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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arashi - Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - link
Calm down Piednoel, Intel isn't going to hire you as CEO after Pat leaves either way.Qasar - Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - link
he's just a very angry person for some reason, let him be, maybe he will just get tired of whining, and go somewhere else.Oxford Guy - Thursday, April 1, 2021 - link
Ad hominem much?AlyxVariant - Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - link
From 10nm to 14nm...Why?.... Why Intel...
But What about iGPU tests?
The known YouTube Sdfx Show prove that at mid/low range game config the Iris iGPU can game at solid 60FPS
TheinsanegamerN - Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - link
This isnt an iris GPU and pales in comparison to AMD's vega."gaming at solid 60 FPS" I could load up shovel knight on an atom netbook at game at a "solid 60 FPS". Doesnt mean the netbook is any good. Intel's desktop GPUs suck. 32 EUs (24 for the i5 10400) VS the 96 EU+64MB cache of tiger lake.
JimmyZeng - Thursday, April 1, 2021 - link
Please compare 5800X to 11700KF instead of 11700K, you're anandtech, don't make such rookie mistakes.Bagheera - Thursday, April 1, 2021 - link
you know the KF chips still have the iGPU on-die, just disabled, right? one can simply disable the iGPU on the K and it would be the same??Hifihedgehog - Thursday, April 1, 2021 - link
Shhh... Piednoel will spend a whole evening again writing pages of nonsense here if you egg him on.Bagheera - Saturday, April 10, 2021 - link
the KF is lower price, so if someone wanted to save some money and don't need the iGPU they can go for that part. but for performance review K and KF are effectively identical. there's nothing wrong with comparing the K against the 5800X.JimmyZeng - Friday, April 2, 2021 - link
But why? Intel provides KF SKUs at a lower price tag, do not forget that.