Test Setup
For our tests, we will be using a test rig which is comprised of the ASRock Z790 PG Riptide WiFi motherboard
All tests were conducted at turbo clock speeds at a resolution of 1920×1080. High or Ultra settings enabled.
| CPU | Intel 14th Gen Core i9-14900K (Raptor Lake-S) @default clock speed |
| Cooling | Thermaltake ToughLiquid Ulttra 360 AIO Cooler |
| Motherboard | ASRock Z790 PG Riptide WiFi motherboard  |
| Ram | 32GB Thermaltake Toughram XG DDR5-7200 |
| XMP profiles | Yes – XMP 3.0 Profile 1 |
| SSD/HDD | Lexar NM800 Pro 2TB PCIE Gen4x4) |
| PSU | Gigabyte UD850GM Gold 850W |
| VGA card | ASRock Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB |
| Drivers | Latest Adrenalin Software/Drivers |
| OS | Windows 11 |
AIDA64 Info
CPU-Z Info
Load Temps
Using the the Thermaltake ToughLiquid Ulttra 360 AIO Cooler, the full load temps on our Core i9-14900K (with a max Turbo Boost TDP of 253W) reached a high of 116 degrees Celsius, which is shockingly high!
Not sure what happened or why? It maybe the cooling fans on our CPU cooler wasn’t running at full RPM. I’ll need to investigate further.
Other than that, the system completed all of our tests with no issues or crashes at all.
If you do plan to upgrade to an Intel 14th Gen processor. I highly recommend you use a decent 360 AIO Liquid cooler!
