It is that point of the yr once more. Time for brand spanking new Intel CPUs. Following the profitable launch of the Thirteenth-Gen fashions final yr, after all, we now have the 14th-genCy lineup which guarantees extra efficiency and comes with fancy new AI options. Intel can be pushing its Extreme Power Delivery Specification with the 14th-Gen chips. This comes within the type of a brand new Extreme Power Delivery Profile that enables for improved multi-core efficiency if and when your cooling system permits for it and you’ve got a motherboard designed with the facility supply that helps Intel’s Extreme Power Delivery Profile.
Watch our benchmark video of the brand new Intel 14th-Gen Core-i9 14900K beneath:
Intel says these new energy profiles aren’t for everybody and would require the very best cooling resolution for the CPU. The 253W of energy may show too tough for primary coolers to deal with. In quick, Intel has opened up numerous headroom for lovers to fiddle round with numerous energy profiles in an effort to bypass the standard throttling limits discovered on the Thirteenth-Gen items. It goes a good distance to enhance your efficiency with only a easy setting adjustments.
Of course, these new profiles aren’t available and solely a handful of motherboards embrace help for the efficiency. ASUS despatched over a brand new refreshed ROG Maximus Apex Z790 board which I up to date to the newest BIOS. The board not solely consists of the suitable energy supply but in addition comes with all of Intel’s new profile settings which might simply be toggled within the settings.
So simply how highly effective are these new Intel 14th-gen CPUs? Well, on this content material I’m going to place the Intel Core-i9-14900K to the check utilizing the ASUS ROG Maximus Apex Z790. The motherboard is being cooled by the ASUS ROG Ryjun II which is fortunately greater than able to cooling the 253W this CPU makes use of when powered by the Extreme Power Delivery profile.
I’m additionally going to showcase some NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 in motion. I do know it isn’t straight associated to this Intel 14th-Gen CPU however ASUS despatched over a brand new Mecer Scion pre-built PC for me to mess around with. These new Mecer Scion pre-built PCs comprise numerous ASUS parts inside and might be accessible domestically from Wootware. It means you possibly can merely buy one product and it comes able to go proper out of the field.
ASUS may have numerous builds accessible to buy with completely different parts and specs. The firm can be working some giveaways domestically for anybody who picks a Mecer Scion up. You can go to the official Wootware ASUS Mecer Scion pre-built hyperlink right here for extra info on these builds and all the things it’s essential to know.
This particular construct included the intel 14th-Gen Core-i9 14900K, after all. It additionally got here with the revised ASUS ROG Maximus Apex Z790, an ROG RTX 4080, 32GB of DDR5 5600MHz RAM, the ROG Ryujin II Cooler and Gen 4 M.2 SSD.
The ASUS ROG Maximus Apex Z790 is a brand new motherboard revision launched by the model to accompany the brand new 14th-Gen chipsets. It is an lovers board and focuses on water-cooled builds. It consists of some noteworthy options comparable to a Gen 5 M.2 slot that comes with its personal massive heatsink. You can see this above. It is the metallic half with the phrase “Apex” on it. The ASUS ROG Maximus Apex Z790 additionally comes with 4 Gen 4 M.2 slots with smaller heatsinks.
Another massive characteristic on the board is its help for Wi-Fi 7. This permits the board to attach on 320MHz bands which is the newest technology of Wi-Fi accessible. Of course, you’ll want a suitable router to learn from this. Don’t really feel dangerous should you don’t have one, it’s all comparatively new.
ASUS has additionally included a brand new sort of connector for the antenna the model calls the “Q-Antenna”. Instead of utilizing a screw-top connector, this new antenna design merely clips into the board’s pins. It additionally comes with some nifty sensible options which permit customers to launch an app on Armoury Crate which reveals off sign power and allows you to transfer the antenna round whereas having a reside preview of the connection high quality.
The ASUS ROG Maximus Apex Z790 additionally comes with the newest DDR5 help with frequencies that help DDR5-8400. This is due to its two-slot RAM structure and included fan package to assist maintain these modules cool.
Other options embrace QC4 help with as much as 20Gbps of USB C pace by way of the entrance panel with 60W energy supply on the similar time. This is fairly spectacular for a motherboard.
Of course, it has additionally been constructed with Intel 14th-Gen in thoughts and comes with some additional heatsinks across the CPU cooler. But I’ll check that every one in a bit. Now onto the benchmarks of the chip itself.
Intel 14th-Gen Core-i9 14900K
By default, the ASUS construct set the 14900K to the max doable wattage utilizing Intel’s new Extreme Power Delivery profile. Without even diving into the settings, this was clear by the elevated temperatures the chipset ran at when benchmarked. It maxed out at 88C throughout Multi-Core exams and 51C throughout single-core exams.
In phrases of power consumption, the CPU maxed out at 253W throughout multi-core exams. I noticed this hover round 250W more often than not. During single-core exams, this maxed out at 70W. In phrases of clock speeds, single-score speeds hit 5.7GHz whereas multi-core hit 5.0GHz.
The single-core and multi-core exams had been as follows:
- Cinbench Intel Turbo Mode Enabled
- Single-Core – 2200
- Multi-Core – 35673
- Geekbench Turbo Mode Enabled
- Single-Core – 3061
- Multi-Core – 19678
- 3DMark Time Spy
You can simply tweak these energy settings within the BIOS and even disable all of Intel’s new Turbo Mode toggles if you wish to. To present the distinction between the enabled Turbo Mode and disabled mode, I then turned it off and ran Cinebench exams once more. The CPU max wattage throughout single-core exams maxed out at 25W and through multi-core exams maxed out at 68W. As for the check numbers, scores had been as follows:
- Cinbench Intel Turbo Mode Disabled
- Single-Core -1194
- Multi-Core – 21468
- Geekbench Turbo Mode Disabled
- Single-Core. -1727
- Multi-Core – 13178
- 3DMark TimeSpy
Thermals additionally present a lower in temperature. I measured 35C throughout single-core exams and 42C throughout multi-core exams. Clock speeds additionally measured a lot decrease with single-core clocks averaging out at 2.6GHz and multi-core clocks at 2.2GHz. This methodology is unquestionably for many who are extra energy-conscious and don’t see themselves utilizing Turbo Mode.
This reveals fairly a considerable change. Not solely in total energy utilization however even in temperature and sound. While benchmarking with Turbo Mode disabled, I barely even heard the PC and cooler followers kick in. That’s in comparison with the loud expertise with the Turo Mode. This is clearly anticipated given the large energy draw on the CPU.
Of course, there’s nonetheless a lot of room to push this CPU much more. Considering the utmost temperatures I hit had been nonetheless beneath 90C, I may presumably go even additional. I may make use of AI Overclocking options constructed into the system. In addition, I disabled the 90C restrict on the cooler. Both had been completed within the BIOS. Here, the system mechanically adjusts the core clock speeds relying in your cooling and efficiency and it’s doable to achieve larger clock speeds.
Strangely sufficient, this really decreased throughout exams. I struggled to his near 80C and the clock speeds sat at barely decrease at 5.0GHz. Max CPU energy additionally stayed round 200W. I then disabled AI Overclocking. Keep in thoughts that these options enhance over time the extra the PC runs and tracks the efficiency and cooling.
Another path to go is utilizing Intel’s Extreme Tuning Utility, which in flip, does some AI magic to find out the capabilities of overclocking in your PC. This is a a lot safer, user-friendly characteristic.
I’ve to say that in comparison with the Thirteenth-Gen Core-19 13900K, the new-gen mannequin appears to be a step in the suitable route. Whereas final yr’s mannequin always sat at beneath 100C and maxed out efficiency, this new mannequin comfortably sits beneath 90C and delivers extra efficiency. Of course, you will have to bear in mind right here that this CPU is utilizing numerous energy. It continues to be extremely power hungry however a minimum of that hasn’t elevated over final yr’s chip.
All in all, I used to be impressed with how properly the ASUS ROG Ryjun II and ASUS ROG Maximus Apex Z790 cooled the CPU. In final yr’s mannequin it had struggled at 90C and if something, throttled throughout benchmarks. But the brand new Apex construct, mixed with this ROG Ryjin II 360 Cooler appears to be a successful mixture if you wish to push the chip a bit additional.
Of course, there’s numerous headroom to extend the efficiency right here. However, I solely had just a few days to check this CPU and hope to revisit this within the weeks forward with extra complete overclocking exams.
Lastly, let’s discuss DLSS 3.5 on this ASUS Mecer Scion construct. If you don’t know, DLSS 3.5 is NVIDIA’s latest body technology tech which guarantees much more efficiency over DLSS 3.0. It positively delivers. Using this construct, I used to be capable of push Cyberpunk 2077 to full 4K and preserve 120FPS with Pyscho Raytracing enabled.
DLSS 3.5 additionally guarantees improved picture high quality over DLSS 3.0 and that was positively the case right here too. Where DLSS 3.0 resulted in considerably noisy pictures, all the things was a lot cleaner right here. It is loopy to assume that is doable. Can’t think about the place we’ll be in just a few yr’s time with upscaling methods.
So let’s summarize. Intel’s 14th Gen 14900K is highly effective however just about performs it protected on the efficiency developments and new options. It is good to see the chip working cooler, from my expertise anyway. The ASUS Macer Scion construct can be a terrific initiative. It saves you the trouble of shopping for components and questioning whether or not or not it should all work collectively. You simply purchase this and switch it on.
You can go to the official Wootware PBA hyperlink right here for extra on this ASUS Mecer Scion construct.
