in our benchmark engine, Bench.
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Even though our settings combinations end up being GPU limited very quickly, the Intel CPUs still appear near the top if not at the top.
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catavalon21 - Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - link
+1Lord of the Bored - Friday, May 22, 2020 - link
The nostalgia is strong these days.Bidz - Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - link
So... where is the temperature chart? Given the power usage and the tier level of the product I would say many users want to know how practical it is to use.LawRecords - Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - link
Agreed. Its odd that thermals are missing given the high power draw.shabby - Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - link
I'd imagine it would be pegged at 90c since the cpu is constantly clocking itself as high as it can.DannyH246 - Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - link
Its not odd at at all. Its to make Intel look better we all know this.shady28 - Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - link
LTT has a video on thermals. The thermals for the gen 10 are better than gen 9, despite the higher clocks and core counts. Intel redesigned the conductive layer between the die and the lid. It worked.Spunjji - Tuesday, May 26, 2020 - link
Seriously? The thermals are better despite the higher power draw?I'm guessing this is a case of being able to get the heat out more easily *if you have a cooling system capable of subsequently dealing with the heat being pulled out*. That would make sense given the changes involved, but it involves the assumption that people are prepared to go from 280mm+ radiators.
mrvco - Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - link
I get that this is a CPU review and not a GPU or system review, but it would be helpful to also include gaming resolutions w/ quality settings that people actually use for gaming rather just benchmarking... especially when building a gaming system and making decisions on how to allocate budget between CPU (+p/s +cooling) and GPU.TheUnhandledException - Wednesday, May 20, 2020 - link
I agree. Yes the result will show nearly identical performance from a 10900 down to an Ryzen 3600 but that is kinda the point. You don't really need an ultra high end CPU for gaming at high resolution. Even if it was just one game it would be nice to see how CPU performance scales at 1080p, 1080p high quality, 1440p, and 4K.