Test Setup
For our tests, we used a test rig which includes the Intel Core i9-11900K (default 3.5GHz, with Turbo Boost 5.3GHz), Patriot VP4300 1TB PCIE Gen4 SSD, and a Zotac GeForce RTX 2080. as well as 16GB of Patriot Viper 4 Steel DDR4-4400 ram in dual channel mode.
All tests were conducted at turbo clock speeds at a resolution of 1920×1080. High or Ultra settings enabled.
| CPU | Intel Core i9- 11900K (Rocket Lake) at default 3.5GHz with Turbo Boost 5.3GHz |
| Cooling | Cooler Master Liquid 240 |
| Motherboard | ASRock Z590 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB4 |
| Ram | 16GB of Patriot Viper 4 Steel DDR4-4400 |
| XMP profiles | XMP profile @ DDR4-4400 |
| SSD/HDD | Gigabyte Aorus PCIE 4.0 Gen4 M.2 SSD |
| PSU | Cooler Master 850W |
| VGA card | Zotac GeForce RTX 2080 AMP Extreme Core 8GB GDDR6 |
| Nvidia Drivers | Latest GeForce Drivers – WHQL |
| OS | Windows 10 |
AIDA64 Info
CPU-Z Info
Load Temps
Our load temperatures was reached a CRAZY high of 103 degrees Celsius !! which is extremely worrying. Sadly, the Intel Core i9-11900K (Rocket Lake) with a TDP of 125W just isn’t quite as power efficient as you think. I do recommend you use a large CPU cooler that handle high temperatures.
And if you plan to overclock the Core i9-11900K … I would seriously consider a 360 AIO liquid cooler or a full custom loop with large radiators.
