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Whenever Intel releases a special version of the Core i9-KS series of processors, it always arouses cheers from DIY enthusiasts. Because the KS series means a better physique of "official strict selection" and can impact more extreme overclocking results. For tuhao players who are not overclocking and not short of money, the core i9-KS series processors mean an easy experience out of the box.

The 13th generation of Core's specially selected KS processor i9-13900KS is now checking in on time. This time it was born with a different halo: 6GHz; when it came out, two performance cores were exceeded by default to 6GHz, "60% of humans thank you", a new milestone for consumer processors.

So how much performance has been improved and how much overclocking potential can be squeezed out of i9-13900KS? CTOnews.com, this will bring you a detailed evaluation.

In terms of core parameters, i9-13900KS is exactly the same as i9-13900K, and the overall design still adopts a mixed heterogeneous design of performance core (P core) and energy efficiency core (E core), up to 24 cores and 32 threads. When the i9-13900KS leaves the factory, it will choose two performance cores (P cores) to increase the frequency of 0.2GHz to reach the threshold of 6GHz. Of course, 6GHz is only a symbolic number, and because of the excellent physique singled out, its limit goes far beyond 6GHz. We will also conduct extreme overclocking tests later.

In addition to the core, other configurations of i9-13900KS are also full. For example, the L2 cache reaches 32MB and the L3 cache achieves 36MB. Large caching is useful for high-frame games, so there is no doubt that i9-13900KS is the ceiling of current game processors.

For professional creators who need large and small cores to work together, Windows11 22H2's thread scheduler is also quite mature, so it is recommended that all friends who use 12 and 13 generations of Core upgrade to the latest version of 22H2. This is useful for environments that require a large number of windows at the same time.

The test platform introduces that as the most flagship consumer processor, we certainly have to match it with a set of flagship configurations. The following is the configuration list. We can fill it up to the fullest.

The motherboard we use is the MSI MPG Z790 EDGE WIFI Blade motherboard, which is the high-end product of the MSI Z790 product family. With MSI's always convenient overclocking BIOS, it is perfect for overclocking challenges.

The official rated power consumption of i9-13900K is up to 320W, which is even higher if overclocking, so the power supply of the motherboard must be strong. Here we use the MSI MPG Z790 EDGE WIFI Blade motherboard with 16 "1" 1-phase luxury power supply, 90A per road, with DrMOS, third-generation titanium inductor and thick frost armor, can provide continuous and stable performance release.

In order to avoid memory bottlenecks as far as possible, we chose two 6000MHz's 16G DDR5 memory and overclocked to 6400MHz CL36 through the BIOS of MSI MPG Z790 EDGE WIFI Blade, resulting in a significant improvement in performance.

I9-13900KS provides the most consumer-grade PCIe channels, which can be used most efficiently with a high-end Z790 motherboard. For example, MSI MPG Z790 EDGE WIFI Blade provides five high-speed PCIe 4.0-4 hard disk positions, and is covered with large area frost cooling armor.

In terms of interface, MSI MPG Z790 EDGE WIFI Blade provides peripheral interface support for USB 3.2 Gen2*2 20Gbps, 2.5G cable network and Wi-Fi 6e, and provides a button to empty BIOS, which is suitable for overclocking limit.

Since the power consumption of the i9-13900KS is more than 300W, it is recommended that the radiator be equipped with high-end water cooling. Here CTOnews.com chooses extremely cold Supreme Yan Shen P360 water cooling, it is extremely cold high-end model, it is very suitable to press i9-13900KS, by the way, our matching silicone grease is the TF8 for benefit the people.

Extremely cold supreme Yan Shen P360 water-cooled compatible 700 series motherboard, as the 600 series and 700 series motherboard heat dissipation fastener does not change, so the cold head can be directly used. ARGB lighting synchronization function also brings players a cool look and feel.

Silent frequency performance test next we carry on the performance test in the default state. When we use AIDA64 single-bake FPU + HWinfo to view the data, we can see that i9-13900KS does have a core that can run above 6GHz by default. Most of the other cores are around 5.7GHz. At this time, the power consumption of CPU package is 285W, which is basically the same as that of i9-13900K. But the temperature is still quite high, 100 ℃ all the way.

We then carry on the CPU theoretical running score test, first of all, the CPU-Z comes with its own running score, single core 959.3 points, multi-core 17159.6 points.

In Cinebench R20, i9-13900KS scored 896 points in single core and 15696 points in multi-core.

In Cinebench R23, i9-13900KS scored 2269 for single core and 40662 for multi-core.

We have also made a column comparison chart with i9-13900K. By default, the multi-core performance is basically the same, which can be regarded as an error, while the single-core performance has been improved to a certain extent, but it is also not obvious. It can be said that the i9-13900KS is too wasteful to buy without overclocking.

Overclocking performance testing in this test, we use Intel's official Intel Extreme Tuning Utility tool for custom overclocking, which can be adjusted in real time without having to restart BIOS repeatedly. It is a good tool for enthusiasts. For novice players who don't know much about overclocking, you can use the Speed Optimizer button overclocking that comes with the tool to raise the all-core frequency to 0.1GHz again.

After the measured one-key overclocking, the single-core score of CPU-Z increases from 959.3 to 983.2, and the multi-core score increases from 17159.6 to 17460.3. This promotion is still visible to the naked eye.

After some manual debugging, the author summarizes such a set of overclocking scheme: 1C 61, 2C 61, 3C 60, 4C 60, 5C 59, 6C 59, 7C 58, 8C 58. The energy efficiency core is overclocked to 45. The voltage can be reduced by 0.03V and other parameters remain unchanged.

Under this scheme, the power consumption can be kept at 292W, most of the high-end 360 water cooling can be suppressed, and it can be used stably for a long time.

After manual overclocking, the single core score of CPU-Z is further increased from 959.3 to 996.8, and the multi-core score is increased from 17159.6 to 17850.9. Such excellent performance can be said to have a clear view of the small mountains around them.

We have also made a comparison table after overclocking, and it can be said that the improvement brought by overclocking is still very significant. The author here is mainly because there is a 300W bottleneck in heat dissipation, so there is no way to exceed too much energy efficiency. If a more advanced water-cooled radiator can be used, then the energy efficiency core can be pulled again, and it is not a big problem to improve the multi-core performance by 10%.

When we take i9-13900K as 100%, we can see that after manual overclocking, compared with i9-13900K, the single core has increased by 9%, and the multi-core has increased by 5%.

Of course, our overclocking challenge doesn't stop there. I want more people from all over the world to thank me. So try to reduce the frequency of the small core and pressurize 0.02V to provide more resources for the large core. Finally, the highest 6.3GHz can come to 1C 63, 2C 63, 3C 62, 4C 62, 5C 59, 6C 59, 7C 58, 8C 58, and the frequency of energy efficiency nucleus 32. The highest score of the measured CPU-Z single core successfully broke through the 1000 mark, reaching 1004.5 points, setting the current record of the CTOnews.com evaluation room. Of course, the parameters of this set of 6.3GHz are at the expense of multi-core performance, and the overclocking scheme of the above 6.1GHz is recommended for daily use.

Game testing from our above tests, we can see that the performance of i9-13900KS is visible to the naked eye after overclocking, so how much can it improve the number of frames reflected in the game? Let's adjust to the same game quality as when we tested i9-13900K before, to compare it with.

Tomb Raider: shadow 4K highest picture quality + DLSS performance; i9-13900K average 277 frames:

Tomb Raider: shadow 4K highest picture quality + DLSS performance; i9-13900KS average 307frames:

"CS:GO" 1080p highest picture quality; i9-13900K average 880frame:

"CS:GO" 1080p highest picture quality; i9-13900KS average 894 frames:

"Wild Dart 2: redemption" 1080p high-quality; i9-13900K average 193.9 frames:

"Wild Dart 2: redemption" 1080p high quality; i9-13900KS average 201.753 frames

"Cyber punk 2077" 4K highest picture quality + DLSS2 performance; i9-13900K average 97.33frame:

"Cyber punk 2077" 4K highest picture quality + DLSS2 performance; i9-13900KS average 103.67 frames:

From the comparison of the number of frames in the game above, the higher frequency of i9-13900KS obviously brings a higher number of frames, and the increase in the number of frames is basically equal to the improvement in theoretical performance. This means that CPU performance is far from excess. Now Intel's rapid progress so that 6GHz has been readily available, I believe that in the future there will be a higher frequency of powerful CPU to continue to benefit players.

Creative production next we test productivity and creative tools, the first is the comprehensive performance of CrossMark, its score is as high as 2506 points, this improvement is quite significant.

The i9-13900KS is a full 246 points higher than the i9-13900K we tested earlier, which means it has improved overall office performance by nearly 12%.

In the video clip test plug-in PugetBench For Pr, the performance of i9-13900KS is still invincible in consumer computers, with a score of 1689, but it is not much higher than the 1646 score of i9-13900K, and it seems that the bottleneck lies in the video card or hard drive.

In the BenchMark of 3D rendering software V-Ray, i9-13900KS has a score of 28543, which is about the same as the increase in frequency compared to the 27794 of i9-13900K, and also reaches the highest level in history that we have tested.

Overall, thanks to the multi-core performance jump brought about by doubling the energy efficiency core, the i9-13900KS sits on the ceiling of the creative performance of current consumer processors. However, creative production software may pay more attention to the comprehensive performance of graphics cards, memory, hard drives and so on, so slight overclocking may be limited to the improvement of creative software. And the working machine should be based on stability, should not pursue blind overclocking, the author suggests that workers with relevant needs can choose i9 and then use it silently.

To sum up, there is no doubt that i9-13900KS is the ceiling of today's consumer processors. 6GHz's amazing single-core frequency provides it with extremely fast response time, and the huge cache in the game also brings a great improvement. In the field of productivity, i9-13900KS also provides stronger rendering and multitasking capabilities by doubling its energy efficiency. For those enthusiasts who have unlimited budgets and want a good computer, i9-13900KS is undoubtedly an easy choice.

For extreme enthusiasts, i9-13900KS may be "money-saving". Because of the good physique on the market, i9-13900K with a sp score of more than 100 is often sold at a price of more than 5000 in the secondary market. And i9-13900KS as Intel's official special product, at present, the sp score is basically more than 100, the probability of choosing the eagle is very high, saving the time and money of repeated selection. Maybe the i9-13900KS will be standard for extreme players in the future.

At present, the i9-13900KS boxed version has been put on the shelves on various platforms with a price of 5999 yuan. If you are interested, you can go and buy it.

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