Gigabyte X399 Aorus Xtreme Review

Written by Antony Leather

September 11, 2018 | 18:00

Tags: #motherboard #ryzen #ryzen-threadripper #wifi #x399

Companies: #amd #gigabyte

Test Setup

We've updated our old X399 tests system to be more in-line with our X470 gear, with Zotac's GTX 1080 AMP! graphics card and an up-to-date Windows 10 install with all the latest security patches and drivers installed. We've also switched to the new Threadripper 2950X CPU.

  • CPU AMD Threadripper 2950X
  • Memory 32GB (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 Enermax Liqtech 240
  • Operating system Windows 10 64-bit

Tests/Analysis

Content Creation/Rendering

  • Cinebench R15
  • PCMark 10 Photo Editing workload
  • HandBrake video transcoding
  • POV-Ray

File Compression

  • Hamster Zip Archiver

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 analysis


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