Test Methodology
Comparison Motherboard Configurations |
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| Model | Aorus X399 Xtreme |
Asus ROG Zenith Extreme |
Asus Prime X299-A |
| Firmware Version | F4C |
0078 |
0802 |
| Chipset | X399 |
X399 |
X299 |
| CPU | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990X |
Intel Core i9-7980XE |
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| CPU Cores / Threads | 32 / 64 |
18 / 36 |
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| CPU Base Clock / Turbo | 3.0GHz / 4.3GHz |
3.3GHz / 4.5GHz |
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| CPU TDP | 280W |
165W |
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| Memory | Corsair 32GB (4x8GB) |
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| Memory Speed | DDR4-2933 |
DDR4-2666 |
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| Memory Timings | 16-18-18-38-1T |
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| Graphics | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FE |
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| Graphics Driver | GeForce 391.35 |
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| Storage Device(s) | SK hynix Canvas SC300 512GB
WD Black NVMe M.2 1TB |
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| Power Supply | be quiet! Dark Power Pro 10 (1,000W) |
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| Operating System | Windows 10 Home 1803 (64-bit) |
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CPU Benchmarks |
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| HEXUS PiFast | Our number-crunching benchmark stresses a single core by calculating Pi to 10m places. | ||||||||||
| Cinebench R15 | Using Cinebench's multi-CPU render, this cross-platform benchmark stresses all cores. | ||||||||||
| Handbrake 1.0 | Free-to-use video encoder that stresses all CPU cores. | ||||||||||
Storage Benchmarks |
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| CrystalDiskMark | Popular free-to-use storage benchmark, used to gauge read and write performance via M.2 (1TB WD Black NVMe), SATA (512GB SK hynix Canvas SC300) and USB 3.1 (512GB SK hynix Canvas SC300). | ||||||||||
Memory Benchmarks |
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| AIDA64 v5.80 | Benchmark that analyses memory bandwidth and latency. | ||||||||||
Gaming Benchmarks |
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| 3DMark Time Spy | Graphics benchmark run using the Time Spy test. | ||||||||||
| F1 2017 | 1,920x1,080, ultra settings. | ||||||||||
| Middle-earth: Shadow of War | 1,920x1,080, ultra settings. | ||||||||||
Miscellaneous Benchmarks |
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| Power Consumption | Noted at idle, while running the HandBrake video-transcoding test and when playing Far Cry 5. | ||||||||||
Notes
This is very much a high-end comparison that takes in the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX and the Core i9-7980XE on the X399 and X299 platforms, respectively. Offering some basis of intra-family comparison, the aforementioned Asus ROG Zenith Extreme has also been benchmarked using exactly the same components.
