Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Testing the Intel i9-12900KS 16-core 24-thread CPU in popular and demanding games, productivity applications and synthetic benchmarks in 2024, using an RX 7900 XT discrete GPU.
With the sky falling on Intel’s 13th and 14th generation Raptor Lake CPUs lately, anyone looking into buying a new or used Intel system in 2024 might be considering the older 12th generation instead. While the i9-12900KS was never well regarded in its day, due to the rather meaningless upgrade from its predecessor, as an alternative to one of the current gen i7s that are evidently having reliability issues, this is probably the best option on the table that isn’t made by AMD. But is it any good?
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00:00 Intel i9-12900KS in 2024
01:33 About the i9-12900KS
03:01 Test System
03:19 Power Limit Testing
06:04 AIO vs. Air cooling
06:52 Synthetics: Cinebench R23, Geekbench, 3DMark, CPU-Z
08:37 Productivity Test: Blender Classroom
09:07 Productivity Test: Davinci Resolve
09:23 Gaming Benchmarks
09:27 Benchmarks: Valorant
09:53 Benchmarks: Counter Strike 2
10:22 Benchmarks: Call of Duty: Warzone
10:53 Benchmarks: Starfield
11:30 Benchmarks: Cyberpunk 2077
12:02 Benchmarks: The Last of Us
12:25 Benchmarks: Jedi Survivor
12:56 Benchmarks: Dragon’s Dogma 2
13:24 Benchmarks: Fortnite
13:33 Conclusions
A D S
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G E A R
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#intel #scalperpandemic #i9
Testing the Intel i9-12900KS 16-core 24-thread CPU in popular and demanding games, productivity applications and synthetic benchmarks in 2024, using an RX 7900 XT discrete GPU.
With the sky falling on Intel’s 13th and 14th generation Raptor Lake CPUs lately, anyone looking into buying a new or used Intel system in 2024 might be considering the older 12th generation instead. While the i9-12900KS was never well regarded in its day, due to the rather meaningless upgrade from its predecessor, as an alternative to one of the current gen i7s that are evidently having reliability issues, this is probably the best option on the table that isn’t made by AMD. But is it any good?
Support Iceberg Tech: patreon.com/icebergtech
Music by Backing Track backingtrack.gg
Track names: “Neon Nights”, “Binary Sunrise, “Midnight Racer”” & “Vercetti Forever”
00:00 Intel i9-12900KS in 2024
01:33 About the i9-12900KS
03:01 Test System
03:19 Power Limit Testing
06:04 AIO vs. Air cooling
06:52 Synthetics: Cinebench R23, Geekbench, 3DMark, CPU-Z
08:37 Productivity Test: Blender Classroom
09:07 Productivity Test: Davinci Resolve
09:23 Gaming Benchmarks
09:27 Benchmarks: Valorant
09:53 Benchmarks: Counter Strike 2
10:22 Benchmarks: Call of Duty: Warzone
10:53 Benchmarks: Starfield
11:30 Benchmarks: Cyberpunk 2077
12:02 Benchmarks: The Last of Us
12:25 Benchmarks: Jedi Survivor
12:56 Benchmarks: Dragon’s Dogma 2
13:24 Benchmarks: Fortnite
13:33 Conclusions
A D S
The following links are affiliated. Everything costs the same to you, but I get a commission.
G E A R
Audio:
Behringer UM2 amzn.to/3aV17wq
Shure MV7X amzn.to/4e91KkR
Generic microphone arm amzn.to/339yZRC
Video:
Fujifilm X-T3 amzn.to/3nGapRY
Camera & 18-55mm lens kit:
Fujifilm 23mm f2 amzn.to/3udXvgn
FeiyuTech G6 Max Gimbal amzn.to/3nHndYs
Interfit LM8 Video LED amzn.to/2SkESJL
Neewer 120cm Softbox amzn.to/2RjlMDm
Raleno Rechargeable Bicolour Video LED Panel amzn.to/3f2l7hV
C O N T A C T
Twitter/Insta @IcebergTop10s
Email icebergtop10s@gmail.com
#intel #scalperpandemic #i9
