Gaming Performance: 4K - Intel Core i9-14900KS Review: The Swan Song of Raptor Lake With A Super Fas

Posted by Larita Shotwell on Friday, March 1, 2024

Gaming Performance: 4K

Last, we have our 4K gaming results.

We are using DDR5 memory on the Core i9-14900KS, as well as the other Intel 14th Gen Core series processors including the Core i9-14900K, the Core i7-14700K, Core i5-14600K, and Intel's 13th Gen at the relative JEDEC settings. The same methodology is also used for the AMD Ryzen 7000 series and Intel's 12th Gen (Alder Lake) processors. Below are the settings we have used for each platform:

  • DDR5-5600B CL46 - Intel 14th & 13th Gen
  • DDR5-5200 CL44 - Ryzen 7000
  • DDR5-4800 (B) CL40 - Intel 12th Gen

Civilization VI

(a-5) Civilization VI - 4K Min - Average FPS

(a-6) Civilization VI - 4K Min - 95th Percentile

World of Tanks

(b-7) World of Tanks - 4K Max - Average FPS

(b-8) World of Tanks - 4K Max - 95th Percentile

Borderlands 3

(c-5) Borderlands 3 - 4K VLow - Average FPS

(c-6) Borderlands 3 - 4K VLow - 95th Percentile

Red Dead Redemption 2

(f-5) Red Dead 2 - 4K Min - Average FPS

(f-6) Red Dead 2 - 4K Min - 95th Percentile

F1 2022

(g-7) F1 2022 - 4K High - Average FPS

(g-8) F1 2022 - 4K High - 95th Percentile

Hitman 3

(h-7) Hitman 3 - 4K High - Average FPS

(h-8) Hitman 3 - 4K High - 95th Percentile

Total War: Warhammer 3

(i-4) Total War Warhammer 3 - 4K High - Average FPS

Regarding gaming at 4K, things become more GPU-limited than CPU-limited, so there's not much difference between the flagships from AMD and Intel here. Where the Core i9-14900KS does have the edge, it's by a frame, or two at the very most, and if 4K gaming is where you're aiming for, opting for a better graphics card with even a Core i9-13900K will serve you better where framerates are concerned.

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