Intel Rocket Lake (14nm) Review: Core i9-11900K, Core i7-11700K, and Core i5-11600K
by Dr. Ian Cutress on March 30, 2021 10:03 AM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
- Intel
- LGA1200
- 11th Gen
- Rocket Lake
- Z590
- B560
- Core i9-11900K
Gaming Tests: Borderlands 3
As a big Borderlands fan, having to sit and wait six months for the EPIC Store exclusive to expire before we saw it on Steam felt like a long time to wait. The fourth title of the franchise, if you exclude the TellTale style-games, BL3 expands the universe beyond Pandora and its orbit, with the set of heroes (plus those from previous games) now cruising the galaxy looking for vaults and the treasures within. Popular Characters like Tiny Tina, Claptrap, Lilith, Dr. Zed, Zer0, Tannis, and others all make appearances as the game continues its cel-shaded design but with the graphical fidelity turned up. Borderlands 1 gave me my first ever taste of proper in-game second order PhysX, and it’s a high standard that continues to this day.
BL3 works best with online access, so it is filed under our online games section. BL3 is also one of our biggest downloads, requiring 100+ GB. As BL3 supports resolution scaling, we are using the following settings:
- 360p Very Low, 1440p Very Low, 4K Very Low, 1080p Badass
BL3 has its own in-game benchmark, which recreates a set of on-rails scenes with a variety of activity going on in each, such as shootouts, explosions, and wildlife. The benchmark outputs its own results files, including frame times, which can be parsed for our averages/percentile data.
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All of our benchmark results can also be found in our benchmark engine, Bench.
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dsplover - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link
Fast Forward to 2022 when Intel strikes back. 14nm is just old stock, each re iteration is hotter than the last.eva02langley - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link
Anyone defending RL is either paid by Intel, or a sad tool doing Intel's bidding for free.lmcd - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link
The i5 looks competitive performance wise and performance per dollar wise. Given how expensive B550 boards are, it looks like a solid midrange option when power consumption isn't a factor.TheinsanegamerN - Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - link
The i5 11600 and 15 11400 are both good deals relative to AMD.Slash3 - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link
Your RDR2 "8k" benchmark graphs are still mis-mis-marked as 4K, again.hansip87 - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link
Were disappointed that my z490g board can do Rocket Lake but seeing the result, maybe 10850k will be better upgrade from my 11400f when my upgrade syndrome comes.hansip87 - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link
Can't*29a - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link
Now is a good time to buy a 10000 series chip, they're super cheap.rolfaalto - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link
Why is the i9 significantly slower at AVX-512 than the i7? My main interest is getting the fastest single-core AVX available, leaving all the parallel stuff to the GPUs.schujj07 - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link
Unless your software can specifically use AVX512 you are better with the Ryzen 5000 series.