Test Setup
At first notice, you will recognize we are using an Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF CPU for testing. The only difference between the Intel Core Ultra 7 265K and Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF is the lack of an integrated iGPU inside the CPU. There are no other differences; clock speeds in all domains are the same between them. We are not testing iGPU performance, and it would not impact scores for anything we are doing, so it does not matter here. The Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF performs exactly the same as the Intel Core Ultra 7 265K, and the 265KF is an exact stand-in for a 265K in testing; the name can be used interchangeably in the text for our purposes.
We are using an MSI MEG Z890 ACE motherboard with the latest BIOS installed: 7E22v1AA0 dated 3/25/2026 for both CPUs. We have the 7600MT/s DDR5 RAM installed with XMP enabled. We are using the latest possible Intel Chipset Driver software: 10.1.20398.8776, and we have the Intel Platform Performance Package: 26.03.101.171 installed on both CPUs. We are using a GeForce RTX 5090 FE for all testing with driver 595.97, and we have Windows 11 25H2, all updates to 26200.8117. We are using the Intel Application Optimization Tool with everything enabled on both CPUs. All data was captured at the same time, with the same game patches, and everything was up to date at the time of testing.
Discussion (7 replies)
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Yeah, I was noticing that. I'm hoping it comes down. But I'm also not surprised.
Any memory latency tests done?? Are they lower than the initial released procs? Best I can get my 265KF to is 70.1ms per aida64.
I haven't tested it, but I will be doing some DDR5 memory performance comparisons with different speed DDR5 for an upcoming memory comparison review, and I'll make sure to check out the latency in that testing.
I just did a quick test with the 270K Plus with 7600 MT/s DDR5 I'm using, CL38-46-46-105 CR2 - AIDA64 reports 81ns
I'll be doing more testing, and have a different kit I'll be comparing with, just wanted to share with you what I got on this system at the moment.
Should be able to tweek that down even more with NPU and Core to Core overclocking. Thank you as well!
That's a good stock result given the hardware configuration (separate memory controller and CPU dies).