
-Shreds any and all workloads -runs cooler than my old 5800x3D -boosts to 5.7GHz on all cores under heavy workloads

Excellent performance. I have had zero issues. It has lots of single and multi-core power and it will likely chew up and spit out anything you throw at it. I upgraded from the first gen 16 core threadripper that was struggling under DX12 ray tracing, and it was a huge upgrade for me.

Passmark CPU went from 8,000 to almost 20,000 (1400 to 5500 Ryzen) Getting about 15-20% more out of my GPU (typically +20fps on most games) Stock cooler better than i expected in terms of size and quality CPU upgrade will extend my current PC for another 2 years before going AM5 $99 wow

Maintains a reliable lower temperature than its competition in i9 14900k series from Intel. Most of the benchmarks outperform the i9 14900k but some do not. For the most part I really enjoy having the AMD Ryzen 9 flagship CPU in my system. The memory bandwidth is nearly double that of the i9 14900 with 6000MHz memory versus the Intel CPU running 7200MHz memory.

- I am using an air cooler, and the system runs very quiet and smooth. - Cinebench R23 easily passes 35,000 multicore and 2,271 single-core without overclocking

It was amazing for a am4 build

-Amazing performance in gaming -Great Power Efficiency -Great Value

fast af boii

I power limit to 225w, and undervolt -0.100 across the entire chip. This keeps temps under 78c in any situation on big air coolers and under 70c on 280mm AIOs. Right now I have this stacked with an MSI z790 tomahawk wifi max, which was an emergency purchase from best buy, my asrock died. But its been 100% good with this CPU and undervolt etc... Most people will not utilize these cpu's fully outside of rendering video, compiling apps, machine learning and testing via CPU prior to cuda/rocm runs. I came from a Ryzen 5900X and before that an i7-3770. I undervolted from day 1 so I missed all the chip self delete issues that have been surfacing this year. I think the 13/14th gen and probably the new Ultra 2 will satisfy most compute requirements for another couple generations. Frame chasers will always demand the highest clocks and latest tech but for video editing, daily work, machine learning, non-obsessive gaming this i7 or the i9 is pretty good. FYI I have also utilized an anti bend frame day 1 as well. So I do not have any experience on this gen without having a good flat-ish cpu.


P Cores run between 5.4 and 5.7 when doing stuff. E Cores always seem to run at 4.6 when doing stuff. Have it paired with a 5090 and a 9100 PRO M.2 NvME for games and boy to things load fast! Haven't noticed any of the speed degradation like those noted when it was first released. I ponied up for good RAM, too. 4x16 gig CAS Latency 30 @ 6400, the processors native RAM speed. Suer you can over clock the RAM but always aim for your sticks being at least as fast as the processors native controller supports. Went from a 10920x to this after holding out as long as I could. I do wish that they'd make an "X" version at some point, you just can't beat the quad channel memory and the 44 PCI-E Lanes.

I was in need of a new PC. This CPU was definitely worth the price.


Had to return, waiting on new cpu. Return process was easy. Update! Received a new CPU and it worked great! So far so good. The 9700x runs VERY cool and boosts up to 5.5 ghz. I'm using an ARCTIC COOLING Liquid Freezer III - 240 and even during stress tests it only gets to 55c.

Get the high speed when you need it otherwise doesn't draw too much power when just web browsing. Getting the higher frame rates in Madden 25 and NBA 2K 25 without needing to use 100% CPU. Boh games around 70% CPU usage now compared to 13400.

5.3ghz and 32 threads. Works great and once in the replacement board i can really test it speed andcpower.

Got this for a deal! It works good delivery was fast and I am pleased with my purchase.

TL;DR 5.7ghz single core six cores 5.1, six cores 5.2 full load. PPT 145 watt CO -30 Ambient 26c Noctua DH15 max 82c CBR23 MC 29335, SC 2053 Asrock X670E Taichi 1.09 Ive been waiting for this since it was said X370 would not support 5000 series. Although it can be now, theres no reason for me to invest in old tech. Im very happy with my purchase. I know its expensive, but ive waited long enough. If i keep waiting, thats all I'll be doing. Of course if the X370 supported the 5000 series at launch like it was suppose to, I could have upgraded 2 years ago and waited on 7000X3D. Se La Vie. Coming from Ryzen 1700 non X / EVGA 1080 ti FTW3.

- It was faster then my old one - It was great for gaming

Got when was $107.99 and got good silicon lottery. Can almost high max pbo boost with a PX4 cooler. Running 64gb of DDR4 3600 mhz 16-20-20-38 1.4V 500 tRFC.