Test Setup
For our tests, we used a test rig which includes the ASRock Fatal1ty H370 Performance Motherboard, along with an Intel Core i7-8700K (Coffee Lake) at default clock speed of 3.7GHz (turbo boost 4.7GHz), as well as 16GB of Patriot Viper RGB DDR4-3000 ram in dual channel mode.
All tests were conducted at turbo clock speeds at a resolution of 1920×1080. High or Ultra settings enabled.
| CPU | Intel Core i7-8700K (Coffee Lake) @ 3.7GHz / Turbo @ 4.7GHz |
| Cooling | Noctua D15 Cooler |
| Motherboard | ASRock Fatal1ty H370 Performance |
| Ram | 2 x 8GB Patriot Viper RGB DDR4-3000 |
| XMP 2.0 profiles | Memory timings : 15-17-17-35 @1.35v |
| SSD/HDD | Crucial MX300 SSD – 750 GB |
| PSU | Cooler Master GXII 750W |
| VGA card | Zotac GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5 |
| Nvidia Drivers | Latest GeForce Drivers – WHQL |
| OS | Windows 10 |
AIDA64 Info
CPU-Z Info
Idle Temps
Using our large Noctua D15 CPU cooler, our idle temperatures was a cool 35 degrees Celsius.
Load Temps
Our load temperatures was pretty impressive too … at 78 degrees Celsius. This is all thanks to the large Noctua D15 CPU cooler.
