Cinebench, Geekbench and CPUZ benchmarks:
As we said in the introduction, we’re (once again) busy updating all our graphics using the latest chipset drivers from Intel, AMD and now, of course, INTEL. The idea, of course, is to regularly update our test graphics so as to be consistent with OS, BIOS and chipset updates. The gaming part of our tests will arrive in the days to come with the new BIOS and chipset.
- Motherboard: ROG Maximus Z790 Extreme
- Processor: Intel Raptor Lake i9-13900K, i7-14700K and i5-14600K
- Memory: 32 GB Teamgroup 6000 MT/s in 30-38-38-96
- Graphics card: NVIDIA RTX 3070 Ti
- Cooling system : ROG Ryujin II 360 from Asus
- SSD: Western Digital Black SN750 2 TB EKWB radiator
- Power supply: Corsair AX1600i adapter 12VHPWR 600W
- Operating system: Windows 11 64-bit
Let’s start with a CPU benchmark staple, the Cinebench series. We’ve opted for Cinebench R15, for the R20 version, which is also increasingly used, and finally for Cinebench R23, the latest to date. Scores will be given in Single core and Multi core. By this we mean that the benchmark tests performance on a single processor core and then on all available cores.
To do this, we’re going to use Benchmate, which has just been updated to version 10.12.2 and can be downloaded here. The advantage of Benchmate is that it already contains a whole series of benchmarks, and what’s more, it’s recognized and certified when you want to encode your results on the Hwbot site.
As a reminder, before you start reading these results, be sure to take a look at the previous page to understand the operating frequencies of these non-X Ryzens.
Cinebench R15 Single Core and Multi Core:
A benchmark widely used by overclockers to compare processor performance. It also allows you to judge the optimizations of your OS and memory kit by setting a frequency and trying to score as many points as possible. Even if it’s a little less used today with the arrival of R20 and R23, it remains a benchmark for comparing CPUs, since it was one of the first benchmarks used by the community.
For all the single-core tests we’re going to run, we should see very similar performance between the i9-13900KS and the i9-14900K, since the 6.0 GHz frequency is identical for both processors. As for the other two processors, the i7-14700K and i5-14600K, we’ll see a slight gain as frequencies increase slightly.
In multi-threaded mode, the results should also be similar, but the most striking difference will be for the i7-14700K, since in addition to having slightly higher frequencies, it also gains 4 additional E cores compared with the i7-13700K! And this first multi-threaded test confirms that the biggest difference between these 3 14th-generation processors is indeed for the i7-14700K.
Cinebench R20 Single Core and Multi Core:
Cinebench R20 offers similar tests to the R15 version with SingleThread and MultiThread. Freshly launched in March 2019, it offers a more complex benchmark than the R15 version, which had become a little too easy for CPUs with many cores. Cinebench R20 requires eight times more computing power than the R15 version, and four times more memory. It’s already more akin to a stress benchmark, since it forces your CPU to be stable for the duration of the benchmark.
The same applies to the Cinebench R20, where our i7-1400K benefits from the greatest gain thanks to these 4 extra E-Cores.
In multi-core mode, it’s the number of cores and their frequencies that speak for themselves. Once again, we can see that the 13900KS and the 14900K are not far apart.
Cinebench R23 Single Core and Multi Core:
How does this new version differ from its predecessors? First of all, it’s more realistic in terms of the score obtained according to the processor used. As a reminder, Cinebench only tests the capabilities of your processor in single or multi-thread mode. But the main difference is that, by default, the benchmark lasts 10 minutes! MAXON’s idea with Cinebench R23 is to offer a benchmark that provides a certain stability in terms of temperature and boost frequencies. We’ll be testing the fast version here.
With the R23 version of Cinebench, there’s no change in the organization of our graphics, with the i7-14700K pulling out all the stops.
Geekbench 3.4.4 Single Core and Multi Core:
This is a benchmark available in several revisions, with version 5 becoming increasingly popular in recent months and often used for CPU performance leaks. It provides two scores: one single-core and one multi-core. The versions used for testing are 3.4.4 and 5.2.5. Please note that to take full advantage of these two benchmarks, a license is required, and we’re running the bench in 64-bit mode.
The graphics are all the same, with the hierarchy remaining unchanged. We can already imagine that you’ll have to take prices into account to find out which processor is the most interesting.
GeekBench 5.2.5 Single Core and Multi Core :
The latest version of the GeekBench software, it is becoming increasingly widespread and used by journalists. Like the version above, it lets you test memory and processor performance. We decided to add this extra benchmark, but why? The CPU benchmark uses new tests that more closely simulate the tasks facing processors in the face of recent applications. Geekbench 5 also increases the memory used in the benchmark to better reflect the impact of this parameter on CPU results.
The new king is, of course, the i9-14900K, which continues to top our charts. The i5-14600K also continues to outperform the i5-13600K, while the i7-14700K benefits from the additional 4 E-Cores.
CPU-Z 17.01.64 Single Thread and Multi Thread benchmark:
A new benchmark we’ve just added, as it’s increasingly used by brands to highlight processor performance. To use it, simply download the latest version of CPU-Z, currently 2.0.2. Then go to the “Bench” tab to check single-thread and multi-thread performance. The benchmark version we used is 17.01.64.
The first series of tests is complete and there’s nothing special to report on this latest benchmark, which once again respects all the findings we made earlier.
