Asus ROG Strix X299-E Gaming Review

Test Setup

• Memory: 32GB Corsair Vengeance RGB 3,000MHz DDR4 RAM
  
• CPU: Intel Core i9-7900X
  
• GPU: 2 x Asus ROG Strix RX480.
  
• PSU: Corsair RM850i
  
• SSD: Samsung 850Pro (SATA 6Gbps speed tests); Samsung 960 Evo 500GB (M.2 speed tests)
  
• CPU cooler: Fractal Design Celcius 240
  
• Operating system: Windows 10 64-bit

Tests:

Content creation
• Cinebench R15
  
• PCMark 8 Photo Editing
  
• HandBrake video encoding
  
• Terragen 4
  
  Gaming
  
• 3DMark Time Spy (CPU Test)
  
  SATA 6Gbps and M.2 Storage
  
• CrystalDiskMark
  
  Audio
  
• Rightmark Audio Analyzer
  
  Power
  
• Power Consumption
  
  Overclocking and EFI
  
• Overclocking, EFI and software