Over on Twitter, APISAK has come across some CPU-Z benchmarks of the upcoming Intel Rocket Lake-S processor, the Core -7-11700K and Core i9-11900K. Time will tell if these score can actually be trusted, but they look interesting. For example, the Core i7-11700K posts a single threaded score of 719 at a blazing 5.3GHz. The Core i9-11900K rolled in at 716. Perhaps less reliable is the 5.9GHz report. We’ll see soon enough what the real performance of these chips are.
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AMD Ryzen 5 5300G Tested
While still yet to be officially announced, a claimed Ryzen 5 5300G has been put through some testing. User Hugo has a video detailing performance as well as specifications of a purported engineering sample. Numerous benchmarks against the 4350G, as well as other competing products are provided. Head on over and take a look.
Intel Rocket Lake-S Specs, Performance Leaks
Over at VideoCardz, several slides of information detailing the full specifications along with high level performance numbers have been posted, courtesy of a Weibo user. As we’ve already seen several early reviews hit the web thus far, most of this is none to surprising. The slides claim 8-14% gains in gaming between the 11900K and 10900K, allowing them to surpass the AMD Ryzen 5 5900X by single digits overall. We’ll see if these pan out, but if we’re talking low to mid single digit gains, I’d still lean towards the Ryzen processor from a power efficiency perspective. We’ll see how the reviews pan out at the end of the month with, hopefully, better production BIOS’ for these new chips.
Possible Fixes for AMD Ryzen USB Issues?
Per a user post on Reddit, AMD has been giving out some advice on how to tackle the current USB issues with Ryzen 3/5000 series chips on the 4/500 motherboards. Somewhat unsurprisingly, the advice mimics much of what individual uses have reported doing to address the issue via C-States in the BIOS, as well as manual configuration of PCIE 3. Here’s AMD’s advice:
Based on user feedback we have received; the suggestions below could improve or resolve general USB device stuttering issues.
- Verify that your motherboard is updated to the latest BIOS version and configured using optimized/factory default settings. Check your motherboard manufacturer’s website for BIOS update and download instructions.
- Check if your Windows 10 is on the latest build and fully up to date. For information on updating Windows 10, please refer to Microsoft article: Update Windows 10
- Ensure that the Ryzen chipset driver from AMD is installed and up to date. Latest Ryzen chipset driver version is 2.13.27.501 and can be download here.
If you continue to experience USB connectivity problems after following the suggestions above, you may consider using either of the following workaround:
- Set PCIe mode from Gen4/Auto to Gen 3 in the BIOS
- Disable Global C-State in the BIOS.
These settings are found in the BIOS. Please refer to the motherboard user manual if more information is needed.
Intel Core i7-11700K Reviewed – AnandTech
Now that some etailers have decided to start shipping Rocket lake-S chips early, AnandTech has taken a bit of an unconventional approach to get around the Intel NDA and purchased a retail unit for review. This chip goes head-to-head with the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, and comes up…somewhat lacking it would appear. AnandTech details the performance of the chip against the Core i7-10700K as well as the Ryzen 7 5800X. The new Rocket lake-S chips are hot, power hungry beasts. From the looks of it, if you have a choice go with the Zen 3 option. But, in today’s market of “take what you can get”, the Core i7-10700K may be the more attractive option overall. We’ll see more later this month when the NDA lifts for launch on the 30th. Until then, take a look at AnandTech’s coverage.
Intel Rocket Lake-S: Launching March 30th
A duo of reports from the last two days has confirmed the Intel Rocket Lake-S launch for March 30th. We’ll see if, by some miracle, this doesn’t turn into an effective paper launch with a months long wait to get one of these chips. At the same time, WCCFTech has the full details on all of the Rocket Lake-S chips:
Coming Soon: AMD AGESA 1.2.0.1 BIOS Updates
AMD has confirmed that the AGESA 1.2.0.1 BIOS’ are coming, with several fixes. What fixes are we looking at? Well, here’s the list from AMD’s post:
1) Fix: False SMART errors on Hynix NVMe
2) Fix: Intermittent SSD detection for M.2 SATA devices
3) Improve L3$ bandwidth in AIDA64
4) Improve stability if user disables cores on 5600X/5800X with AMD Ryzen Master
If you’ve been hitting any of these issues, keep and eye out for a BIOS update for your motherboard.
Intel Core i9-11900K: CPU-Z, GB 3,4,5 Benchmarks
Courtesy of Videocardz, we have some additional Intel Core i9-11900K benchmarks today. A recent test using CPU-Z shows the chip operating with an all-core clock of 4.7GHz, or the stock setting. No added boosts here. The chip was tested on an Intel Z490 motherboard, complete with DDR4-3200. The chip racked up a score of 716 points for single threaded performance and 6,539 for multi-threaded. They also have numbers from Geekbench 3, 4 and 5. All of which are impressive. Single threaded performance on GB 5 rolls in at 1920, with 10955 multi-threaded. head over to see the full details.
Intel: Rocket Lake-S PCIe 4.0 M.2 11% Faster Than Ryzen
Ryan Shrout of Intel dropped some additional performance numbers for the upcoming Rocket lake-S platform, this time focusing on PCIe 4.0 performance. Intel has been behind AMD for years now in their support for PCIe 4.0, so it’s nice to see them finally join AMD with the Rocket Lake-S CPUs. Unfortunately, that also means a motherboard upgrade to get there. Intel is claiming an 11% gain over the AMD Ryzen 5950X in the PCMark10 Quick test with an i9-11900K. This should be an interesting battle once all performance numbers roll out in a few weeks.
Hardware Review Roundup (2/23)
Audio: ROCCAT Elo 7.1 Headset @ TweakTown, ASUS ROG Delta S USB-C Headset @ TweakTown, SteelSeries Arctis 7P Wireless Headset @ KitGuru
Storage: Sabrent Rocket 4 PLUS 2TB @ Guru3D, ORICO Portable M.2 Enclosure @ ThinkComputers, Sabrent Rocket 4 PLUS 2TB @ NikKTech, ADATA XPG Gammix S70 2 TB @ TechPowerUp
Cooling: Deepcool AS500 @ ThinkComputers
Graphics: Inno3D GeForce RTX 3060 Ti iCHILL X3 @ TweakTown
Memory: Patriot Viper Steel RGB 32GB DDR4 @ NikKTech, Patriot Viper Steel RGB DDR4-3200 2x16GB @ APH Networks
Accessories: CORSAIR MM700 RGB Extended Cloth Gaming Mouse Pad @ [M]adShrimps
Peripherals: Patriot Viper V730 Keyboard @ FunkyKit, Dream Machines DM6 Holey Duo @ TechPowerUp, HyperX Pulsefire Raid Gaming Mouse @ FunkyKit
CPU: AMD RYZEN 5 5600X @ PCTestBench
PSU: Cooler Master V850 SFX Gold 850W @ APH Networks
Laptop: Apple MacBook Air M1 @ DVHardware, ASUS ROG Zephyrus Duo SE GX551 @ TechSpot