Test Setup
For our tests, we will be using a test rig which is comprised of the Gigabyte X870 AORUS Elite WiFi7 motherboard, along with an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X @ default speed, and a GeForce RTX 4080 Super.
Although the motherboard was able to support both EXPO and XMPO memory modules, at the time of testing we didn’t have any EXPO memory on hand, so we decided to use XMP memory for our tests. We set the ram at DDR5-7200 speeds.
All tests were conducted at turbo clock speeds at a minimum resolution of 1920×1080 or higher. High or Ultra settings enabled.
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X @ default clock speed |
| Cooling | Thermaltake Ultra 360 V2 AIO cooler |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte X870 AORUS Elite WiFi7 |
| Ram | 32GB of Patriot Viper Xtreme5 DDR5-7200 |
| XMP/EXPO profiles | Yes XMP 3.0 Profiles |
| SSD/HDD | Crucial T700 1TB (PCIE Gen5x4) |
| PSU | Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1000W 80 Plus Gold |
| VGA card | Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER |
| Drivers | Latest GeForce drivers from Nvidia (Graphics)
Latest AMD Software Adrenalin (Chipset) |
| OS | Windows 11 |
AIDA64 Info
CPU-Z Info
Load Temps
Using the Thermaltake 360 Ultra AIO cooler mounted with 3 x Corsair RX120 RGB cooling fans, the processor produced a full load temperature of 94 degrees Celsius for the CPU, and about the same for the CPU package. It’s lower than I expected considering the TDP of the Ryzen 9 9950X is fairly high at 170W.
In any case, it’s always good to get yourself a good 360mm AIO Liquid cooler, if you plan to build a system with an AMD Ryzen 9000 series processors.
