WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:01.680 I'm gonna be upfront with you guys. 00:00:01.680 --> 00:00:04.040 When I saw that Apple had updated the iMac, 00:00:04.040 --> 00:00:07.160 I didn't really think about it twice. 00:00:07.160 --> 00:00:09.420 I mean, it's just a refresh 00:00:09.420 --> 00:00:12.180 and they didn't make a bunch of noise about it. 00:00:12.180 --> 00:00:14.780 But then I saw that it came with 00:00:14.780 --> 00:00:18.780 up to a core i9 eight core processor. 00:00:18.780 --> 00:00:21.660 At that point, I had all kinds of questions like, 00:00:21.660 --> 00:00:23.460 how the heck are they gonna cool one of these 00:00:23.460 --> 00:00:25.220 in a standard iMac? 00:00:25.220 --> 00:00:27.740 Does this make the iMac Pro basically pointless? 00:00:27.740 --> 00:00:30.660 And how quickly can we get one? 00:00:30.660 --> 00:00:32.740 Well, let's answer that last one first. 00:00:32.740 --> 00:00:34.280 It takes about a week. 00:00:34.280 --> 00:00:36.260 As for the rest of it, stay tuned 00:00:36.260 --> 00:00:39.140 because we are about to find out. 00:00:39.140 --> 00:00:42.000 The Hot Docs uses the Ergo Docs design, 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:43.760 which keeps you comfortable typing away 00:00:43.760 --> 00:00:45.200 for long periods of time 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:49.300 and features QMK firmware and hot swappable key switches. 00:00:49.300 --> 00:00:59.470 Check it out at the link below. 00:00:59.470 --> 00:01:01.410 Within its iconic trapezoidal box 00:01:01.410 --> 00:01:04.770 and sandwiched between three pieces of protective styrofoam, 00:01:04.770 --> 00:01:09.710 we find the beast with its glossy 27 inch 5K retina display 00:01:09.710 --> 00:01:11.530 front and center. 00:01:11.530 --> 00:01:12.710 I've got to praise Apple 00:01:12.710 --> 00:01:14.950 for their multiple layers of protection 00:01:14.950 --> 00:01:17.090 to ensure that your iMac reaches your desk 00:01:17.090 --> 00:01:18.990 without any scratches or scuffs. 00:01:18.990 --> 00:01:21.870 But I do think that there's room to improve 00:01:21.870 --> 00:01:24.330 on the amount of non-recyclable material 00:01:24.330 --> 00:01:25.790 that they use for packing. 00:01:25.790 --> 00:01:28.530 The same can also be said for the IO. 00:01:28.530 --> 00:01:30.750 It's mostly great, actually. 00:01:30.750 --> 00:01:32.650 We've got two Thunderbolt 3 ports 00:01:32.650 --> 00:01:34.350 and more than enough type A, 00:01:34.770 --> 00:01:38.530 and you can charge up to four USBs for the average desktop, 00:01:38.530 --> 00:01:41.210 especially when you consider that Wi-Fi is integrated 00:01:41.210 --> 00:01:43.950 and the magic keyboard and magic mouse 00:01:43.950 --> 00:01:45.710 need to be charged so infrequently 00:01:45.710 --> 00:01:47.250 that they can share a cable. 00:01:47.250 --> 00:01:48.870 But dang it, Apple. 00:01:48.870 --> 00:01:50.590 If we're gonna shower you with praise 00:01:50.590 --> 00:01:53.710 for including 10 gig Ethernet on the iMac Pro 00:01:53.710 --> 00:01:54.930 and the Mac mini, 00:01:54.930 --> 00:01:57.010 then you've got to expect the opposite 00:01:57.010 --> 00:01:59.010 when you don't do it. 00:01:59.010 --> 00:02:00.930 It's not even an option here, 00:02:00.930 --> 00:02:03.930 which is a real shame because you're stuck either, 00:02:04.770 --> 00:02:08.010 whether you're charging up to five level network speeds 00:02:08.010 --> 00:02:10.770 or shelling out several hundred dollars 00:02:10.770 --> 00:02:13.830 for a Thunderbolt to 10 gig Ethernet adapter. 00:02:13.830 --> 00:02:15.210 As for the rest of the design, 00:02:15.210 --> 00:02:18.330 Apple has taken the if it ain't broke, don't fix it approach, 00:02:18.330 --> 00:02:21.990 remaining fundamentally unchanged since 2009. 00:02:21.990 --> 00:02:25.650 In fairness, it somehow still looks pretty sexy, 00:02:25.650 --> 00:02:28.890 but the bezels and especially the chin bar 00:02:28.890 --> 00:02:31.910 are just massive for a modern machine. 00:02:31.910 --> 00:02:34.770 And we feel like even timeless designs, 00:02:34.770 --> 00:02:37.390 need to be refreshed once in a while. 00:02:37.390 --> 00:02:41.370 That said, the 2019 iMac does have one welcome remnant 00:02:41.370 --> 00:02:45.170 of that bygone era, user expansion. 00:02:45.170 --> 00:02:46.650 Apple's still rocking it 00:02:46.650 --> 00:02:50.810 with four easily accessible DDR4 SO-DIMM slots, 00:02:50.810 --> 00:02:52.490 which means unlike Anthony, 00:02:52.490 --> 00:02:54.510 when he purchased this machine for review, 00:02:54.510 --> 00:02:57.930 you can skip the Apple tax and install your own memory 00:02:57.930 --> 00:03:00.110 to not only save yourself a little cash, 00:03:00.110 --> 00:03:02.170 but to push your system RAM capacity 00:03:02.170 --> 00:03:04.030 to a staggering 128 gigs. 00:03:04.930 --> 00:03:08.070 That's double what Apple has available on their store 00:03:08.070 --> 00:03:10.210 for about the same price. 00:03:10.210 --> 00:03:12.710 So Apple, I don't want to beg. 00:03:12.710 --> 00:03:15.250 It's not dignified, but I will. 00:03:15.250 --> 00:03:17.740 Whatever the next iMac looks like, 00:03:17.740 --> 00:03:20.000 please don't take this away from us. 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:22.280 Between this iMac and the Mac mini, 00:03:22.280 --> 00:03:24.580 you've shown us that there are still some people there 00:03:24.580 --> 00:03:25.840 who care. 00:03:25.840 --> 00:03:28.380 It's not too late to change. 00:03:28.380 --> 00:03:29.760 Enough about the future though. 00:03:29.760 --> 00:03:31.780 Let's take a look at the machine we have today. 00:03:31.780 --> 00:03:35.100 So we kitted ours with the top end Core i9-9900K, 00:03:35.100 --> 00:03:38.100 and we're going to take a look at what it's capable of. 00:03:38.100 --> 00:03:41.100 So we're going to take a look at the top end Core i9-9900K-F, 00:03:41.100 --> 00:03:44.100 and that F means that it omits the Intel HD graphics 00:03:44.100 --> 00:03:47.100 that typically come along for the ride in consumer chips 00:03:47.100 --> 00:03:50.170 in favor of slightly improved thermals. 00:03:50.170 --> 00:03:54.170 Unfortunately, while our unit also has dedicated graphics, 00:03:54.170 --> 00:03:57.170 we opted for the Radeon Pro RX 580X, 00:03:57.170 --> 00:04:00.170 figuring that if we needed a lot more horsepower, 00:04:00.170 --> 00:04:02.170 we could get more with our Radeon 7 00:04:02.170 --> 00:04:03.170 in an external enclosure. 00:04:03.170 --> 00:04:05.170 No onboard GPU means that Intel's quick setup 00:04:05.170 --> 00:04:08.170 and sync video encoding is out of the question here. 00:04:08.170 --> 00:04:11.170 It's a good thing that Apple is big on OpenCL. 00:04:11.170 --> 00:04:14.170 So onto our performance analysis then. 00:04:14.170 --> 00:04:17.170 We're going to focus mainly on the iMac's CPU performance 00:04:17.170 --> 00:04:20.170 with emphasis on how well Apple managed to cool 00:04:20.170 --> 00:04:23.170 our beastly eight-core hyper-threaded CPU 00:04:23.170 --> 00:04:25.170 if they managed it at all. 00:04:25.170 --> 00:04:32.340 And actually, it keeps our Core i9 going 00:04:32.340 --> 00:04:36.340 over even long workloads with core temperatures hovering 00:04:36.340 --> 00:04:39.340 around the low to mid-90 degree mark. 00:04:39.340 --> 00:04:42.340 Now to be clear, that's higher than what I'd be comfortable with, 00:04:42.340 --> 00:04:46.340 and that's especially true once there's some dust in the cooler 00:04:46.340 --> 00:04:47.340 a couple of years later, 00:04:47.340 --> 00:04:50.340 but it's actually better than I expected. 00:04:50.340 --> 00:04:54.340 And if, like us, you have concerns about the long-term health 00:04:54.340 --> 00:04:57.340 of any machine that's running hot enough to cook instant noodles, 00:04:57.340 --> 00:05:01.340 you can use a piece of free software called Max Fan Control 00:05:01.340 --> 00:05:03.340 to bump up your fan speed. 00:05:03.340 --> 00:05:06.340 So then at full, our temperatures looked a lot better 00:05:06.340 --> 00:05:11.110 and a lot more sane without our machine becoming unreasonably loud. 00:05:11.110 --> 00:05:14.110 But not all of the news here is good, 00:05:14.110 --> 00:05:16.110 or even necessarily bad. 00:05:16.110 --> 00:05:18.110 Some of it's just kind of weird. 00:05:18.110 --> 00:05:21.110 While our CPU frequency is constant, 00:05:21.110 --> 00:05:24.110 which would indicate that we're not throttling, 00:05:24.110 --> 00:05:28.110 let's just overlay the base clock on this graph and... 00:05:28.110 --> 00:05:30.140 Ooh. 00:05:30.140 --> 00:05:32.140 We're a little off there, aren't we? 00:05:32.140 --> 00:05:35.140 Let's zoom right in on the first minute of the temperature 00:05:35.140 --> 00:05:37.140 and CPU speed graphs 00:05:37.140 --> 00:05:38.340 and... 00:05:38.340 --> 00:05:40.340 That's weird, too. 00:05:40.340 --> 00:05:42.560 It's not even thermal throttling. 00:05:42.560 --> 00:05:43.560 So... 00:05:43.560 --> 00:05:46.560 It kind of smells like a power limit issue. 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:49.660 Sure enough, then, if we look at the package power 00:05:49.660 --> 00:05:51.660 using Intel's power gadget, 00:05:51.660 --> 00:05:54.660 we're actually running at around 80 watts sustained 00:05:54.660 --> 00:05:58.660 instead of the 95 that they rate this chip for. 00:05:58.660 --> 00:06:01.660 Now, it's unclear whether this is a deliberate measure 00:06:01.660 --> 00:06:03.660 to protect constrained VRMs 00:06:03.660 --> 00:06:06.660 or if it's because of a firmware bug, 00:06:06.660 --> 00:06:09.660 but what we do know is how it impacts performance. 00:06:09.660 --> 00:06:11.660 So, in some of our tests, 00:06:11.660 --> 00:06:15.660 we got similar performance to our comparison 9900K, 00:06:15.660 --> 00:06:17.660 but heavier loads like Cinebench 00:06:17.660 --> 00:06:20.660 revealed the 6% difference 00:06:20.660 --> 00:06:23.660 that we would expect from lower clock speeds. 00:06:23.660 --> 00:06:28.660 So, it looks like Apple managed to tame the beast, 00:06:28.660 --> 00:06:31.660 but they only did it by removing some of its venom, 00:06:31.660 --> 00:06:32.660 which is... 00:06:32.660 --> 00:06:35.070 sort of cheating. 00:06:35.070 --> 00:06:38.070 We did find outliers the other way, though. 00:06:38.070 --> 00:06:39.070 This is really interesting. 00:06:39.070 --> 00:06:41.070 So, in this Blender render, 00:06:41.070 --> 00:06:44.070 we managed higher performance 00:06:44.070 --> 00:06:47.140 than our reference comparison CPU. 00:06:47.140 --> 00:06:49.140 This one took us a little while, 00:06:49.140 --> 00:06:50.140 but here's what happened. 00:06:50.140 --> 00:06:53.140 Remember that controversy over motherboard manufacturers 00:06:53.140 --> 00:06:56.140 basically factory overclocking Intel CPUs 00:06:56.140 --> 00:07:00.140 by removing some of Intel's recommended constraints? 00:07:00.140 --> 00:07:01.140 Well, around that time, 00:07:01.140 --> 00:07:04.140 we switched to running all of our benchmarks 00:07:04.140 --> 00:07:07.140 at Intel recommended turbo boost settings, 00:07:07.140 --> 00:07:12.140 which is something that we can't manually control on the iMac. 00:07:12.140 --> 00:07:14.140 So, then it looks like what Apple has done 00:07:14.140 --> 00:07:18.140 is played around with the turbo clock speed dials a little bit, 00:07:18.140 --> 00:07:22.140 provided that the chip does not exceed their power limit, 00:07:22.140 --> 00:07:25.140 which actually resulted in a continuous boost clock speed 00:07:25.140 --> 00:07:28.140 of 3.8 GHz in this test. 00:07:28.140 --> 00:07:30.140 As a sanity check, 00:07:30.140 --> 00:07:33.140 we ran our comparison 9900K with its limiter disabled 00:07:33.140 --> 00:07:35.140 and a beefy cooler, 00:07:35.140 --> 00:07:37.140 and it performed better still. 00:07:37.140 --> 00:07:39.140 So, now you know. 00:07:39.140 --> 00:07:41.420 Which leads us, then, 00:07:41.420 --> 00:07:43.940 to the price. 00:07:43.940 --> 00:07:47.540 It's actually pretty reasonable 00:07:47.540 --> 00:07:50.540 compared to building your own comparable desktop setup 00:07:50.540 --> 00:07:52.540 with the same features. 00:07:52.540 --> 00:07:54.540 This is something we've talked about before, 00:07:54.540 --> 00:07:55.540 and it's happening again. 00:07:55.540 --> 00:07:57.540 If you want that hardware, 00:07:57.540 --> 00:08:01.740 Macs are generally actually not that expensive. 00:08:01.740 --> 00:08:03.770 So, the question then becomes, 00:08:03.770 --> 00:08:05.900 should you buy one? 00:08:05.900 --> 00:08:08.900 At 2700 US dollars for the Core i9 version, 00:08:08.900 --> 00:08:10.900 you're looking at someone who needs 00:08:10.900 --> 00:08:14.900 the high per-thread performance of the Core i9-9900K, 00:08:14.900 --> 00:08:19.900 as well as excellent, if not the best multi-threaded performance, 00:08:19.900 --> 00:08:22.900 8 cores really is a nice sweet spot, 00:08:22.900 --> 00:08:24.900 and an excellent 5K display. 00:08:24.900 --> 00:08:26.900 So, we're looking at photographers, 00:08:26.900 --> 00:08:27.900 video editors, 00:08:27.900 --> 00:08:29.900 and other visual media professionals. 00:08:29.900 --> 00:08:31.990 Looks like they kind of nailed it. 00:08:31.990 --> 00:08:33.990 In fact, ironically, 00:08:33.990 --> 00:08:35.990 in some ways, they nailed it a little too hard, 00:08:35.990 --> 00:08:37.990 because it's actually a better machine 00:08:37.990 --> 00:08:39.990 for a lot of those users 00:08:39.990 --> 00:08:41.990 than the iMac Pro, 00:08:41.990 --> 00:08:44.990 and that computer is nearly twice the price. 00:08:44.990 --> 00:08:46.990 So, then, if you're one of those people 00:08:46.990 --> 00:08:48.990 who needs that magic blend of performance 00:08:48.990 --> 00:08:51.990 and dorm-friendly form factor, 00:08:51.990 --> 00:08:54.020 you really can't go wrong. 00:08:54.020 --> 00:08:55.020 Unless... 00:08:55.020 --> 00:08:57.090 paying 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