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welcome back to harbor unbox today we're comparing the horizon 930 900 X head-to-head against the Cora 999 okay in 36 games because apparently I don't like sleep anyway there's loads of results to go over but Before we jump into all those benchmark results here's just a few quick notes on the test system setup the thirty-nine her X has been tested on the gigabyte x5 17 horas extreme using the latest biased revision and there are two test configurations the first of which I'm calling stock is the 3100 X with the Wraith spire RGB box cooler and nothing more than the XMP profile loaded in the bias using ddr4 3200 cell 14 memory then we have an overclock configuration using ddr4 3600 cells 16 memory the corsair hydra h1 15 i 280 millimeter all-in-one liquid cooler with PBO plus order OC enabled there's also stock and overclock configurations for the core oh nine nineteen hundred k as well though they are both technically overclocked as we're not manually power limiting the Intel CPU so I guess it's better explained as out of the box and then manually overclocked anyway the stocker out of the box configuration uses ddr4 3200 cell 14 memory with the corsair h 115 i on the gigabyte Zed 390 ultra then for the overclocked configuration the memory has been upgraded to ddr4 3600 cell 16 with an all core clock of 5 gigahertz all testing takes place at 1080p using the msi r-tx 20 IDT eye gaming extra oh and while we'll look at the margins for all 36 games towards the end of the video I'm only going to discuss the results for about a dozen of the titles tested for the rest of the results you can find them over on our patreon page for free link is in the video description okay let's get into it first up we have World War Z both platforms have been tested using the latest version which brings about a number of fixes and performance improvements both stock and overclock the 99er okay was just 2 percent faster than the 3900 X and that's obviously a negligible difference needless to say the gaming experience was indistinguishable between the two CPUs and both allowed the RT X 20 atti to render well over one hundred and 60 fps all times next up we have Forza horizon 4 and here the 3900 X trailed by a 4% margin when comparing these stock out-of-the-box performance that margin half with both CPUs overclocked and at this point I think it's fair to say the 9 star K is maximized in the RT X 2082 eyes performance this is largely a GPU bound title but it's still worth testing given the game quality and its popularity now Starcraft 2 it's been heavily requested for this comparison and I have to admit this is the first time I've really been chucked at this game in a worst-case scenario previous benchmarks have been based on 2 V 2 gameplay but it seems we're risin really struggles is with the bigger 44 matches when all teams are maxed out so what we have here is an absolute worst case scenario and unfortunately for AMD the 99 RK is up to 19% faster out of the box scene when comparing the average framerate with both CPUs overclocked the 9800 K was still 12% faster which is quite a reasonable performance advantage that said they did have similar 1 % low performance so the difference wasn't that easy to spot another title where Rison really seems to struggle is shut off the Tomb Raider and please note we're not using the built-in benchmark which I believe does help out the 3rd generation processors so this is in game performance and here the 99 Herrera was 17% faster which is a rather large margin and I had hoped the 3900 X would do better here where the 3100 X did surprise me was in monster hunter world here both processors deliver a similar average framerate yet the 1% low figure was 13% higher for the horizon processor not only that but once overclocked for 3100 X was the clear winner offering not just greater 1% low performance but also slightly improved average frame rates as well the 1900 did get back to its winning ways and apex legends though here the 3100 X was just 7 percent slower dropping 10 FPS on average when comparing these stock performance that said the margin did grow slightly once both CPUs were overclocked now the 3900 X is seen to be 10% slower the second battle royal title tested is fortnight and while the 3100 X was plenty fast it was still quite a bit slower than the 9900 K although we do only say a 5% deficit for the average framerate the right and processor was up to 13% slow we're looking at the 1% low performance but if you don't need over 160 FPS then the 30 100x will do just fine but again I should just say that if you do seek maximum performance you'll obviously want the 9900 K the Resident Evil 2 results are quite interesting stock the 3900 X was 6% slower on average but provided stronger 1% low performance beating the 1900 cab I ate 4% margin then when overclocked the average frame rates were much the same though the Rison process is still provided much better minimum frame rate performance overall the experience was much the same using either CPU next up we have Assassin's Creed Odyssey and this is another one of those titles where yeah look the Intel CPU is faster on average but you'll never notice a 4% reduction in average framerate when using the 3900 X and that's particularly true given these strong 1% low performance of the horizon processor well this is quite interesting aim D claimed in their own first party benchmarks that the 13 I heard Rex was faster than the 99 okay in the Counter Strike global Offensive benchmark and I have to admit I didn't really believe them but lo and behold the 3100 X was a smidgen faster performance was basically the same overall but I didn't really expect the 3100 X to push average frame rates higher than that of the 9900 K despite offering silky smooth frame rates in battlefield 5 the 3100 X was still quite a bit down on the 1900 K trailing by an 8% margin for the average frame rate and an 11% margin for the 1% lo we see similar margins for both these stock and overclocked results moving on f1 2019 here the 3900 X was 7% slow out of the box but once overclocked that margin was reduced it as 3% as both process has now enabled a similar level of performance this is another one of those instances where if you don't need to keep frame rates well above say 144 FPS it really doesn't matter which CPU you use the third last game we're gonna look at is Far Cry new dawn and this isn't a particularly great title for AMD CPUs though it's not a bad one either here the 3100 X was nine percent slower out of the box and ten percent once both CPUs were overclocked frame rates were perfectly acceptable but for maximum performance the 99 arcade does deliver the best results the third and final Battle Royale style game that I've tested his player on owns battlegrounds and just to be clear I'm not using the replay feature to measure performance in this one rather I'm dropping into the same map in the same spot and measuring performance that way the 900k was overall faster but the 3100 X was just 4% slower on average so not a bad result for AMD here then finally finish up the benchmarks his World of Tanks and hit the 3900 X was 8% slower and looking at the average frame rate both CPUs push frame rates up over 200 FPS so again I'm not sure how important that 8% difference is here overall the 9th no hurricane looks to be the faster of the 2 CPUs for gaming but who's surprised by that I have to say though it did look pretty close so I think we should move on to some performance breakdown graphs to see just what the difference was across all 36 games tested ok so on average the 3900 X was just 6% slower than the 19 R ok and really that's not too bad at all now I say this all the time but I'll say it again for titles where the margin was 5% or less I deem those as a draw this is because you're generally looking at margin of error type differences for example 32 32 FPS well that's a 7% increase then for extreme high frame rates a 5% increase is like going from 200 to 210 fps it's not exactly a margin worth getting too excited over anyway I know the vast majority of you get how percentages work so sorry for that very basic explanation moving along there were a few titles with a 30 100 X nudged ahead by insignificant margins and there were quite a few where it lost by an insignificant margin in fact exactly half of the games tested saw an irrelevant margin separating these two processes there were a few games where the 3900 X was slower by a 10% margin or greater 7 games in fact and we see that worst case the horizon processor was up to 16% slower now just quickly with both CPUs overclocked we see a very little change here the 3100 X was 5 percent slower on average so pushing the 900k up to 5 gigahertz doesn't really give it an advantage so not much more to say he really let's just move on to wrap this thing up alright so in my day 1 review I found the 3900 X to the 8 percent slower on average across the nine games tested and here we see by adding another 27 games to the mix that didn't change too much but I was quite surprised to find that it actually played a little bit into AMD's favor I mean the thing I learned reacts still was overall the slower processor but it did close the gap and that's because our day one review admitted games such as Counter Strike global Offensive Monster Hunter World ashes of the benchmark and insurgency sandstorm I've just decided now as I'm wrapping this video that I think I will cycle through as many of the benchmark graphs as I can so for the ones that we haven't seen I'm just going to throw them up for a few seconds but again for easier viewing of all these graphs please head over to our patreon page the link will be in the video description when it comes to value these new results don't change too much if you ignore the Box cooler the 3100 X is a little more costly per frame than the 9900 K however if you wish to take advantage of the Box cooler then the 3100 X is a little cheaper than the Intel processor at the end of the day they're both 500 ish dollar CPUs and depending on it use your PC for one maybe better than the other for example if you plan to not just play games but also work on your PC create videos maybe 3d modeling or really anything else that can take advantage of a 12 core processor then the riser 930 100x is going to be a significantly better investment in fact it will almost certainly proved to be the better investment if you plan on keeping whatever you buy now for the next three years or more the only reason I'd invest in the 1900 be if I played games such as Starcraft 2 that do play noticeably better with the Intel CPU at least late game in 4v4 battles likewise you'd really only go Intel if for some reason you needed every last frame possible but short of that the 3100 X is the better choice and this will become even more evident moving forward it's also worth remembering that we see very little difference at 1080p with an RT X xx atti this means using an RT X 2080 more than Hobbs the margins we see here I know this because I've looked into it then with an RT X 27 T or rx 5700 performance will be identical alternatively if you play at a higher resolution that's more GPU bound well you'll find the same thing very little difference in terms of before moments overall not much more to say on this one if you enjoyed the video please give it a like always much appreciated from us and if you would like to spot the channel more directly while also receiving some pretty cool perks such as access to our private discord server our monthly live streams that Tim and I do where you can ask questions and request two tests and all that kind of stuff then you head over to our patreon page and again you'll find all the other graphs there as well as always thank you for watching I'm your host Steve and I'll see you again next time