Test Setup
For our tests, we used a test rig which includes the EVGA Z370 Micro Motherboard, along with an Intel Core i7-8700K (Coffee Lake) at default clock speed of 3.7GHz (turbo boost 4.3GHz), as well as 16GB of GEIL Super Luce RGB DDR4-3000 ram in dual channel mode.
All tests were conducted at default clock speed which auto switched to a turbo clock of 4.3GHz at a resolution of 1920×1080. High or Ultra settings enabled.
| CPU | Intel Core i7-8700K (Coffee Lake) @ 3.7GHz / Turbo @ 4.3GHz |
| Cooling | Cooler Master MasterLiquid Pro 240 AIO CPU cooler |
| Motherboard | EVGA Z370 Micro |
| Ram | 2 x GEIL Super Luce RGB DDR4-3000 |
| XMP 2.0 profiles | Memory timings : 15-15-15-35 @1.35v |
| SSD/HDD | Patriot Hellfire PCIE M.2 256GB SSD |
| PSU | Thermaltake Toughpower RGB 750W |
| VGA card | Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5 |
| Nvidia Drivers | Latest GeForce Drivers v388.13 – WHQL |
| OS | Windows 10 |
AIDA64 Info
CPU-Z Info
Idle Temps
Idle temps were pretty low considering these Coffee Lake CPUs do run quite hot. Mind you, it it is idling at a stock speed of 3.7GHz.
Load Temps
Load temperatures was a completely different story. With Turbo Boost (Auto) on the clock speed reaches 4.3GHz. At this speed, the load temperature reached a worrying 88 degrees Celsius. Although both CPU and motherboard can handle it no problems, I usually prefer temps below 60 degrees at full load.
We highly recommend you use a powerful AIO liquid cooler (or custom loop) for cooling.
