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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schujj07 - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link
It would have the exact same power draw under AVX512 as AVX2. The 142ishW draw is socket maximum. The only way to increase power draw to the CPU socket is to change sockets.maroon1 - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link
Only way to get same power draw with AVX-512 is to lower clock speed a lot which effects performanceschujj07 - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link
That doesn't change the fact that Ryzen is socket limited for power draw. While lowering clocks affects performance, AVX512 could still be faster at same power draw on Ryzen.whatthe123 - Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - link
Zen 3 isn't socket limited. All you have to do is enable PBO and you can manually set the package limit to whatever you want. I can set my 5900x power limit to whatever I want, though the boost gains aren't worth the extra heat.Qasar - Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - link
um yes it is, 142 watts is as much as it can use : " Notably, AMD's decision to stick with the AM4 socket still constrains its maximum power consumption to 142W, which means that it could not increase power consumption for the new flagship models. "from here : https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-ryzen-5-5...
TheinsanegamerN - Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - link
Hrm um yeah, no, you're wrong.Gamers nexus measured over 190 watts on a 2700x, which is socket AM4:
https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3287-amd-r7-...
29a - Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - link
Thats overclocked, non overclocked wattage is 142W. Nice try.SaturnusDK - Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - link
AM4 and whatever intel calls the current iteration of the 1150/1151/1200 socket has the exact same technical power limit. Well, almost. It's 142W vs 144W. Usually written as 125W (+15%).You can safely draw double that wattage through the socket though on both platforms. The interesting thing is that the 11th gen apparently throws all sense and caution to the wind in an attempt to stay competitive that they're willing to accept an obscene RMA percentage on the sales.
whatthe123 - Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - link
Toms literally contradicts itself in that article by running 5900x with PBO at 172 watt. Socket is not the limit, the bios imposed PPT is the limit.Oxford Guy - Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - link
What cooler was used? It bet it was stronger than the Noctua used here for AMD.