Hardware and Software used, lighting, temperatures
Motherboards
- Asrock X670E Steel Legend
- Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero
Processor
- AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
- Intel Core i9-13900K
Graphics Cards
- Inno3D GeForce RTX 4090 iChill X3
Memory
- Acer Predator Hermes 2 x 16 GB DDR5 6800 MHz CL32 1.4V
CPU cooler
- Deepcool AS500
- Endorfy Navis F360
Power Supply Unit
- Asus ROG Thor II 1000W Platinum
- Seasonic Prime TX-1300W
Mass storage
- Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB
Monitor
- Philips Evnia 34M2C8600 up to 3440 x 1440 up to 3440 x 1440
OS related Software
- Windows 10 (latest patches & updates installed)
- DirectX 9/10/11/12 latest End-User Runtime (Download)
- Nvidia GeForce driver latest (Download)
In the practical part, we ran the games at FullHD (1920 x 1080) resolution to avoid a bottleneck caused by the VGA, but we’ve also checked the 1440p. We used RTSS to measure the number of frames per second (average fps). The results presented in the graphs are the averages of the values obtained in 3 runs. Later in the article, we will show you this setup running at 6800 MHz (and overclocked, which involved tuning the timings). Now, for the last thing on this page. Thermal performance was measured with a FLIR.
We ran HCI Design MemTest 6.0 for 15 minutes. The memory kit was operating with EXPO/XMP activated. The temperature was about 35° Celsius in idle mode. It reached 45° Celcius during the load, which was very low for a DDR5 kit. At the testing time, the room temperature was about 22° Celsius. It would help if you remembered that the temps should be lower with an air CPU cooler than a (typical) AIO (without the VRM fan)
