Test Methodology
Comparison Configurations |
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| Model | |||
| Firmware Version | F4d |
0807 |
7C59v13N21 |
| Price | £830 |
£900 |
£680 |
| Chipset | TRX40 |
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| CPU | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X |
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| CPU Cores / Threads | 64 / 128 |
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| CPU Base Clock / Turbo | 2.9GHz / 4.3GHz |
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| CPU TDP | 280W |
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| Memory | Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR4-3600 64GB |
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| Memory Speed | DDR4-3200 |
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| Memory Timings | 14-14-14-34-1T |
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| Graphics | Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti FE (441.87) |
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| Primary Storage Device | SK hynix Canvas SC300 (512GB) |
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| Secondary Storage Device | Corsair MP600 2TB PCIe 4.0 |
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| CPU cooling | Fractal Design Celsius S24 |
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| Power Supply | be quiet! Dark Power Pro 10 (1,000W) |
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| Operating System | Windows 10 v1909 (64-bit) |
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Benchmark Suite |
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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 R20 | Using Cinebench's multi-CPU render, this cross-platform benchmark stresses all cores | ||||||||||
| Blender 2.81a | Running the Gooseberry benchmark | ||||||||||
Storage Benchmarks |
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| CrystalDiskMark | Popular free-to-use storage benchmark, used to gauge read and write performance via M.2 (2TB Corsair MP600), SATA (512GB SK hynix Canvas SC300) and USB 3.1 (512GB SK hynix Canvas SC300) | ||||||||||
Memory Benchmarks |
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| AIDA64 | Benchmark that analyses memory bandwidth and latency | ||||||||||
System Benchmarks |
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| 3DMark Time Spy | DX12 graphics benchmark run using the Time Spy test | ||||||||||
| PCMark 10 | System test using the standard preset | ||||||||||
| World of Tanks | Graphics benchmark run at FHD to determine CPU involvement | ||||||||||
Gaming Benchmarks |
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| Civilization VI: Gathering Storm | 1,920x1,080 ultra settings | ||||||||||
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 1,920x1,080 highest settings | ||||||||||
| Total War: Three Kingdoms | 1,920x1,080 ultra settings | ||||||||||
Miscellaneous Benchmarks |
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| Power Consumption | To emulate real-world usage scenarios, we record system-wide mains power draw when idle, when rendering via KeyShot 9 and while playing SOTTR | ||||||||||
