Hardware and Software used, lighting, temperatures
Hardware and Software used, lighting, temperatures
Mainboards
- Asrock X670E Steel Legend
- Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero
- Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Apex (sent by Geil together with the RAM sample)
Processor
- AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
- Intel Core i9-13900K
Graphics Cards
- Inno3D GeForce RTX 4090 iChill X3
Memory
- Geil Polaris RGB 2 x 16 GB DDR5 8000 MHz CL38
CPU cooler
- Deepcool AS500
- Thermalright Frozen Notte 360 Black ARGB
Power Supply Unit
- Asus ROG Thor II 1000W Platinum
- Seasonic Prime TX-1300W
Mass storage
- Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB
Monitor
- AOC CU34G2X 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 8000 MHz. 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 XMP activated. We used an active cooling (120 mm fan directed over the RAM). The temperature was about 40° Celsius in idle mode. It reached almost ° Celcius during the load, so relatively high 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).
