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We will be outlining the ASUS Prime X299-Deluxe motherboard’s performance with the Intel Core i9-7900X CPU and 32GB of 3200MHz G.Skill Trident Z DDR4 memory.
Stock voltage hovered around 1.1V under Cinebench load. This was using the 0501 BIOS (the latest at the time of testing).
X299 Motherboard Test System:
- Processor: Intel Core i9-7900X.
- Memory: 32GB (4x8GB) G.Skill Trident Z 3200MHz 14-14-14-34 DDR4 @ 1.35V.
- Graphics Card: Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti Founder's Edition (custom fan curve to eliminate thermal throttling).
- System Drive: 500GB Samsung 840 SATA 6Gbps SSD.
- Games Drive: 960GB SK Hynix SE3010 SATA 6Gbps SSD.
- CPU Cooler: Alphacool Eisbaer 360 3x120mm All-in-One liquid cooler.
- Power Supply: Seasonic Platinum 1000W.
- Case: Corsair Air 540.
- Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (Creators' Edition).
Comparison X299 Motherboards:
Software:
- ASUS Prime X299-Deluxe BIOS 0501 (latest at the time of testing).
- GeForce 382.33 VGA drivers.
Tests:
- Cinebench R15 – All-core CPU benchmark (CPU)
- 7-Zip – Built-in 7-Zip benchmark test (CPU & Memory)
- SiSoft Sandra – Memory Bandwidth Test (Memory).
- AIDA64 Engineer – Memory latency (Memory)
- 3DMark Time Spy – CPU score (Gaming)
- Ashes of the Singularity Escalation – Built-in benchmark tool CPU-Focused test, 1920 x 1080, Extreme quality preset, DX12 version (Gaming)
- Metro: Last Light Redux – Built-in benchmark tool, 1920 x 1080, Very High quality, SSAA, AF 16X, Tessellation: High (Gaming)
- ATTO – M.2, USB 3.0, USB 3.1, and SATA 6Gbps transfer rates (Motherboard)
- RightMark Audio Analyzer – Record and playback test using a line-in to line-out loopback with a 3.5mm audio cable (Motherboard)
Awesome review…..but my heart leapt when I saw the Air 540, I still mourn the day I sold it, I can still see it leaving my street in the back of the guys car. Goodbye little ‘Sugercube’ I still miss you.
PCIE slot placement has always been a thing for ASUS or at least on every board I’ve ever owned, I remember not being able to SLI because a gpu fouled all of the headers on the bottom of the mobo a few years back. Did you try the 5 way optimisation ; ) I’m just curious knowing how generous it can be with voltages, you will get some customers who click it and just trust it knows what its doing.
“Positioned close to the 24-pin is one of the board’s two M.2 connectors. This PCIe 3.0 x4-only slot is mounted to allow for vertical orientation of an installed M.2 device. A support bracket and screws are included. Vertical mounting is good for putting the device in a direct airflow path, while also minimising the footprint taken up on the board PCB”. – Yup and is all the worst way to put one and will get snapped by any wandering hands of if some one mounts a DVD rom’s that are to log for the slot (yes ppl still use DVD roms).