Test Setup
For our tests, we used a test rig which includes the ASRock Z490 Steel Legend Motherboard, along with an Intel Core i9- 10900K (Comet Lake) at default clock speed of 3.7GHz (turbo boost 5.0GHz), as well as 16GB of Thermaltake Toughram RGB DDR4-3200 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 i9- 10900K (Comet Lake) at default 3.7GHz with Turbo Boost 5.0GHz |
| Cooling | Cooler Master Liquid 240 |
| Motherboard | ASRock Z490 Steel Legend |
| Ram | 16GB of Thermaltake Toughram RGB DDR4-3200 |
| XMP profiles | XMP profile @ DDR4-3200 |
| SSD/HDD | Gigabyte Aorus PCIE 4.0 Gen4 M.2 SSD |
| PSU | Cooler Master 850W |
| VGA card | Zotac GeForce RTX 2080 AMP Extreme Core 8GB GDDR6 |
| Nvidia Drivers | Latest GeForce Drivers – WHQL |
| OS | Windows 10 |
AIDA64 Info
CPU-Z Info
Load Temps
Our load temperatures was reached a high of 74 degrees Celsius, which falls within our expectations …
I would recommend a decent AIO cooler with a 240mm radiator or larger … these Comet Lake processor can pretty hot with a TDP of 125W!
