Test Setup
For our tests, we used a test rig which includes the ASRock Z590 PG Velocita Motherboard, along with an Intel Core i9-11900K (Rocket Lake) at default clock speed of 3.7GHz (turbo boost 4.9GHz), as well as 16GB of Thermaltake Toughram RGB DDR4-3200 ram in dual channel mode.
All tests were conducted at turbo clock speeds at a resolution of 1920×1080. High or Ultra settings enabled.
| CPU | Intel Core i9-11900K (Rocket Lake) at default 3.5 GHz with Turbo Boost 5.3 GHz |
| Cooling | Cooler Master Liquid 240 |
| Motherboard | ASRock Z590 PG Velocita |
| Ram | Patriot Viper Steel DDR4-4400 16GB Kit |
| XMP profiles | XMP profile @ DDR4-4400 |
| SSD/HDD | Gigabyte Aorus PCIE 4.0 Gen4 M.2 SSD |
| PSU | Cooler Master 850W |
| VGA card | Zotac GeForce RTX 2080 AMP Extreme Core 8GB GDDR6 |
| Nvidia Drivers | Latest GeForce Drivers – WHQL |
| OS | Windows 10 |
AIDA64 Info
CPU-Z Info
Load Temps
Our load temperatures was reached a shockingly high of 117 degrees Celsius, which is crazy! I knew these chips ran HOT, but I wasn’t expecting that hot. With temperatures this high, CPU throttling usually kicks in … and that’s not good! The Rocket Lake’s high TDP of 125W is one of many reasons why these chips produces high load temperatures. I do highly recommend you use a large AIO CPU cooler that handle high temperatures.
