Test Bench
For our tests, we used a completely new test rig which comprises of an ASRock Fatal1ty X99X Killer 3.1 motherboard, along with an Intel Core i7-6800K at default clock speed of 3.4GHz, as well as 32GB of ADATA DDR4-2400 ram in quad channel mode.
All tests were conducted at default clock speeds using AIDA64 CPU stress/full-load test.
| CPU | Intel Core i7-6800K @ 3.4GHz |
| Cooling | XSPC RayStorm Pro CPU waterblock |
| Motherboard | ASRock Fatal1ty X99X Killer 3.1 |
| Ram | 4 x 8GB ADATA XPG Dazzle DDR4-2400 |
| XMP 2.0 profiles | Memory timings : 16-16-16-39 @1.2v |
| HDD | Crucial MX300 – 750GB |
| PSU | Thermaltake Toughpower DSP G RGB 750W |
| VGA card | HIS Radeon RX 480 Roaring Turbo (8GB GDDR5) |
| Watercooling |
Thermaltake Pacific RL240 D5 watercooling kit |
| AMD Drivers | Catalyst 16.9.2 (Crimson Edition) |
| OS | Windows 10 |
Temperature readings were taken at idle stock and overclocked speeds.
To increase the temperatures of processor, we ran several CPU intensive stress tests to make sure the CPU was at full load.
Temperatures
Temperatures Idle @ 3.4GHz
Temperatures Load @ 3.4GHz
The Thermaltake Pacific RL240 D5 water cooling kit along with the XSPC RayStorm Pro waterblock did a great job in cooling the CPU. Idle temps were good at 32 Degrees Celsius, while load temps reached 47 degrees Celsius.
Temperatures Idle OC @ 4.0GHz
At 32 degrees Celsius, the idle temps are pretty low for an overclocked 6800K @ 4.0GHz
Temperatures Load OC @ 4.0GHz
Overclocked at 4.0GHz my load temps were hitting 64 degrees Celsius. It might seem a little high, but Broadwell chips are known to run HOT when overclocked!
