Test Setup
For our tests, we built a test rig which is comprised of the ASRock Z690 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB4 Motherboard, along with an Intel Core i9-12900KF @ 3.9 GHz / Boost @ 5.2 GHz, as well as 32GB of Adata XPG Lancer RGB DDR5-6000 in “quad” channel mode.
All tests were conducted at turbo clock speeds at a resolution of 1920×1080. High or Ultra settings enabled.
Unfortunately, I was not able to test the motherboard using a GeForce RXT 30-series due to chip shortage/scalpers/overpricing, so the bottleneck would come from the graphics card itself. Yes, I’m stuck with a Radeon RX 6500 XT … *sigh*
| CPU | Intel Core i9-12900KF (Alderlake) 12th Gen 10nm |
| Cooling | Enermax AquaFusion 120 AIO |
| Motherboard | ASRock Z690 Phantom Gaming -ITX/TB4 |
| Ram | 32GB of Adata Lancer DDR5-6000 |
| XMP profiles | Yes |
| SSD/HDD | Adata Legend 840 1TB  (PCIE Gen4x4) |
| PSU | Thermaltake ToughPower 850W |
| VGA card | ASRock Radeon RX 6500 XT |
| Drivers | Latest Software Adrenalin Drivers from AMD |
| OS | Windows 10 |
AIDA64 Info
CPU-Z Info
Interestingly, CPU-Z reports my DDR5 ram is running at Quad Channel mode. Well, the explanation is this … DDR5 gives you two 32-bit wide (40-bit wide, with ECC) channels per stick, which means that you get a quad-channel configuration when running two DIMMs.
Load Temps
Using the the Enermax AquaFusion 120 (fitted with the LGA1700 brackets), the processor produced a full load temperature of 100 degrees Celsius, which is very high! It’s not surprising as Intel Alder Lake processors are known to run HOT!
As you can see from the CPU-Z screenshot, Intel’s Alder Lake processors has a max TDP of 125W (241W with Turbo Boost enabled). I highly recommend you get a decent AIO Liquid cooler for your Alder Lake processors.
