Test Setup
For our tests, we used a test rig which includes the ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming 9 Motherboard, along with an Intel Core i7-8700K (Coffee Lake) at default clock speed of 3.7GHz (turbo boost 4.7GHz), as well as 16GB of GEIL Super Luce RGB DDR4-3600 ram in dual channel mode.
All tests were conducted at turbo clock speeds at a resolution of 1920×1080. High or Ultra settings enabled.
| CPU | Intel Core i7-8700K (Coffee Lake) @ 3.7GHz / Turbo @ 4.7GHz |
| Cooling | Noctua NH-D15 Cooler |
| Motherboard | ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming 9 |
| Ram | 16GB of Thermaltake WaterRAM RGB DDR4-3200 |
| XMP profiles | Yes |
| SSD/HDD | Adata XPG SX7000 – 240GB SSD |
| PSU | Thermaltake ToughPower 750W |
| VGA card | Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB GDDR5 |
| Nvidia Drivers | Latest GeForce Drivers – WHQL |
| OS | Windows 10 |
AIDA64 Info
CPU-Z Info
Idle Temps
Using our massive Noctua D15 CPU cooler, our idle temperatures wasn’t too bad at 37 degrees Celsius. CPU package is at 50 degrees Celsius.
Load Temps
Our load temperatures was reached a high of 75 degrees Celsius (CPU package was at 77 degrees Celsius) … no problems here. Our massive Noctua D15 CPU cooler handled it extremely well.
