Test Setup

We've updated our old X399 tests system to be more in-line with our X470 gear, with Zotac's GTX 1080 AMP! graphics card and an up-to-date Windows 10 install with all the latest security patches and drivers installed. We've also switched to the new Threadripper 2950X CPU.

• CPU AMD Threadripper 2950X
  
• Memory 32GB (2 x 8GB) Corsair Vengeance RGB 3,000MHz DDR4
  
• GPU Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 AMP! Edition
  
• PSU Corsair RM850i
  
• SSD Samsung SSD 850 Pro 256GB (SATA 6Gbps speed tests); Samsung 960 Evo 500GB (M.2 speed tests)
  
• CPU cooler Enermax Liqtech 240
  
• Operating system Windows 10 64-bit

Tests/Analysis

Content Creation/Rendering

• Cinebench R15
• PCMark 10 Photo Editing workload
  
• HandBrake video transcoding
• POV-Ray

File Compression

• Hamster Zip Archiver

Gaming

• 3DMark Time Spy (CPU test)
• Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation (CPU test)

SATA 6Gbps and M.2 Storage

• CrystalDiskMark

Audio

• RightMark Audio Analyzer

Power

• Power consumption

Overclocking and EFI

• Overclocking, EFI, and software analysis