Gaming Benchmarks
Now we come to the meat and potatoes of the Core i9-10900K. This is a follow up to the world’s fastest gaming processor. Intel claims it is the new king of that arena. Frankly, it has to be as it gets pummeled pretty badly by the Ryzen 9 3900X which has been around for the better part of a year now.
Generally, we are usually more GPU bound than CPU bound, but as you’ll see the CPU still matters even in GPU bound conditions. Also, many people still game at 1080P, which highlights stronger CPU’s as this is a somewhat CPU bound resolution.
3DMark 10
Here we see nearly identical results across all the test systems. However, the 10900K takes the top spot by the largest amount. This isn’t surprising given that the 10900K is the world’s fastest gaming processor. Yet, AMD and the X570 Creator hold their own quite nicely.
Destiny 2
In this test, the X570 Creator achieves solid results. Oddly, it beats out the Intel systems for minimum frame rates when overclocked. It also takes the bottom rung when at stock speeds. The averages are well behind Intel’s Core i9 9900K and 10900K, but the difference is really academic as they are well over the frame rates most monitors are capable of displaying. However, if 1080P and 240Hz is your thing, Intel’s Core i9-10900K is the only choice.
Here, the X570 Creator achieves less than desirable results in terms of minimum FPS. None of the tested CPUs and motherboards can actually achieve a result over 60FPS at 4K. Having said that, I play a lot of Destiny 2 and this is something that shows up in the benchmarks primarily. You don’t really see these kinds of minimums in the game. Once in a while, there will be a slight hitch in a lost sector, which is what we are basically seeing here in numerical form.
We also see the all core manual overclock for the 3900X fall behind the stock values, which isn’t surprising. The higher boost clocks benefit in games more than the extra cores do.
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
In this test, we see pretty consistent results regarding minimum and maximum results. However, Intel’s Core i9 10900K pulls higher minimums than our X570 Creator when using an overclocked 3900X. Still, we see solid performance out of our X570 Creator with no performance anomalies generating concern.
Even at 4K, we can see some CPU limitations here as the Core i9-10900K has a huge advantage over the other test configurations.
Hitman 2
We some CPU limitations here, with the Intel systems taking a slight lead over the AMD based X570 Creator. The only place that this changes is when looking at maximum FPS on the 1099K.
At 4K, we see an unusual amount of CPU limitation here. Oddly, the X570 Creator and 3900X achieves higher minimum FPS than the Intel systems do. Averages are also so close as to make almost no difference while minimums and maximums show quite a range. Oddly, favoring AMD.
Ghost Recon Breakpoint
Minimum frame rates are the same on virtually all the test systems. Averages are rather close as well, excluding the worst and best results which show about a 25FPS difference versus the two middle results. This is also true regarding maximum FPS as well. We see a 20-30FPS difference on that front.
It’s evident here that this game is almost totally GPU limited at 4K. Overclocked, the 3900X falls behind, but the X570 Creator does its job well, carrying the 3900X to the same performance levels as everything else.