Test Rig
For our tests, we used a new test rig which is comprised of a MSI MPG Z390I Gaming Edge AC Motherboard, along with an Intel Core i7-8700K at default clock speed of 3.7GHz, as well as 16GB Thermaltake WaterRam RGB DDR4-3200 ram in dual channel mode.
All tests were conducted at default clock speeds at a resolution of 1920×1080. High or Ultra settings enabled.
| CPU | Intel Core i7-8700K @ 3.7GHz (Coffee Lake) |
| Cooling | Noctua NH-D15 Premium CPU cooler |
| Motherboard | MSI MPG Z390I Gaming Edge AC Motherboard |
| Ram | 16GB Thermaltake WaterRam RGB DDR4-3200 |
| HDD | Adata SX 7000 240GB PCIE M.2 SSD |
| PSU | Thermaltake 850W |
| VGA card | Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (8GB GDDR5) |
| Nvidia Drivers | Latest Nvida GeForce WHQL |
| OS | Windows 10 |
BIOS Setup
We used the MSI MPG Z390I motherboard … Setup in the BIOS was super easy. All I had to so was to select the XMP profile and made sure the Memory Frequency was set to 3200 MHz. All other settings were left untouched on AUTO.
CPU-Z and SPD Information
CPU-Z reports the DRAM frequency at 1613 MHz which is about right for DDR4-3200. Memory timings is also correctly reported at 16-18-18-38.
Oddly, CPUZ did not show the manufacturer as Thermaltake … it is greyed out. Even the model/part number is weird – A247254.
AIDA64 SPD Info
Memory chips are made by SK Hynix and supports XMP 2.0 profiles. Memory speed is DDR4-3200 @ 1.35V
