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Is the Intel Core i9-9900KS @ 4.00GHz 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. The Intel Core i9-9900KS @ 4.00GHz also has reasonable threaded performance that will serve well in games. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? Yes, this would be a suitable CPU for gaming. [More ...]
Description: Intel UHD Graphics 630
Class: Desktop
Socket: FCLGA1151-2
Clockspeed: 4.0 GHz
Turbo Speed: 5.0 GHz
Cores: 8 Threads: 16
Typical TDP: 127 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) i9-9900KS CPU @ 4.00GHz, Intel Core i9-9900KS CPU @ 4.00GHz
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2019
CPUmark/$Price: 13.96
Overall Rank:
921st fastest in multithreading out of 5478 CPUs
731st fastest in single threading out of 5478 CPUs
308th fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $1,389.00 USD (2025-05-18)
| Integer Math | 69,890 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 43,452 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 51 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 38,826 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 6,966 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 297,174 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 1,018 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 19,702 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 3,028 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
 | $1,389.00 USD | Buy Now! |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 58,544 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,362 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 38,953 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,146 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,845 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,540 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900KS @ 4.00GHz | 19,397 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,110 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,685 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,653 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,145 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 263.99 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 189.63 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 159.58 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 133.36 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 112.53 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 106.11 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 53.74 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900KS @ 4.00GHz | 13.96 | |
| 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 i9-14900K | 4,696 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,601 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,890 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,833 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,678 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,487 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,467 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900KS @ 4.00GHz | 3,028 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,915 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,561 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3111555 - Dec 06 2025 | 20500 | |
| BL3082406 - Nov 25 2025 | 19487 | |
| BL3081041 - Nov 25 2025 | 17466 | |
| BL3080607 - Nov 24 2025 | 20329 | |
| BL3078331 - Nov 24 2025 | 19993 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-9900KS @ 4.00GHz | 19,397 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Core i9-9900KS | 23,007 (+18.6%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3700X vs Intel Core i9-9900KS | 22,430 (+15.6%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Core i9-9900KS | 18,136 (-6.5%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i9-9900KS | 17,685 (-8.8%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700 vs Intel Core i9-9900KS | 22,777 (+17.4%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core i9-9900KS | 21,845 (+12.6%) | |
| Intel Core i9-10900 @ 2.80GHz vs Intel Core i9-9900KS | 19,160 (-1.2%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT vs Intel Core i9-9900KS | 18,553 (-4.4%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Core i9-9900KS | 17,449 (-10.0%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G vs Intel Core i9-9900KS | 16,056 (-17.2%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs Intel Core i9-9900KS | 15,986 (-17.6%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs Intel Core i9-9900KS | 15,632 (-19.4%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,438 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,126 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,256 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,797 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,509 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,453 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D | 10,308 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,270 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,777 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,647 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,484 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,421 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900KS @ 4.00GHz | 2,342 |
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