Intel Core i9-12900K – Enough power to burn the planet!

Leo has not slept in several days getting Intel content ready for today and in our first video to be published today, we takes a look at the flagship Intel Core i9 12900k processor. It's been a long time coming - but Leo checks out performance, Windows 11, DDR5, and some automatic overclocking with Intel's latest Extreme Tuning Utility. More in-depth manual overclocking will be shown in upcoming videos.

00:00 Start
00:15 Introduction
01:09 Intel 12th Gen technical details
04:22 Test Setup for Core i9 12900k Review
05:50 DDR4 v DDR5 article
06:33 Windows 11 findings, so far
08:36 System build - finishing up
09:15 MSI Z690 Unify 1.0F BIOS
10:57 In Blender, what does the processor look like ?
11:50 Intel Extreme Tuning Utility 7.5.3.3. overclock
12:19 Automatic overclock set - hitting 100c+
13:05 Leo’s extensive test results
19:05 Gaming test results - is it King? (as Intel claim)
20:52 Performance per £
21:17 Performance per watt of power
21:38 CPU temperature comparisons
22:00 Power Consumption
22:25 Leo’s Closing Thoughts

Test System:
Processor: Intel Core i9-12900K (16 cores/24 threads)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H150i Elite LCD
Motherboard: MSI Z690 Unify BIOS 1.0F
Memory: 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5200
Graphics card: Palit RTX 3080 Gaming Pro 10GB
Power supply: Seasonic Prime Titanium 850W
SSD: 500GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 M.2 NVMe
OS: Windows 11

Pros:
Storming gaming performance
Good productivity performance that is close to Ryzen 9 5950X
Intel has finally moved on from its 14nm process
Intel’s Performance Hybrid architecture is a major change of direction.
Support for PCI Express Gen 5

Cons:
Power draw is high and efficiency is unimpressive.
DDR5 is brand new and will take time to improve.
High cost for the new platform.
Windows 10 performance is unpredictable. Best to use Windows 11.
There is minimal potential for overclocking with conventional cooling.

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