Test Rig
For our tests, we used a new test rig which is comprised of an ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming ITX/TB3 Motherboard, along with an AMD Ryzen 7 3700X @ 4.4GHz with a boost clock speed of 4.4GHz, as well as 16GB Thermaltake ToughRam RGB DDR4-3200 ram in dual channel mode.
All tests were conducted at default clock speeds at a resolution of 2560×1440 (2K). High or Ultra settings enabled.
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 3700X @ 4.4GHz (Matisse) |
| Cooling | Noctua NH-U9S CPU cooler |
| Motherboard | ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming ITX/TB3 Motherboard |
| Ram | 16GB Thermaltake ToughRam RGB DDR4-3200 |
| HDD | Adata SX 7000 240GB PCIE M.2 SSD |
| PSU | CoolerMaster 850W |
| VGA card | Zotac GeForce RTX 2080 AMP Extreme Core (8GB GDDR6) |
| Nvidia Drivers | Latest Nvida GeForce WHQL |
| OS | Windows 10 |
BIOS Setup
We used an ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming ITX/TB3motherboard in our tests. Setup in the BIOS was very easy. All we did was select XMP 2.0 profile 1 and made sure the Memory Frequency was set to 3200 MHz. All other settings were left untouched on AUTO.
CPU-Z and SPD Information
CPU-Z reports the DRAM frequency at 1599.6 MHz which is fine for DDR4-3200. Memory timings is also correctly reported at 16-18-18-38. DRAM manufacturer is SK Hynix,
AIDA64 SPD Info
Memory chips are made by SK Hynix and supports XMP 2.0 profiles. Memory speed is DDR4-3200 @ 1.35V
