We will be outlining the ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming X motherboard's performance with the Intel Core i9 9900K CPU, 32GB of 3,200MHz G.Skill Trident Z DDR4 memory and a Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1 Gaming.
Motherboard Test System:
- Processor: Intel Core i9 9900K with Default Intel Turbo Behaviour where supported (varies depending on thermal and power conditions)
- Memory: 32GB (4x8GB) G.Skill Trident Z XMP/DOCP/AMP (3,200MHz 16-18-18-38 @ 1.35V)
- 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: Corsair HX750 80 PLUS PLATINUM Fully Modular PSU
- perating System: Windows 10 Pro 1909 64-bit
Comparison Motherboards:
- ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming X
- MSI MEG Z390 ACE
Drivers and UEFI:
- Intel 10.1.17968.8131 chipset drivers
- Nvidia GeForce 441.44 VGA drivers
- ASRock UEFI P1.10 (16th September 2019) and MSI UEFI v1.40 (25th February 2019)
Tests:
- Cinebench R15 and R20– All-core CPU benchmark (CPU)
- SiSoft Sandra 2019 Lite– Processor Arithmetic Test (CPU) and Memory Bandwidth Test (Memory)
- 7-Zip 19.00 x64 – Built-in 7-Zip benchmark test (CPU)
- AIDA64 Engineer 6.20.5300 – System cache & memory benchmark and stress test (Memory and Power Consumption)
- 3DMark v2.11.6846 64 & TimeSpy v1.1 – 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 6.4.5 – Record and playback test using a line-in to line-out loopback with a 3.5mm audio cable (Motherboard)
- HWiNFO 6.20.4030 – System sensor monitoring during stress test (Power Consumption)