Intel Core i5 12600K and Core i9 12900K With ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Hero Review

3DMARK Time Spy Extreme

Time Spy is another part of the 3D Mark suite but here in its Extreme guise it’s as taxing as you could wish for. We’re also including the CPU Score here as it’s a better representation of the systems capabilities. This graph is probably the clearest indication you could wish for when it comes to CPU power versus GPU power for gaming.

If you consider the results at the top as meaning your system is GPU limited, and the ones at the bottom as being CPU limited, then the Core i5-12600K is clearly the perfect CPU for a RTX 2080 Ti.