Effective frequencies:
As with every new processor test, our first concern is to check whether the advertised frequencies are actually achieved. To do this, we’re going to use the Cinebench R23 benchmark. Two scenarios will be used: a single-core benchmark and a multi-core benchmark. The idea is to be able to judge the frequency achieved and compare it with what Intel has announced in its slides.
It’s worth remembering that the Boost frequency in the bench is different for each processor. As Intel points out, Max Turbo frequency refers to the maximum frequency attainable by one of the processor cores running a single-core workload. This frequency varies according to several factors: the load, the cooling system and therefore the temperature of your processor. It’s important to keep this in mind. Here are the frequencies we expect to reach on a single core during our run under Cinebench R23.
First, we leave everything in AUTO in the BIOS except the XMP profile, which we load. We make no other changes to the BIOS.
Testing the i5-13600KF :
We’re now going to test our i5-13600KF and its 6 P-Core/8E-Core. In single core mode, we can see that core #1 alternates with core #2 at a frequency of 5100 MHz, but strangely enough, the other cores also remain at this frequency. It seems to be the AUTO settings in our BIOS that are removing Intel’s limits, since the temperature is correct. The temperature of the requested core is 53/54°C.
When all cores are used, the frequency is always 5.1 GHz for P-Core and 3.9 GHz for E-Core. Finally, we’re not going to complain, since temperatures are excellent, with the hottest P-Core at 79°C and the E-Core at 65°C.
Now that we know our processor is fully operational, let’s see how it performs against the B760 chipset, which we also tested with the ROG Strix B760-A Gaming WiFi D4 motherboard.
