Only Chinese mainland special, Intel CPU is cost-effective? i5-12490F+B660 motherboard test

Only Chinese mainland special, what is the intention of Intel's CPU? i5-12490F+B660 motherboard test

Intel's 12th generation CPU has been released a lot, mid-to-high-end have been covered, but recently released a 12490F only for Chinese mainland, which is very strange. i5-12490F is a special model for the Chinese mainland game market, 6 cores and 12 threads, up to 4.6GHz, 20MB L5 cache, L5 cache reaches i12400K level, compared to the ordinary version of i5-12400 frequency is higher (i4-4F is up to 18.<>GHz, <>MB three-level replacement), this guy who has no small core and only a large core, how is it? I am fortunate to start one, and today I will share with you the results of the actual measurement.

Unlike the common Intel processor blue box, this Chinese mainland special processor box is black, and people who do not know may think that it is something of unknown origin.

Of course, the possibility of counterfeiting this thing is relatively low, and the packaging method of the box is the same as before, but the color is different.

Standard Intel 12th generation CPU, rectangular, new LGA1700 platform.

The performance of the 12th generation CPU is much improved compared to the 11th generation, but the more expensive DDR5 memory and the slightly higher price motherboard still block the pace of many people, but in fact, there are still high-quality and inexpensive products to choose from, such as this first-line manufacturer MSI's MAG B660M BAZOOKA DDR4 rocket artillery motherboard, the price is below <>,<> yuan.

The back of the box is the product features, technical indicators and the appearance of the motherboard as usual, I actually saw the green motherboard, oh no, strictly speaking, the motherboard has green elements, used to seeing white and black motherboards, see green or really novel.

Take out the motherboard, sure enough, it is green, from the heatsink vest to the memory slot, there are green elements, it looks like a different kind of exquisite feeling, this motherboard is an M-ATX motherboard.

Stable and powerful power supply is very important for the motherboard, MSI's B660 rocket artillery motherboard adopts 12CH 60A CPU intelligent power supply, 12CH parallel connection. The third-generation titanium inductor, 6-layer PCB and 2oz copper reinforced design are also used to ensure quality. In addition, the use of extended heat sink can achieve good heat dissipation effect of the device and ensure the power supply effect.

In the upper part of the motherboard, it can be seen that the 8+4PIN motherboard is powered and fully powered, and on the left side of the picture above (the upper right corner of the motherboard) there are ARGB pins, four memory slots, green and black, and CPU FAN pins.

On the right side of the motherboard, from right to left are PUMP water cooling water pump interface, motherboard power supply, front USB 3.2 gen 2 interface (chassis TYPE-C interface), USB 3.2 gen 1 interface (chassis USB type a), 2 SATA ports. The motherboard is equipped with 4 DDR4 DIMM slots, which can support up to 128GB capacity memory and a maximum memory frequency of 4800MHz+ (OC).

There are many interfaces under the motherboard, in addition to the conventional interface, there are 2 SATA interfaces, ARGB color light interfaces, 2 USB 2.0 interfaces, 12VRGB interfaces, etc. It can be said that the common interfaces here are very complete, to say less than other motherboards, I am afraid is the fan interface, in addition to the CPU FAN, PUMP FAN, 2 FAN INTERFACES, ONE BELOW, THE OTHER ON THE SIDE OF THE GRAPHICS CARD SLOT.

On the IO interface side is the integrated IO interface, and then from left to right is a mouse/keyboard PS/2 interface, 2 USB 2.0 ports, a DP 1.4 display interface, an HDMI 2.1 display interface, 2 USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gbps Type-A ports (red), 2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gbps Type-A ports (blue), a 2.5G wired network interface, and an audio interface.

There are two M.2 slots in the lower part of the motherboard, the first of which has frost cooling armor, which can provide good heat dissipation for M.2 SSDs, it supports PCIe 4.0x4, and the CPU goes straight out. The second M.2 slot supports PICe 4.0x4 to connect to the chipset. The 2 M.2 slots support M.2242 SSDs with specifications 2260/ 2280/ 2. There are 2 PCIe x16 slots and one PCIe x1 slot. The first is CPU direct out, and the support specification is PCIe 4.0x16; The second is provided by the B660 chipset, which supports PCIe 3.0x4. There is also 1 PCIe 3.0x1 slot. The first PCIe slot comes with metal armor that provides great protection.

After all, MSI is a first-line manufacturer, there are so many paper materials, and there are activities to accumulate points.

The accessory has 2 SATA cables, as well as accessory bolts and screws for the M.2 slot.

In general, the impression of this motherboard is still very good, the workmanship and materials are good, the deficiency is that there is no WiFi interface, but many people, desktop computers are wired. Let's install it.

In order to be lazy, I directly replaced the original 590 computer, removed the original motherboard and radiator, and installed this motherboard directly. The unique green color still looks very comfortable.

The chassis is MSI's Blade 100R, and the space is still very rich.

Installed 2 M.2 SSD hard disks, the first of which is a PCIe NVMe 4.0 SSD, I removed the vest above, can you guess which one?

Put on this global Chinese mainland special i5-12490F, full of curiosity, could it be that a high-end model shields something?

The TDP of this i5-12490F is only 65W, so an air cooling can be used, using the Kyushu Fengshen Ice Cube 400, a new 3600-yuan air cooling. The memory is <>MHz of Golden Patek gaming light bar.

A good power supply is the guarantee of the normal operation of the computer, the power supply of this computer is Antic HCG1000, HCG gold, naturally it is also a full module series, and there is a 10-year warranty service. Antic is a long-established computer accessories manufacturer with a history of more than 35 years.

From the bottom of the chassis, you can see the sign of the power supply, this power module 20+8pin motherboard power supply, leaving room for upgrade. Hybrid mode, mute is effective. 80PLUS Gold Certification, Full Module Line, Active DLC+DC-DC Conversion, 120mmFDB Silent Fan, Liquid Bearings. 140mm small size, minimum fan 0 speed, energy-saving and noise reduction design. All-Japanese capacitors,
OCP/OVP/SCP/OPP/OTP/SIP/NRO various line protection.

12490F is not integrated graphics, the graphics card used is ASUS Megalodon RTX3060TI-O8G-GAMING graphics card, high core frequency, with 8GB GDDR6 large video memory, can play 4A game masterpieces in 3K, with monster-like performance! The fans on both sides rotate in the opposite direction to the central fan, which reduces turbulence inside the cooling module. At the same time, it has an intelligent stop mode, which automatically stops when the temperature of the graphics card is lower than 55 degrees, making it quieter.

This chassis is MSI's Blade 100R, and the overall design features ventilation ducts on the upper and lower sides, so users can choose according to their preferences and needs. It has a lot of internal space and supports dual 360 water cooling, making installation simple and easy. At the same time, there are 4 ARGBA fans, 3 in front and 1 in the back, netizens who like light pollution can save the cost of buying another fan, and also save the time of installing fans.

Connected the cable, started the computer, and started smoothly, probably because the motherboard of MSI was also used before, so nothing unpleasant happened. Light pollution is just beautiful, I like it. MSI's Blade 100R chassis comes with a 6-port RGB HUB, which facilitates unified control of lighting and color throughout the chassis. Then the chassis comes with 4 ARGB fans, I added 3 more, a total of 7 ARGB fans, and the light bar of the chassis itself, the overall is quite effective.

The first task is to update the BIOS, the latest BIOS.

After upgrading the BIOS, we will use Master Lu to look at the computer configuration, identify the model as the 12th generation CPU i5-12490F, and mark it in red as a mainland special supply. The memory is Guangwei Blood Shadow DDR4 memory 8GBX2, the graphics card is ASUS RTX3060Ti, the motherboard is MSI MAG B660M BAZOOKA DDR4, and the display is MSI MAG 274QRF-QD 27-inch gaming monitor.

The entertainment master runs, the score of the processor is 545562 points, we use other regular software to test again.

Run CPU-Z and see that this CPU is i5 12490F, codenamed Alder Lake, TDP is 65W, 10nm process, six cores and 12 threads, and a maximum frequency of 4600MHz.

The motherboard is MSI's MAG B660M BAZOOKA DDR4 (commonly known as rocket launcher), the channel is PCIE 5.0, the graphics interface is PCIE 4.0, there is no problem with this, after all, the current graphics cards are PCIE 4.0.

CPU-Z score, multi-core is 4863.6, single-core is 677.8, which is already much better than 5600X.

With some other software, CINBENCH R23, single-core 1690, multi-core 11524, is also much better than the 5600X.

CINBENCH R20, single-core 648, multi-core 4421.

I RAN 3D MARK'S LATEST CPU PROFILE, CAN'T UNDERSTAND THE SCORE, REFER TO IT.

PC MARK 10, SCORE 6096, OF WHICH PRODUCTIVITY SCORE IS 8825, ENOUGH PRODUCTIVITY.

AIDA64 FPU single copy machine, see how the CPU temperature control is, because I forgot to copy the machine for more than 2 hours, the temperature is stable at 53 degrees, very low, and the frequency is stable at 4600MHz.

Test the speed of the M.2 NVMe SSD hard disk and see the performance under the PCIe 4.0x4 protocol, the performance is still very good, the read and write are above 5000MB/s, which can be said to be fast.

The basic test results are like this, but we still have some doubts about why such a processor was launched, or for Chinese mainland. Why not 12500F but 12490F? It is close to 12500 in terms of parameters, but the L3 Cache is larger, reaching 20M, which is theoretically more conducive to games. So between 12400F and 12600KF, maybe gamers will have a new choice, especially today when the price of graphics cards has been loosened, hoping to drive the sales of 12th generation CPUs? The current price of 12490F is lower than that of 12400, plus 20M L<> cache, what will be the attraction of people? It is still up to the market to answer.

In general, the emergence of 12490F gives people who like games an extra choice, such as the combination of 12400F + MSI B660M BAZOOKA DDR4 rocket artillery motherboard, which is very cost-effective. After all, for mid-range games, the bottleneck is in the graphics card rather than the CPU, and expect the price of graphics cards to fall, so that the computer DIY market can recover.