Review: Intel Core i9-7900X (14nm Skylake-X)

Benchmarks: Gaming

Deus Ex and Hitman play as expected, with the latter particularly enjoying the 10 fast cores, but Total War is well off the pace. The game appears to suffer from unexplained stuttering, and once again, the latest BIOS saw average FPS climb from 48.2 to 74.9. Core i9-7900X goes on sale in a matter of days, and it remains to be seen whether or not these performance irregularities can be ironed out in such a short space of time.