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Test Rig and Procedures
Test System (with affiliate links)
Motherboard:
Cooling:Noctua NH-U12S for cooling & Corsair H100i
Noctua NT-H1 Thermal Paste
Memory:Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 16GB 3000 MHz – Live Pricing
Storage:WD Black SN750 1TB – Live Pricing
Video Card:Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti
Power Supply:Corsair TX750M
Case:Dimastech Test Bench
(it should also be noted that all testing was done with MCE or Multi-Core Enhancement turned off)
Onboard testing was skipped this time around, both CPUs have the same onboard GPU as the last few generations. Without a change testing again wasn’t needed.