Test Setup
For our tests, we will be using a test rig which is comprised of the Gigabyte Z890 AORUS Elite X ICE motherboard, along with an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K @ default speed, as well as 48GB of Kingston Fury Renegade DDR5-8800 CUDIMMs.
All tests were conducted at turbo clock speeds at a minimum resolution of 1920×1080 or higher. High or Ultra settings enabled.
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 9 285K @ default clock speed |
| Cooling | Thermaltake Ultra 360 V2 AIO cooler |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte Z890 AORUS Elite X ICE |
| Ram | 48GB of Kingston Fury Renegade DDR5-8800 CUDIMM |
| XMP profiles | Yes XMP 3.0 Profiles |
| SSD/HDD | Crucial T700 1TB (PCIE Gen5) |
| PSU | Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1000W 80 Plus Gold |
| VGA card | Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER |
| Drivers | Latest GeForce drivers from Nvidia |
| OS | Windows 11 |
AIDA64 Info
CPU-Z Info
CPU-Z indicates that the Core Ultra 9 285K is manufactured using a “7nm” process, but according to Intel, the CPU Lithography uses TSMC’s N3B (3nm) node.
Load Temps
Using the Thermaltake 360 Ultra AIO cooler mounted with 3 x Corsair RS120 Max cooling fans, the processor produced a full load temperature of 82 degrees Celsius for the CPU Core. It’s the lowest I’ve seen on an Intel chip! It was much lower than I expected. I guess it’s true what Intel said about their the new Core Ultra (Series 2) processors … it does run a lot cooler.
In any case, If you plan to build a system with an Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) processor, I highly recommend you get yourself a good 360mm AIO Liquid cooler.
