Test Setup

• CPU Intel Core i7-8700K
  
• Memory 16GB (2 x 8GB) Corsair Vengeance RGB 3,000MHz DDR4
  
• GPU Zotac 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 Fractal Design Celsius 240
  
• Operating system Windows 10 64-bit

Tests

Content Creation
• Cinebench R15
  
• PCMark 10 Photo Editing
  
• HandBrake video transcoding
  
• Terragen 4
  
  Gaming
  
• 3DMark Time Spy (CPU test)
• Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation (CPU test)

• SATA 6Gbps and M.2 Storage
  
• CrystalDiskMark
  
  Audio
  
• Rightmark Audio Analyzer
  
  Power
  
• Power consumption
  
  Overclocking and EFI
  
• Overclocking, EFI, and software