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: Deus Ex Mankind Divided
Deus Ex is a franchise with a wide level of popularity. Despite the Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (DEMD) version being released in 2016, it has often been heralded as a game that taxes the CPU. It uses the Dawn Engine to create a very complex first-person action game with science-fiction based weapons and interfaces. The game combines first-person, stealth, and role-playing elements, with the game set in Prague, dealing with themes of transhumanism, conspiracy theories, and a cyberpunk future. The game allows the player to select their own path (stealth, gun-toting maniac) and offers multiple solutions to its puzzles.
DEMD has an in-game benchmark, an on-rails look around an environment showcasing some of the game’s most stunning effects, such as lighting, texturing, and others. Even in 2020, it’s still an impressive graphical showcase when everything is jumped up to the max. For this title, we are testing the following resolutions:
- 600p Low, 1440p Low, 4K Low, 1080p Max
The benchmark runs for about 90 seconds. We do as many runs within 10 minutes per resolution/setting combination, and then take averages and percentiles.
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All of our benchmark results can also be found in our benchmark engine, Bench.
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mitox0815 - Tuesday, April 13, 2021 - link
The development doesn't seem so special when you think about how extremely high-tech this market is...freshly entering it without special circumstances is nearly impossible. The entry barriers are crazy. So increasing market consolidation seems natural.TrueJessNarmo - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link
5600x abnormally topping the gaming charts.On gamers nexus charts on the other hand it was consistently below 5800x/5900x/5950x in gaming even though they clearly have strong bias towards 6 core budget CPU's in their recommendation.
Completely opposite picture. Why is that?
Hifihedgehog - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link
It may come down to the memory settings. Ian strictly follows JEDEC timings which all reviewers should.TrueJessNarmo - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link
Stock 5600x has lower clocks vs 5800x/5900x/5950x. It should be slower. Any other result is abnormal.Besides Gamers nexus is arguably the most trusted and the most accurate benchmarks in regards to gaming, CPU's and GPU's. You can read up on their test methodology here:
https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3577-cpu-test-m...
I suspect it has something to do with subtle insufficient power or cooling or both. Or perhaps they just have really great 5600x sample and really terrible 5800x/5900x samples.
BushLin - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link
They absolutely shouldn't if their audience is mostly buying decent ram and enabling XMP. I would argue that people reading anandtech deserve to see what a platform can reasonably deliver rather than castrated pre-built systems. DDR4-3600 isn't expensive or unstable for modern platforms.Hifihedgehog - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link
I realize this, but AnandTech is in the interesting position of appealing to both enthusiasts and professionals so using JEDEC is an effort to give a nod to the professional side of the audience... presumably, at least. Nonetheless, I agree: I have always used XMP/DOHC settings since day 1 of Ryzen as much as possible so it would be nice to see the performance with faster RAM settingsOxford Guy - Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - link
' Ian strictly follows JEDEC timings which all reviewers should.'BS. Motherboard makers even put out lists of supported XML RAM sticks.
They try to have their cake and eat it, to justify their kneecapping of Zen 1 and 2.
• Extremely high CFM coolers, with no decibel level information
• Allowing boards to bypass the supposed Intel standard for turbo
No, sorry... they're trying to make Intel look and sound good because they want to retain early access. It's part of the devil's bargain the tech press has to follow. Either pay the piper by posting a lot of awful spin and tricky tactics or be excluded and lose all those clicks to others.
Qasar - Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - link
here is a thought, if you think AT is doing such a crappy job with their testing methodology, go make your OWN review site, and review products how think it should be done, problem solvedOxford Guy - Thursday, April 1, 2021 - link
It’s not a particularly original nor useful thought. Feedback from customers is valued by most businesses.Qasar - Thursday, April 1, 2021 - link
not when they sound more like whinning and complaining