Performance: Part 1
The test setup includes the Threadripper 1920X processor cooled by Noctua NH-U14S TR4-SP3, 32GB of Patriot Viper 4 DDR4-3733 and 64GB of Ballistix Elite DDR4-3000. Graphics card in 3D tests is EVGA GTX1080Ti Founders Ed. Storage tests were performed on the HyperX Savage 240GB SATA SSD, Lexar DD512 Professional USB drive and two Patriot Hellfire 240GB NVMe SSD in RAID0.
There is nothing unusual in our test platform but I understand it’s quite expensive and not many our readers will decide on a similar setup.
The Ryzen Threadripper is really amazing if we count multithreading. The 7-Zip benchmark shows high performance of our test rig in compression and decompression what is about what all are doing daily with Zip files.
Another benchmark where the Threadripper looks good is Cinebench so rendering. Everything runs smooth and without any issues.
PCMark 10 is affected by various components but also here we can see a high score, comparable to that of the i9-7900X on ASRock motherboards which we could see in reviews in last days. Productivity test is a bit lower than that on Intel setup while digital content creation and essentials are a bit higher.
Performance using 32GB, single rank kit and 64GB, dual rank kit, is high. What is even more important, all our memory kits could run using XMP profile. The motherboard was adjusting single timings to correct values if anything wasn’t right. For example, used Patriot Viper 4 memory kit was designed for Intel 100 series chipsets and has XMP profile of DDR4-3733 17-19-19. The X399M Taichi set CL18 to match AMD specification and without any additional changes it could run at DDR4-3733. It’s really amazing considering that many AMD Ryzen users are reporting various issues with higher frequency memory.
A similar situation is with 64GB memory kit. Even though not designed for the X399 chipset, it runs without issues and fully stable.
I have to add that both mentioned memory kits are based on Samsung IC. However, memory kits like Ballsitix Tactical Tracer RGB which are based on Micron IC, run also great and overclock really high. I won’t tell you the whole story but if you are interested then soon on the FunkyKit will be review of this new memory kit.
