System Overview & Testing Procedures
So obviously we will be running the Core i5-8400 in a Z370 system, but we will be testing a handful of processors from both AMD and Intel so we have three different test systems. They are comprised of the following components.
Intel Z370 System
Processors: Intel Core i7-8700K / Intel Core i5-8400
Motherboard: ASUS Prime Z370-A
Graphics: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Gaming X 3GB
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Tactical DDR4-3000 32GB
Storage: Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB
Cooling: NZXT Kraken X52
Power Supply: Corsair AX860i
Case: PrimoChill Praxis WetBench
Intel Z270 System
Processors: Intel Core i7-7700K / Intel Core i7-6700K
Motherboard: Aorus Z270X-Gaming 9
Graphics: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Gaming X 3GB
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Tactical DDR4-3000 32GB
Storage: Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB
Cooling: NZXT Kraken X52
Power Supply: Corsair AX860i
Case: PrimoChill Praxis WetBench
AMD X370
Processors: AMD Ryzen 7 1700X / AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair VI Hero
Graphics: MSI GeForce GTX 1060 Gaming X 3GB
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Tactical DDR4-3000 32GB
Storage: Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB
Cooling: NZXT Kraken X52
Power Supply: Corsair AX860i
Case: PrimoChill Praxis WetBench
For testing the processors everything will be set to auto in the BIOS. The reason we do is because most people will have this setup on their own PC. This is the default mode if you do not go into the BIOS and change anything.
Here are the specifications of all four processors we will be testing today.
Core i7-8700K: 3.7 GHz / 4.7 GHz
Core i7-7700K: 4.2 GHz / 4.5 GHz
Core i7-6700K: 4.0 GHz / 4.2 GHz
Core i5-8400: 2.8 GHz / 4.0 GHz
Ryzen 7 1700X: 3.4 GHz / 3.8 GHz
Ryzen 5 1600: 3.2 GHz / 3.6 GHz
Here are the tests that we will be running:
CPU Testing
AIDA64
– CPU Queen
– CPU ZLib
X264 HD Benchmark 5.0
Sisoftware Sandra
– Processor Arithmetic
– Processor Multimedia
Handbreak
– Encoding test
POV-Ray 3.7
CINEBENCH R11.5 64-Bit
Graphics & Gaming
3DMark Time Spy
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme
Ashes Of The Singularity
Batman Arkham Origins
The Division
