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Is the Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz Good for Gaming?
This is a fairly old CPU that is no longer competitive with newer CPUs. But this CPU contains 8 Cores and 16 Threads. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? This CPU should be able to play most games. [More ...]
Description: Intel UHD Graphics 630
Class: Desktop
Socket: FCLGA1151-2
Clockspeed: 3.6 GHz
Turbo Speed: 5.0 GHz
Cores: 8 Threads: 16
Typical TDP: 95 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 8 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 8 x 32 KB
L2 Cache: 8 x 256 KB
L3 Cache: 16 MB
Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 128 GB (DDR4-2666)
Other names: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHz, Intel Core i9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2018
CPUmark/$Price: 49.35
Overall Rank:
906th fastest in multithreading out of 5268 CPUs
701st fastest in single threading out of 5268 CPUs
299th fastest in out of 1451 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $367.99 USD (2025-07-08)
| Integer Math | 66,140 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 41,043 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 47 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 36,253 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 6,435 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 283,569 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 934 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 18,965 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 2,920 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,630 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,275 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,011 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,437 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,146 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,859 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,491 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,159 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,702 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,654 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,147 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 228.15 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 173.47 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 168.97 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 151.27 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 136.62 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 135.54 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.20 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 49.35 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,610 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,136 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,014 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,899 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,477 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,469 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,920 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,563 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2752857 - Jul 10 2025 | 19183 | |
| BL2752750 - Jul 09 2025 | 19091 | |
| BL2752741 - Jul 09 2025 | 20034 | |
| BL2752203 - Jul 09 2025 | 17412 | |
| BL2752111 - Jul 09 2025 | 18936 |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,433 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,145 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,284 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,836 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,574 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,480 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,276 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,909 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,800 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,637 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,529 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,450 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,201 |
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