{"id":62116,"date":"2023-10-17T21:00:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/?p=62116"},"modified":"2023-10-17T21:23:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T13:23:58","slug":"intel-core-i9-14900k-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/intel-core-i9-14900k-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Intel Core i9-14900K Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The intel 14th-gen Core processors, the Raptor Lake Refresh are finally here. The new CPUs will work on existing LGA1700 socket motherboards &#8211; 600 series and 700 series chipsets, as long as you get the BIOS updated to the latest version.<\/p>\n<p>As for the Z790 refresh motherboards, aside from the different VRM design and QOL enhancements by the board partners, the most notable difference is the use of WiFi 7 but we will leave that for another day as our focus this time is the Intel Core i9-14900K itself. In this test, we have compared the Core i9-14900K against the Core i9-13900K as well as both Ryzen 9 7950X and 7950X3D from AMD.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe class=\"lazyload\" title=\"Review - Intel Core i9-14900K | Taking back the throne?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iC1adUqiOXw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>Overview<\/h2>\n<div id=\"metaslider-id-62177\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-93-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-62177 ml-slider ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"Slideshow\" aria-label=\"Intel Core i9-14900K Product Gallery\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_62177\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_62177\" class=\"flexslider\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-62182 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-62182\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Intel-Core-i9-14900K-01-1920x1080.jpg\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" alt=\"Intel Core i9 14900K 01\" class=\"slider-62177 slide-62182\" title=\"Intel Core i9 14900K 01\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-62183 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-62183\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Intel-Core-i9-14900K-03-1920x1080.jpg\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" alt=\"Intel Core i9 14900K 03\" class=\"slider-62177 slide-62183\" title=\"Intel Core i9 14900K 03\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-62184 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-62184\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Intel-Core-i9-14900K-06-1920x1080.jpg\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" alt=\"Intel Core i9 14900K 06\" class=\"slider-62177 slide-62184\" title=\"Intel Core i9 14900K 06\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-62185 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-62185\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Intel-Core-i9-14900K-07.jpg\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" alt=\"Intel Core i9 14900K 07\" class=\"slider-62177 slide-62185\" title=\"Intel Core i9 14900K 07\" \/><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Thermals and power draw<\/h2>\n<p>Let&#8217;s start with the thermals and power draw as I think it is important to know what kind of cooling solution you should be using if you are going to upgrade to the Core i9-14900K. While the specification shows the maximum power draw at 253W, we are actually seeing a higher power draw that goes up to 320W peak during our CPU load test and the CPU is constantly hitting 104\u00b0C during heavy load test even though we are using a 360mm AIO cooler.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"62269\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/intel-core-i9-14900k-review\/14900k-hwinfo64-temps-power-draw\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/14900k-hwinfo64-temps-power-draw.png\" data-orig-size=\"796,1287\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"14900k hwinfo64 temps power draw\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;14900k hwinfo64 temps power draw&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/14900k-hwinfo64-temps-power-draw-396x640.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/14900k-hwinfo64-temps-power-draw-633x1024.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-62269 lazyload\" title=\"14900k hwinfo64 temps power draw\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/14900k-hwinfo64-temps-power-draw-633x1024.png\" alt=\"14900k hwinfo64 temps power draw\" width=\"633\" height=\"1024\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"62269\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/intel-core-i9-14900k-review\/14900k-hwinfo64-temps-power-draw\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/14900k-hwinfo64-temps-power-draw.png\" data-orig-size=\"796,1287\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"14900k hwinfo64 temps power draw\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;14900k hwinfo64 temps power draw&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/14900k-hwinfo64-temps-power-draw-396x640.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/14900k-hwinfo64-temps-power-draw-633x1024.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-62269 lazyload\" title=\"14900k hwinfo64 temps power draw\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/14900k-hwinfo64-temps-power-draw-633x1024.png\" alt=\"14900k hwinfo64 temps power draw\" width=\"633\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/14900k-hwinfo64-temps-power-draw-633x1024.png 633w, https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/14900k-hwinfo64-temps-power-draw-396x640.png 396w, https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/14900k-hwinfo64-temps-power-draw-750x1213.png 750w, https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/14900k-hwinfo64-temps-power-draw.png 796w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>So, you will want to set the PL1 and PL2 lower if you are not using a powerful cooling solution to tame the 14900K. In our case, we have set the PL1 and PL2 to 210W which gives us a peak load temperature at around 92C throughout our test. You can set it higher or lower, depending on the cooling solution you have.<\/p>\n<h2>Test system list<\/h2>\n<p>Before we move on to the benchmark numbers, here is the list of the components we have used for both our Intel and AMD test bench for your reference.<\/p>\n<h3>Test System 1<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"145\">CPU<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Intel Core i9-13900K \/ Intel Core i9-14900K<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"145\">Motherboard<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 APEX Encore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"145\">Memory<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/kingston-fury-renegade-ddr5-rgb-overview\/\">Kingston Fury Renegade DDR5-6000 CL30 (16GB x2)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"145\">Graphics Card<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">GeForce RTX 3080 10G<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"145\">Power Supply<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Cooler Master M2000 Platinum 2000W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"145\">Primary Storage<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Kingston KC3000 2TB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"145\">Secondary Storage<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">PNY XLR8 CS3040 2TB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"145\">CPU Cooler<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Cooler Master MasterLiquid PL360 Flux<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"145\">Chassis<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Streacom Open BenchTable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"145\">Operating System<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Windows 11 Pro 21H2 (Build 22000.1696)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Test System 2<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"145\">CPU<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">AMD Ryzen 9 7950X \/ AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"145\">Motherboard<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/rog-crosshair-x670e-gene-hands-on-overview\/\">ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Gene<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"145\">Memory<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/kingston-fury-renegade-ddr5-rgb-overview\/\">Kingston Fury Renegade DDR5-6000 CL30 (16GB x2)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"145\">Graphics Card<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">GeForce RTX 3080 10G<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"145\">Power Supply<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Cooler Master M2000 Platinum 2000W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"145\">Primary Storage<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Kingston KC3000 2TB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"145\">Secondary Storage<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">PNY XLR8 CS3040 2TB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"145\">CPU Cooler<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Cooler Master MasterLiquid PL360 Flux<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"145\">Chassis<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Streacom Open BenchTable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"145\">Operating System<\/td>\n<td width=\"270\">Windows 11 Pro 21H2 (Build 22000.1696)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Synthetic Benchmark<\/h2>\n<p>Starting off with the synthetic benchmarks, I can say that the Core i9-14900K is not exactly overpowered the rest of the CPUs we have used for the tests.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"62118\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/intel-core-i9-14900k-review\/7zip-compression-decompression-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/7zip-Compression-Decompression.png\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"7zip Compression &#038; Decompression\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;7zip Compression &#038; Decompression&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/7zip-Compression-Decompression-640x360.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/7zip-Compression-Decompression-1024x576.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-62118 lazyload\" title=\"7zip Compression &amp; Decompression\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/7zip-Compression-Decompression-1024x576.png\" alt=\"7zip Compression &amp; Decompression\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"62118\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/intel-core-i9-14900k-review\/7zip-compression-decompression-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/7zip-Compression-Decompression.png\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"7zip Compression &#038; Decompression\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;7zip Compression &#038; Decompression&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/7zip-Compression-Decompression-640x360.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/7zip-Compression-Decompression-1024x576.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-62118 lazyload\" title=\"7zip Compression &amp; Decompression\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/7zip-Compression-Decompression-1024x576.png\" alt=\"7zip Compression &amp; Decompression\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/7zip-Compression-Decompression-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/7zip-Compression-Decompression-640x360.png 640w, https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/7zip-Compression-Decompression-750x422.png 750w, https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/7zip-Compression-Decompression-1140x641.png 1140w, https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/7zip-Compression-Decompression.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>In 7zip, the Core i9-14900K is performing 11% better than the Core i9-13900K in decompression performance. On the AMD side, the Ryzen 9 7950X and 7950X3D still outperforms both the Intel CPUs thanks to the extra cores and threads.<\/p>\n<div id=\"metaslider-id-62117\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-93-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-62117 ml-slider ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"Slideshow\" aria-label=\"Intel Core i9-14900K Synthetic Benchmarks Group\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_62117\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_62117\" class=\"flexslider\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-62130 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-62130\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Blender-Benchmark.png\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" alt=\"Blender Benchmark\" class=\"slider-62117 slide-62130\" title=\"Blender Benchmark\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-62131 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-62131\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/UL-Procyon-Professional-Benchmark-Suite.png\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" alt=\"UL Procyon Professional Benchmark Suite\" class=\"slider-62117 slide-62131\" title=\"UL Procyon Professional Benchmark Suite\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-62132 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-62132\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/V-Ray-5-Benchmark-.png\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" alt=\"V Ray 5 Benchmark\" class=\"slider-62117 slide-62132\" title=\"V Ray 5 Benchmark\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-62133 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-62133\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Wprime-1024M-Benchmark.png\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" alt=\"Wprime 1024M Benchmark\" class=\"slider-62117 slide-62133\" title=\"Wprime 1024M Benchmark\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-62134 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-62134\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/SuperPi-32M-Benchmark.png\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" alt=\"SuperPi 32M Benchmark\" class=\"slider-62117 slide-62134\" title=\"SuperPi 32M Benchmark\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-62135 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-62135\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Corona-Renderer-1.3-Benchmark.png\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" alt=\"Corona Renderer 1.3 Benchmark\" class=\"slider-62117 slide-62135\" title=\"Corona Renderer 1.3 Benchmark\" \/><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The extra cores and threads do have its advantage, as we can see better overall scores in benchmarks like Blender Benchmark, UL Procyon Benchmark Suite, V-Ray 5, Wprime 1024m. There are, of course, tests that shows having extra cores and threads does not means everything as well. For example Cinebench R23 and Geekbench 3.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"62129\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/intel-core-i9-14900k-review\/3dmark-firestrike-time-spy-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3DMark-Firestrike-Time-Spy.png\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"3DMark Firestrike &#038; Time Spy\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;3DMark Firestrike &#038; Time Spy&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3DMark-Firestrike-Time-Spy-640x360.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3DMark-Firestrike-Time-Spy-1024x576.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-62129 lazyload\" title=\"3DMark Firestrike &amp; Time Spy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3DMark-Firestrike-Time-Spy-1024x576.png\" alt=\"3DMark Firestrike &amp; Time Spy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"62129\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/intel-core-i9-14900k-review\/3dmark-firestrike-time-spy-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3DMark-Firestrike-Time-Spy.png\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"3DMark Firestrike &#038; Time Spy\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;3DMark Firestrike &#038; Time Spy&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3DMark-Firestrike-Time-Spy-640x360.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3DMark-Firestrike-Time-Spy-1024x576.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-62129 lazyload\" title=\"3DMark Firestrike &amp; Time Spy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3DMark-Firestrike-Time-Spy-1024x576.png\" alt=\"3DMark Firestrike &amp; Time Spy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3DMark-Firestrike-Time-Spy-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3DMark-Firestrike-Time-Spy-640x360.png 640w, https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3DMark-Firestrike-Time-Spy-750x422.png 750w, https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3DMark-Firestrike-Time-Spy-1140x641.png 1140w, https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/3DMark-Firestrike-Time-Spy.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>In 3Dmark fire strike, although the overall scores are higher on both the AMD CPUs, however, the Time Spy CPU score shows a better result on the Intel CPUs, especially the Core i9-14900K that is about 18% better than the 7950X.<\/p>\n<h2>Games Benchmark<\/h2>\n<p>Moving on to the games benchmark, while you can still use your existing DDR5 memory kit with the Core i9-14900K, Intel is recommending the use of higher frequency kits like DDR5-8000+ if possible for the best experience, and we can actually see DDR5-8266+ support on the new Z790 refresh motherboards specs sheet as well.<\/p>\n<p>We are still using DDR5-6000 CL30 for the base test, just so we can have the data as a base reference for those who are using the earlier DDR5 memory kits.<\/p>\n<div id=\"metaslider-id-62137\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-93-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-62137 ml-slider ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"Slideshow\" aria-label=\"Intel Core i9-14900K Games Benchmark 1080P\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_62137\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_62137\" class=\"flexslider\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-62144 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-62144\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/The-Division-2-1080P-High-Settings.png\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" alt=\"The Division 2 (1080P, High Settings)\" class=\"slider-62137 slide-62144\" title=\"The Division 2 (1080P, High Settings)\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-62145 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-62145\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Far-Cry-6-1080P-High-Settings.png\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" alt=\"Far Cry 6 (1080P, High Settings)\" class=\"slider-62137 slide-62145\" title=\"Far Cry 6 (1080P, High Settings)\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-62146 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-62146\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Horizon-Zero-Dawn-1080P-High-Settings.png\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" alt=\"Horizon Zero Dawn (1080P, High Settings)\" class=\"slider-62137 slide-62146\" title=\"Horizon Zero Dawn (1080P, High Settings)\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-62147 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-62147\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Shadow-of-the-Tomb-Raider-1080P-High-Settings.png\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" alt=\"Shadow of the Tomb Raider (1080P, High Settings)\" class=\"slider-62137 slide-62147\" title=\"Shadow of the Tomb Raider (1080P, High Settings)\" \/><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 1080P resolution, the Core i9-14900K is performing at about 3-9% better than the Core i9-13900K, while performing mostly on par and sometimes better than the Ryzen9 7950X and 7950X3D.<\/p>\n<div id=\"metaslider-id-62138\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-93-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-62138 ml-slider ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"Slideshow\" aria-label=\"Intel Core i9-14900K Games Benchmark 1440P\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_62138\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_62138\" class=\"flexslider\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-62152 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-62152\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/The-Division-2-1440P-High-Settings.png\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" alt=\"The Division 2 (1440P, High Settings)\" class=\"slider-62138 slide-62152\" title=\"The Division 2 (1440P, High Settings)\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-62153 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-62153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Far-Cry-6-1440P-High-Settings.png\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" alt=\"Far Cry 6 (1440P, High Settings)\" class=\"slider-62138 slide-62153\" title=\"Far Cry 6 (1440P, High Settings)\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-62154 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-62154\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Horizon-Zero-Dawn-1440P-High-Settings.png\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" alt=\"Horizon Zero Dawn (1440P, High Settings)\" class=\"slider-62138 slide-62154\" title=\"Horizon Zero Dawn (1440P, High Settings)\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-62155 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-62155\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Shadow-of-the-Tomb-Raider-1440P-High-Settings.png\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" alt=\"Shadow of the Tomb Raider (1440P, High Settings)\" class=\"slider-62138 slide-62155\" title=\"Shadow of the Tomb Raider (1440P, High Settings)\" \/><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As we scale up to 1440P resolution, much to our surprise, the 14900K performs better than the rest of the CPUs in majority of the titles we have tested. The performance gap is at about 4-8%.<\/p>\n<div id=\"metaslider-id-62139\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-93-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-62139 ml-slider ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"Slideshow\" aria-label=\"Intel Core i9-14900K Games Benchmark 4K\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_62139\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_62139\" class=\"flexslider\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-62160 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-62160\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Far-Cry-6-4K-High-Settings.png\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" alt=\"Far Cry 6 (4K, High Settings)\" class=\"slider-62139 slide-62160\" title=\"Far Cry 6 (4K, High Settings)\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-62161 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-62161\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Horizon-Zero-Dawn-4K-High-Settings.png\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" alt=\"Horizon Zero Dawn (4K, High Settings)\" class=\"slider-62139 slide-62161\" title=\"Horizon Zero Dawn (4K, High Settings)\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-62162 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-62162\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Shadow-of-the-Tomb-Raider-4K-High-Settings.png\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" alt=\"Shadow of the Tomb Raider (4K High Settings)\" class=\"slider-62139 slide-62162\" title=\"Shadow of the Tomb Raider (4K High Settings)\" \/><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-62163 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"slide-62163\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/The-Division-2-4K-High-Settings.png\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" alt=\"The Division 2 (4K, High Settings)\" class=\"slider-62139 slide-62163\" title=\"The Division 2 (4K, High Settings)\" \/><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Similar results can also be seen in 4K resolution, where the Core i9-14900K yields a better performance at about 6-8% compared to the Core i9-13900K.<\/p>\n<h2>Final Thoughts<\/h2>\n<p>Judging from the performance numbers above, I would say the Core i9-14900K is indeed another powerful CPU by Intel but is it a worthy upgrade and should you buy it? I&#8217;m still rocking on the Core i9-12900K on my main system and I don&#8217;t really see myself upgrading to the Core i9-14900K right now. Also, you&#8217;ll need a really good CPU cooler for the Core i9-14900K as well if you&#8217;re going to let it run on stock settings because it&#8217;s going to run hotter unless you manually adjust the PL1, PL2, and ICCMax accordingly, which will have some impact to the performance depending on the values entered.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"62178\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/intel-core-i9-14900k-review\/intel-core-i9-14900k-01\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Intel-Core-i9-14900K-01.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Intel Core i9 14900K 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Intel Core i9 14900K 01&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Intel-Core-i9-14900K-01-640x427.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Intel-Core-i9-14900K-01-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-62178 size-large lazyload\" title=\"Intel Core i9 14900K 01\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Intel-Core-i9-14900K-01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Intel Core i9 14900K 01\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"62178\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/intel-core-i9-14900k-review\/intel-core-i9-14900k-01\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Intel-Core-i9-14900K-01.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Intel Core i9 14900K 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Intel Core i9 14900K 01&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Intel-Core-i9-14900K-01-640x427.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Intel-Core-i9-14900K-01-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-62178 size-large lazyload\" title=\"Intel Core i9 14900K 01\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Intel-Core-i9-14900K-01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Intel Core i9 14900K 01\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Intel-Core-i9-14900K-01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Intel-Core-i9-14900K-01-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Intel-Core-i9-14900K-01-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Intel-Core-i9-14900K-01-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Intel-Core-i9-14900K-01.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re coming from a Core i9-13900K or Ryzen 9 7950X, the Core i9-14900K alone is not exactly a reasonable upgrade, unless you&#8217;re into WiFi 7 upgrade and some of the QOL enhancements offered by each of the board partners i.e better VRM design, better M.2 heatsink or perhaps, better memory overclocking and support for DDR5-8266+.<\/p>\n<p>As for those who are still rocking on the Ryzen 9 5950X or Intel Core i9-11900K, mainly the older-gen CPUs, the Core i9-14900K is definitely a viable upgrade since the performance gap is much more significant. Just that you will be forking out quite a fortune to make this big jump for not just the CPU but motherboard and DDR5 memory as well.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17113\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/review-imperion-mech-10-mechanical-keyboard\/tech-critter-silver\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Tech-Critter-Silver-e1513687602306.png\" data-orig-size=\"100,146\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tech Critter Silver\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Tech Critter Silver&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Tech-Critter-Silver-271x397.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Tech-Critter-Silver-271x397.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17113 lazyload\" title=\"Tech Critter Silver\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Tech-Critter-Silver-e1513687602306.png\" alt=\"Tech Critter Silver\" width=\"100\" height=\"146\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17113\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/review-imperion-mech-10-mechanical-keyboard\/tech-critter-silver\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Tech-Critter-Silver-e1513687602306.png\" data-orig-size=\"100,146\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tech Critter Silver\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Tech Critter Silver&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Tech-Critter-Silver-271x397.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Tech-Critter-Silver-271x397.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17113 lazyload\" title=\"Tech Critter Silver\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tech-critter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Tech-Critter-Silver-e1513687602306.png\" alt=\"Tech Critter Silver\" width=\"100\" height=\"146\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h2>Where to buy? (Affiliate links)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Fla5BE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/invol.co\/clk2o80\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lazada<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/invl.io\/clk2o81\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shopee<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The intel 14th-gen Core processors, the Raptor Lake Refresh are finally here. The new CPUs will work on existing LGA1700 socket motherboards &#8211; 600 series and 700 series chipsets, as long as you get the BIOS updated to the latest version. 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