System Overview & Testing Procedures
Our Ryzen test system is made up of the following components.
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 1700
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Gaming X 3GB
Motherboard: ASUS ROG Crosshair VI Heo
Memory: 32 GB Crucial DDR4
Storage: OCZ VX500 512GB SSD
Power: Corsair AX860i
Cooling: Corsair H100i
Case: HighSpeed PC Top Deck Tech Station
We will running the processor and motherboard and the default optimized settings in the BIOS (as if you would restore the defaults on the board). We feel that this is how most users will have their systems configured. So everything will be on auto.
We will be running the below tests on the ROG Crosshair VI Hero Motherboard at both its stock default optimized settings, and then again at our max overclock of 3.9 GHz.
Overall System Testing
PCMark 8
– Home Benchmark
– Work Benchmark
– Creative Benchmark
PCMark 7
SiSoftware Sandra
– Overall System Benchmark
CPU Testing
SiSoftware Sandra
– Processor Arithmetic
– Processor Multi-Media
CINEBENCH R11.5 64-bit
x264 HD Benchmark 5.0
Graphics Testing
3DMark
– Time Spy Benchmark
– Fire Strike Benchmark
– Sky Diver Benchmark
SATA, USB & Network Testing
CrystalDiskMark
SiSoftware Sandra
– Network (LAN) Benchmark
Now let’s get to testing!