Intel Core i7-9700 Benchmark

Intel Core i7-9700 Processor benchmark, specs and release date - 3 GHz 8 core Intel 9th Generation Core i7 LGA 1151 CPU rating. Is the Core i7-9700 good for gaming?

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CPU Benchmark Score

54 %

Very Good score from 6 samples
Medium uncertainty

Performance

Very Good

Ranking

163rd of 1,233

Popularity

41st of 1,233

Samples

6 benchmarks

CPU benchmarks

Here are the performance results of this CPU in both the hardwareDB Benchmark and other benchmark utilities. Synthetic tests are an estimation of real-world performance using consistent and repeatable benchmarks.

Overall

Very Good

54 %

Gaming

Very Good

78 %

Multitasking

Very Good

46 %

Heavy Workloads

Very Good

44 %

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Alternative benchmarks

Here are some benchmark results using alternative testing software

Geekbench (multi)

Multi threaded benchmark

6,345

Geekbench (single)

Single threaded benchmark

1,190

3DMark Physics

Physics simulation benchmark

7,068

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CPU Comparison

The Intel Core i7-9700 compared against popular alternatives. Compare against more CPUs with our CPU Comparison Tool.

Intel Core i5-12400F	71 %
Intel Core i7-10700	62 %
Intel Core i7-9700	54 %
AMD Ryzen 5 4600G	54 %
Intel Core i3-12100	52 %
AMD Ryzen 7 4800U	52 %
AMD Ryzen 5 5600U	44 %

Specifications

Clock Speed	3 GHz
Turbo Speed	4.7 GHz
Cores	8
Threads	8
L1 Cache	512 KiB
L2 Cache	2048 KiB
L3 Cache	12 MiB
PCIe Revision	3
PCIe Lanes	16
Socket	LGA 1151
Family	9th Generation Core i7
Memory Type	DDR4-2666
Memory Channels	2
Max Memory	128 GiB
Release Date	2019-05-01
Supports ECC Memory	No
Has Unlocked Multiplier	No
TDP	65 W

Intel Core i7-9700

The Core i7-9700 is a 8 core CPU from Intel released in 2019. This chip has a very good overall score at 54% in our CPU benchmark. Our gaming benchmark shows that this CPU is a very good processor for gaming, with a score of 78%. As for multitasking and heavy workloads, the Core i7-9700 scores 46% and 44% respectively. Indeed, this is a very good rating for very heavy workloads.

The Core i7-9700 has 8 cores and 8 threads. This chip has no simultaneous multithreading support, as it has the same number of cores as threads. This Intel CPU has a clock speed of 3 GHz and a turbo speed of 4.7 GHz : a higher clock speed that can be reached when thermals and power delivery allow. This CPU has a locked multiplier, so you are not able to overclock it beyond this frequency.

As for memory, the Core i7-9700 makes use of DDR4-2666 memory. The faster the memory, the better. Faster memory means that the CPU doesn't have to wait to get the data it needs. It can accommodate a maximum of 128 GiB of memory. Furthermore, this chip can handle up to 2 channels of RAM, a multichannel memory architecture allows for higher data transfer between the CPU and the memory. However, to take advantage of this, you must have enough memory slots filled. Error correcting memory is not supported on this processor.

In terms of cache, the Core i7-9700 has 512 KiB of level 1 cache, 2 MiB of level 2 cache and 12 MiB of level 3 cache. This is a fast memory located close to the processor, which stores copies of frequently used data from main memory.

This CPU has fast connectivity with support for PCI-Express Gen 3. The faster the PCIe link, the better. This allows for better performance with GPUs and NVME SSDs. It has a total of 16 PCIe lanes.

Power and thermals for the Intel Core i7-9700 CPU are a TDP (Thermal Design Power) of 65 watts. This measures the amount of heat the processor produces when running at full load. This isn't a measure of power consumption, but it's good estimate.

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