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Review: Scan 3XS Z170 Vengeance

by Parm Mann on 5 August 2015, 14:00

Tags: SCAN, Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), ASUSTeK (TPE:2357)

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Test Methodology

Comparison Systems

System Name Chillblast Fusion Silencio Cyberpower Infinity Hercules Pro Cyberpower Trinity 300 PC Specialist Vulcan 440 Scan 3XS Nanu Carbon Scan 3XS Z170 Vengeance Scan 3XS Z97 Performance Q10
Overclocked Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
CPU Intel Core i5-4690K @ 4.3GHz Intel Core i5-4690K @ 4.3GHz Intel Core i7-5820K @ 4.0GHz Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.6GHz Intel Core i7-5820K @ 4.0GHz Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.6GHz Intel Core i5-4690K @ 4.6GHz
CPU Cores / Threads 4 / 4 4 / 4 6 / 12 4 / 8 6 / 12 4 / 8 4 / 4
CPU TDP 88W 88W 140W 88W 140W 91W 88W
CPU Cooler Cooler Master Hyper 612 Ver. 2 Corsair Hydro Series H55 Cooler Master Seideon 120V Corsair Hydro Series H100i Noctua NH-U9DX i4 be quiet! Dark Rock 3 Thermalright True Spirit 140
Motherboard Asus Z97-K Asus Z97-P ASRock X99E-ITX/ac Asus Maximus VII Ranger ASRock X99E-ITX/ac Asus Z170 Pro Gaming Asus Z97-K
Memory Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB DDR3 (2x4GB) Kingston Hyper-X Fury 8GB DDR3 (2x4GB) Kingston Hyper-X Fury 16GB DDR4 (2x8GB) Kingston Hyper-X Fury 16GB DDR3 (2x8GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 (2x8GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB DDR4 (2x4GB) Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB DDR3 (2x4GB)
Memory Speed 9-9-9-24-1T @ 1,600MHz 10-11-10-30-1T @ 1,866MHz 15-15-15-35-2T @ 2,400MHz 10-10-10-30-1T @ 1,600MHz 14-16-16-31-2T @ 2,400MHz 15-17-17-35-2T @ 3,000MHz 11-11-11-27-2T @ 2,133MHz
Integrated Graphics - - - - - - -
Discrete Graphics Asus GeForce GTX 970 Strix 4GB MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB MSI GeForce GTX 980 OC 4GB Zotac GeForce GTX 980 4GB EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Ti Superclocked ACX 6GB EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Superclocked ACX 6GB EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Superclocked ACX 4GB
Sound Card Onboard audio Onboard audio Onboard audio Onboard SupremeFX audio Onboard audio Onboard SupremeFX audio Onboard audio
Primary Storage 250GB Samsung 850 Evo SSD 120GB Kingston SSDNow V300 SSD 250GB Samsung 850 Evo SSD 500GB Samsung 850 Evo SSD 512GB Samsung SM951 PCIe M.2 SSD 256GB Samsung SM951 PCIe M.2 SSD 500GB Samsung 840 Evo SSD
Secondary Storage - 1TB Seagate Barracuda HDD 2TB Seagate Barracuda HDD 2TB WD Caviar Black HDD - 2TB WD Green HDD -
Optical Drive - - - - - Samsung DVD Writer Samsung DVD Writer
PSU Cooler Master V550 (550W, internal) Corsair VS450 (450W, internal) Cooler Master B600 (600W, internal) Corsair RM850 (850W, internal) Corsair CS550M (550W, internal) Corsair CS550M (550W, internal) Corsair RM550 (550W, internal)
Chassis Cooler Master Silencio 652S NZXT Source 340 Deepcool Tristellar NZXT H440 Fractal Design Node 304 Corsair Obsidian Series 450D Corsair Obsidian Series 550D
Operating System Windows 8.1 (64-bit) Windows 8.1 (64-bit) Windows 8.1 (64-bit) Windows 8.1 (64-bit) Windows 8.1 (64-bit) Windows 10 (64-bit) Windows 8.1 (64-bit)
Standard Warranty Five years (two-year collect-and-return including parts, five-year labour) Three years (one-month collect-and-return, two-year parts, three-year labour) Three years (one-month collect-and-return, two-year parts, three-year labour) Three years (one-month collect-and-return, one-year parts, three-year labour) Three years (first year onsite, second year return-to-base with parts and labour, third year return-to-base with labour only) Three years (first year onsite, second year return-to-base with parts and labour, third year return-to-base with labour only) Three years (first year onsite, second year return-to-base with parts and labour, third year return-to-base with labour only)
Date Reviewed April 2015 February 2015 July 2015 May 2015 June 2015 August 2015 October 2014
Cost When Reviewed £949 £800 £1,999 £1,499 £1,919 £1,500 £1,249

CPU Benchmarks

HEXUS PiFast Our number-crunching PiFast test is used to benchmark the computational power of each system's CPU
Cinebench Using Cinebench's multi-CPU render, this cross-platform benchmark stresses as many cores as possible
HandBrake Free-to-use video encoder that stresses all CPU cores

Memory and Storage Benchmarks

AIDA64 Benchmark that analyses memory bandwidth and latency
CrystalDiskMark Popular free-to-use storage benchmark, used to gauge sequential performance and aggregated 4K QD32 speeds

Gaming Benchmarks

3DMark DX11, run at the Firestrike default test
Aliens vs. Predator FHD, medium quality, 2xAA, 4xAF
Alien: Isolation FHD, QHD and UHD, SMAA-T2x, maximum quality
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor FHD, QHD and UHD, Ultra Quality preset
Total War: Rome II FHD, QHD and UHD, Extreme preset

Miscellaneous Benchmarks

Power Consumption Noted for system idling, under HandBrake video-transcoding load, and for GPU playing Aliens vs. Predator
Temperature Noted for CPU idling, under HandBrake video-transcoding load, and for GPU playing Aliens vs. Predator