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We will be outlining the ASRock X299E-ITX/ac motherboard's performance with the Intel Core i9 7900X CPU, 32GB of G.Skill Ripjaws SO-DIMM memory and a Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1 Gaming.
X299 Motherboard Test System:
- Processor: Intel Core i9 7900X (4.0GHz All-Core Turbo).
- Memory: 32GB (4x8GB) G.Skill Ripjaws SO-DIMM DDR4-3800MHz 18-18-18-38 @ 1.35v (benchmarked at 3200MHz, 16-18-18-38 and 1.35v for consistency with other results).
- Graphics Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 G1 Gaming.
- System Drive: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD
- CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 with Two ML120 Pro Fans.
- Power Supply: Seasonic Platinum 760W SS-760XP.
- Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Comparison X299 Motherboards:
- ASRock X299 Taichi XE
- ASRock X299E-ITX/ac
- Gigabyte X299 Aorus Gaming 7
- MSI X299 Gaming M7 ACK
- MSI X299 SLI Plus
Drivers and UEFI:
- Intel Chipset 10.1.1.42
- Nvidia GeForce 385.41 VGA drivers.
- ASRock UEFI P1.03 Beta (02/11/2017)
Tests:
- Cinebench R15 – All-core CPU benchmark (CPU)
- SiSoft Sandra 2017– Processor Arithmetic Test (CPU) and Memory Bandwidth Test (Memory)
- 7-Zip 16.04 x64 – Built-in 7-Zip benchmark test (CPU)
- AIDA64 Engineer 5.92 – System cache & memory benchmark and stress test (Memory and Power Consumption)
- 3DMark Time Spy v1.0 – Time Spy (1440p) test (Gaming)
- Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation – Built-in benchmark tool CPU-Focused test, 1920 x 1080, Extreme quality preset, DX12 mode (Gaming)
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided – Built-in benchmark tool, 1920 x 1080, Ultra quality preset, DX12 mode (Gaming)
- ATTO 3.05 – M.2, USB 3.0, USB 3.1, and SATA 6Gbps transfer rates (Motherboard)
- RightMark Audio Analyzer 6.4.1 – Record and playback test using a line-in to line-out loopback with a 3.5mm audio cable (Motherboard)
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