Test Rig
For our tests, we used a new test rig which is comprised of an ASRock Z390 Taichi Motherboard, along with an Intel Core i7-8700K at default clock speed of 3.7GHz (Boost at 4.7GHz), as well as 16GB GEIL Super Luce RGB DDR4-3600 ram in dual channel mode.
All tests were conducted at default clock speeds at a resolution of 1920×1080. High or Ultra settings enabled.
| CPU | Intel Core i7-8700K @ 3.7GHz (Boost @ 4.7GHz) |
| Cooling | Noctua NH-D15 Premium CPU cooler |
| Motherboard | ASRock Z390 Taichi Motherboard |
| Ram | 16GB GEIL Super Luce RGB DDR4-3600 |
| HDD | Adata SX 7000 240GB PCIE M.2 SSD |
| PSU | Thermaltake 850W |
| VGA card | ZOTAC Gaming GeForce GTX 1660 Ti AMP (6GB GDDR6) |
| Nvidia Drivers | Latest Game Ready Drivers – WHQL |
| OS | Windows 10 |
Firestorm Sofware
Idle Temperatures
Idle temperatures are good, hovering around 33 degrees Celsius. No issues to report here.
Load Temperatures
At full load, the card reached a high of 60 degrees Celsius. Now that’s pretty good considering the high boost clock speed of 1860 MHz. It seems ZOTAC’s IceStorm 2.0 is really doing its job.
PassMark – Performance Test 9.0 (3D Test)
Test the speed of your 3D video card by selecting from options such as fogging, lighting, alpha blending, wire frame, texturing, resolution, color depth, object rotation and object displacement. Separate tests for DirectX 9,10,11 & 12. With support for 4K resolution.
