Test Setup
For our tests, we used a test rig which included the Asus ROG Maximus XI Hero motherboard, along with an Intel Core i5-7600K (Kaby Lake) at turbo clock speed of 4.2GHz, as well as 8GB of G.Skill Trident-Z DDR4-3200 ram in dual channel mode.
All tests were conducted at turbo clock speeds of 4.2GHz at a resolution of 1920×1080. High or Ultra settings enabled.
| CPU | Intel Core i5-7600K (Kaby Lake) @ 3.8GHz / Turbo @ 4.2GHz |
| Cooling | Cooler Master MasterLiquid Pro 240 |
| Motherboard | Asus ROG Maximus XI Hero |
| Ram | 2 x 4GB G.Skill Trident-Z DDR4-3200 |
| XMP 2.0 profiles | Memory timings : 15-15-15-35 @1.2v |
| HDD | Crucial MX300 – 750GB |
| PSU | Thermaltake Toughpower RGB 750W |
| VGA card | Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 AMP Edition 8GB GDDR5 |
| Nvidia Drivers | Latest GeForce Drivers v.378.49 – WHQL |
| OS | Windows 10 |
AIDA64 Chipset Information
AIDA64 Motherboard Information
CPU-Z Information
We decided to use “Optimized” BIOS settings in our tests, which naturally turns on the turbo speed to 4.2GHz. All tests were conducted using this setting.
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