Test Setup

• CPU Intel Core i9-7900X
  
• Memory 32GB (4 x 8GB) Corsair Vengeance RGB 3,000MHz DDR4
  
• GPU 1 x Zotax 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 EK Water Blocks Phoenix 240
  
• Operating system Windows 10 64-bit

We'd like to thank Overclockers UK for supplying our CPU.

Tests

Content creation
• Cinebench R15
  
• PCMark 10 Photo Editing
  
• HandBrake video transcoding

• Gaming
  
• 3DMark Time Spy (CPU test)
• Far Cry 5
• 
  SATA 6Gbps and M.2 Storage
  
• CrystalDiskMark
  
  Audio
  
• Rightmark Audio Analyzer
  
  Power
  
• Power consumption
  
  Overclocking
  
• Overclocking