Test Setup

We test all Intel Skylake-X CPUs using an Asus ROG Strix X299 -E Gaming along with an NZXT Kraken X42 cooler, 32GB of Corsair Vengeance RGB 3,000MHz memory. We've also retested many CPUs in the graphs to include results using our updated GPU - a Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 AMP! Edition, which we now use for all CPU benchmarks - as well as new benchmarks such as PCMark 10's Photo Editing test; CPU-Z Version 1.79, which altered benchmark parameters to cater for Ryzen CPUs; plus Handbrake and several new 3D tests. There are a few omissions, but once we get round to Coffee Lake reviews soon, we'll have all the necessary CPUs in the graphs.

Test System

• Motherboard Asus ROG Strix X299 -E Gaming
  
• Memory 32GB (4 x 8GB) Corsair Vengeance RGB  3,000MHz DDR4
  
• Graphics card Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 AMP! Edition
  
• PSU Corsair RM850i
  
• SSD OCZ Arc 100 240GB
  
• CPU cooler NZXT Kraken X42
• Operating system Windows 10 64-bit

Tests:

• CPU-Z 
  
• HandBrake 
  
• PCMark 10 Photo Editing 
  
• Terragen 4 
  
• Cinebench R15 
  
• Ashes of the Singularity 
  
• 3DMark Time Spy (CPU Test) 
  
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided 
  
• Fallout 4 
  
• VRMark 
  
• Power Consumption 
  
• Overclocking