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Rate My PC: Intel Core i9-12900E + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

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78%

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90%

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Intel Core i9-12900E

6,611 Benchmark Score

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17,639 Benchmark Score

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The Intel Core i9-12900E paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 is a desktop combination that lands squarely in the upper-middle of the database's historical rankings, with a combined percentile of 62. That figure places this pairing above roughly three-fifths of all recorded builds, an unusual position for a coupling of a 65 W efficiency-focused Core i9 with a compact Ada Lovelace graphics card. Both components are now in different stages of their lifecycle — the CPU is listed as Active while the GPU is End-of-life — which makes this analysis a snapshot of a specific era of hardware. Notably, the FACT PACK contains no measured FPS rows for this exact combination, so all frame-rate discussion below is estimated from benchmark scores rather than direct measurement.

FAQ

Q: What CPU and GPU are in this build?

A: The Intel Core i9-12900E, a 16-core, 24-thread Alder Lake-S desktop processor on the 10 nm node, paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, an AD107-based Ada Lovelace card built on TSMC's 5 nm process.

Q: How does the CPU perform in benchmarks?

A: It scores 23529 in Cinebench R23 multi-core, 3321 in R23 single-core, 9882 in R20 multi-core, 1394 in R20 single-core, 2371 in R15 multi-core, 334 in R15 single-core, 10280 in Geekbench multi-core and 1775 in Geekbench single-core. Its average benchmark score is 6611, placing it at the 62nd percentile versus all CPUs in the database.

Q: How does the GPU perform in benchmarks?

A: It scores 19545 in PassMark G3D, 95057 in Geekbench OpenCL, 48643 in Geekbench Vulkan, 9213 in PassMark GPU Compute and 2302 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12. The average benchmark score is 17639, at the 61st percentile versus all GPUs.

Q: How much memory does the GPU have, and is it enough for modern gaming?

A: The RTX 4060 has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, delivering 272.0 GB/s of bandwidth. That capacity is well suited to 1080p and workable at 1440p, though demanding titles at higher resolutions can press against the 8 GB limit.

Q: Which CPUs are closest to the i9-12900E in average score?

A: The nearest rivals per the database are the Intel Pentium Gold G6405 (deltaPct 0.1), the Intel Core i9-10940X (deltaPct 0.1), the Intel Core i5-13500E (deltaPct 0.4) and the Intel Core i5-13400E (deltaPct -0.4) — an unusually mixed field spanning entry-level and high-core-count parts.

Q: Are there measured frame rates for this exact pairing?

A: No. The FACT PACK contains no measured FPS data for this combination (dataIsMeasured is false), so any frame-rate figures discussed here are estimates derived from the CPU and GPU benchmark scores.

Q: What was the launch MSRP of each component?

A: The Core i9-12900E had a launch MSRP of $494, and the RTX 4060 had a launch MSRP of 299 USD.

Balance and Bottleneck

The pairing is remarkably well matched on paper. The CPU sits at the 62nd percentile versus all CPUs and the GPU at the 61st percentile versus all GPUs, a gap of a single percentile point. A combined percentile of 62 confirms that neither component drags the other down meaningfully in aggregate ranking terms. This is a balanced build rather than a lopsided one.

Within that balance, the character of each side matters. The i9-12900E's 3321 in Cinebench R23 single-core indicates strong per-thread throughput, which matters for game engines that still lean on a few fast threads. The RTX 4060's PassMark G3D score of 19545 defines the graphics ceiling. In GPU-bound scenarios — ultra-settings gaming at 1080p and above — the card will be the limiter, as its 61st percentile position implies mid-tier rendering horsepower. In CPU-bound scenarios such as high-refresh, low-settings competitive gaming or heavy multitasking, the 12900E's 23529-point R23 multi-core result provides substantial headroom above what the GPU can exploit.

The PCIe interface is a potential subtlety: the RTX 4060 connects over PCIe 4.0 x8 rather than a full x16 link, while the CPU offers Gen 5 with 20 lanes (CPU only). The GPU cannot use those Gen 5 lanes at full width, but the database records no bottleneck metric for this specific combination, so this remains a configuration note rather than a measured finding.

For rendering and compute, the bottleneck inverts. The GPU's Geekbench OpenCL score of 95057 and Vulkan score of 48643 show capable compute throughput, but the CPU's 24 threads will typically complete lightly parallel creative work faster relative to their respective percentile peers than the 8 GB card will handle heavy GPU rendering with large scenes, where VRAM becomes the constraint.

Benchmark Performance

The CPU's benchmark sheet reads as follows: Cinebench R15 multi-core 2371 and single-core 334; Cinebench R20 multi-core 9882 and single-core 1394; Cinebench R23 multi-core 23529 and single-core 3321; Geekbench multi-core 10280 and single-core 1775. The average of these results, 6611, places the chip at the 62nd percentile of all CPUs. Its nearest rivals by average score are the Pentium Gold G6405 at 6605 (deltaPct 0.1), the Core i9-10940X at 6605 (deltaPct 0.1), the Core i5-13500E at 6586 (deltaPct 0.4) and the Core i5-13400E at 6638 (deltaPct -0.4). The tightness of these deltas — all within one percent — means the 12900E effectively performs like that entire cluster, which spans remarkably different silicon. That the database clusters a 16-core efficiency i9 alongside a dual-core Pentium Gold on average score reflects how the single-core figures lift the average relative to multi-core-only comparisons.

On the GPU side, the RTX 4060 posts 2302 in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, 95057 in Geekbench OpenCL, 48643 in Geekbench Vulkan, 9213 in PassMark GPU Compute, 19545 in PassMark G3D, 1037 in PassMark G2D, and PassMark DirectX scores of 236 (DX9), 175 (DX11), 103 (DX10) and 76 (DX12). Its average of 17639 puts it at the 61st percentile. Nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon HD 7790 at 17666 (deltaPct -0.2), the AMD Radeon 780M at 17588 (deltaPct 0.3), the AMD Radeon Pro 560 at 17551 (deltaPct 0.5) and the AMD Radeon Pro 460 at 17509 (deltaPct 0.7) — again a cluster within one percent, spanning discrete and integrated parts.

The combined picture: a build at the 62nd percentile, with a 24-thread processor and a mainstream GPU whose scores sit almost exactly on top of one another. It is coherent, balanced, and mid-to-upper-mid tier in the database's historical distribution.

Who Should Build It

Gamers targeting 1080p are the primary audience. The GPU's 61st percentile standing and 15.11 TFLOPS of FP32 throughput indicate comfortable ultra-settings play at 1080p, with 1440p achievable in many titles at adjusted settings — though, again, no measured FPS rows exist for this pairing, so these are estimates from scores rather than direct results.

Content creators benefit from the CPU side. A 23529-point Cinebench R23 multi-core score is genuine production-grade throughput for video editing timelines, and 30 MB of shared L3 cache helps with large working sets. The 8 GB of GPU VRAM supports GPU-accelerated effects but limits heavy 3D scene work.

Developers will find the 24-thread, 16-core configuration well suited to compilation and containerized workloads, with a 1775 Geekbench single-core score keeping interactive tooling responsive. Students and small-business workstation builders get dual-channel DDR4/DDR5 support, UHD Graphics 770 as an integrated fallback, and a modest 65 W CPU TDP that suits compact, quiet enclosures — though the card's 115 W TDP and dual-slot, 240 mm footprint still require standard desktop accommodation. Note that ECC memory is not supported, which narrows the professional workstation case somewhat.

Gaming Performance

To restate clearly: no measured FPS data exists for this exact CPU+GPU combination in the FACT PACK, so every frame-rate statement here is an estimate derived from the benchmark scores.

The RTX 4060's PassMark G3D result of 19545 and 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2302 position it as a mainstream 1080p card. With 3072 shading units, 24 RT cores and 96 tensor cores, the card supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) feature sets, meaning ray tracing and AI upscaling are available in supported titles. Estimates based on these scores suggest high-refresh 1080p gaming is realistic in esports and popular titles, with ultra-settings AAA play at 1080p expected to hold comfortably, and 1440p gaming achievable in many games with settings adjustments or upscaling enabled.

The memory subsystem defines the ceiling: 8 GB of GDDR6 across a 128-bit bus at 272.0 GB/s. At 1080p this is rarely a constraint; at 1440p with high texture packs and ray tracing enabled, the buffer can fill, which is where the tensor cores and upscaling technology earn their place. The CPU will essentially never be the gaming limiter here — a 3321 single-core R23 score is far more than what the 61st-percentile GPU can demand, so the GPU sets the frame-rate expectation at every resolution.

GPU Analysis

The GeForce RTX 4060 is built on the AD107 die: 18,900 million transistors on TSMC's 5 nm process, packed into 159 mm² at a density of 118.9M transistors per mm². Clocks run from an 1830 MHz base to a 2460 MHz boost, with memory at 2125 MHz (17 Gbps effective). The 272.0 GB/s of bandwidth feeds 3072 shading units, 96 TMUs and 48 ROPs, producing a pixel rate of 118.1 GPixel/s and a texture rate of 236.2 GTexel/s. Raw FP32 compute is 15.11 TFLOPS, with FP16 at a 1:1 ratio of the same figure.

The fixed-function hardware matters as much as the shaders. The 24 RT cores accelerate ray-triangle intersection, and the 96 tensor cores drive AI workloads — including upscaling and the GPU compute tasks reflected in the 9213 PassMark GPU Compute score. For rendering specifically, the Geekbench OpenCL result of 95057 and Vulkan result of 48643 indicate the card can meaningfully accelerate renderers that target those APIs, while the Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2302 contextualizes its real-time 3D throughput.

Physical and power characteristics: dual-slot, 240 mm long, 111 mm tall, 40 mm wide, a 115 W TDP, one 12-pin power connector, and a suggested PSU of 300 W. Display outputs are one HDMI 2.1 and three DisplayPort 1.4a. The bus interface is PCIe 4.0 x8. The card is formally End-of-life, sitting between its GeForce 30 predecessor and GeForce 50 successor generations, with a launch MSRP of 299 USD.

The practical summary: a small, efficient, feature-complete Ada Lovelace part whose benchmark scores place it at the 61st percentile — capable mainstream rendering performance with modern feature support, bounded by its 8 GB framebuffer and 128-bit bus.

Usage Scenarios

High-refresh gaming. Estimated from the GPU's 19545 PassMark G3D score rather than measured data, this pairing targets 1080p high-refresh play. The tensor cores enable upscaling to push frame rates further, and the CPU's single-core strength guarantees no processor-side ceiling.

Streaming. The 24-thread CPU is the argument here. NVENC-class encode offload aside, a 10280 Geekbench multi-core score and 23529 in R23 multi-core leave ample threads for x264-class software encoding alongside gameplay — a workload that punishes lower-thread-count chips.

Video editing. Timeline scrubbing and proxy workflows benefit from the 30 MB L3 cache and 16 cores; export passes leverage the multi-core throughput. The GPU's 95057 OpenCL score provides solid effects acceleration, with the 8 GB VRAM as the practical limit on heavy GPU effects stacks.

3D rendering. GPU renderers get capable hardware — 15.11 TFLOPS FP32, 24 RT cores and strong Vulkan performance — but scene size is capped by the framebuffer. CPU rendering benefits more from the thread count, and viewport work rides the 48 ROPs and 118.1 GPixel/s pixel rate comfortably at 1080p.

Software development. Compilation scales with cores, and a 62nd-percentile CPU with 24 threads is more than sufficient for large codebases, virtualization and container workloads, with the 1775 single-core score keeping IDEs and debuggers snappy.

Student and office work. The 65 W CPU TDP, UHD Graphics 770 integrated graphics (useful if the discrete card is removed), and dual-channel DDR4/DDR5 support make this a flexible machine for productivity, coursework and light content work — with substantial headroom above typical office demands.

Build Overview

This is a desktop build (buildClass: desktop) pairing an efficiency-binned Core i9 with a compact mainstream GeForce card. The combined percentile of 62 places it above roughly 62 percent of builds in the database — upper-middle tier. The individual percentiles (62 for CPU, 61 for GPU) show the pairing is unusually symmetric: neither component overshoots or underfeeds the other by any meaningful margin. The socket is Intel Socket 1700, the CPU supports both DDR4 and DDR5 across a dual-channel bus, and PCIe Gen 5 with 20 CPU lanes is available, though the GPU's PCIe 4.0 x8 interface is the practical link. The CPU launched on 2022-01-03 at a launch MSRP of $494; the GPU launched 2023-05-17 at 299 USD and is now End-of-life. Production status differs between the parts — Active for the CPU, retired for the GPU — which frames this as a build assembled during a specific overlap window in the market.

CPU Analysis

The Core i9-12900E is an Alder Lake-S processor on Intel's 10 nm process, with a 215 mm² die. It carries 16 cores and 24 threads in a hybrid layout typical of the architecture, with a 2.30 GHz base clock and a 5.00 GHz maximum boost. Cache is generous: 80 KB of L1 per core, 1.25 MB of L2 per core, and 30 MB of shared L3. The multiplier is unlocked, giving enthusiasts tuning latitude despite the modest 65 W TDP — a notable combination, since efficiency-bin Core i9s with open multipliers are uncommon.

The benchmark profile tells the performance story. A single-core R23 score of 3321 with a 5.00 GHz boost indicates top-tier per-thread responsiveness for the chip's era, while the multi-core score of 23529 shows the 24 threads converting into serious sustained throughput. The Geekbench split — 1775 single-core, 10280 multi-core — confirms the same shape. The average score of 6611 lands it at the 62nd percentile, effectively tied with the Pentium Gold G6405, Core i9-10940X, Core i5-13500E and Core i5-13400E in the database's aggregate metric. That clustering is more a property of how averages blend single- and multi-core results than a statement that these chips are identical in character: on multi-core tests like R23, the 12900E's 24 threads separate it clearly from low-core-count parts, while single-core figures keep it competitive with newer mid-range silicon.

For real workloads, the interpretation is straightforward: this is a processor with workstation-grade thread counts and strong single-thread speed inside a 65 W envelope, matched in this build to a GPU that exploits neither its full PCIe feature set nor its multi-thread ceiling in gaming — but which pairs with it almost perfectly at the 62nd combined percentile. The memory support for both DDR4 and DDR5 and the presence of UHD Graphics 770 integrated graphics add flexibility, while the absence of ECC support marks the boundary of its professional ambitions.

Rate My PC: Intel Core i9-12900E + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060

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