The test configuration:
Here is the configuration that will be used for the test of this ROG Crosshair VIII Extreme:
- Motherboard : EVGA X570 DARK (BIOS 1.04)
- Processor : AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
- Memory : 16 GB GSKILL Tridend Z Royal Elite 4000 MHz CL14-15-15-35 (FCLK 1800)
- Graphics Card : MSI GT 710
- Cooling system : Optimus waterblock + 480 mm EK radiator
- SSD : Seagate FireCuda 520 1 TB Gen4
- Power supply: Super Flower Platinum 1600 watts
- Operating system : Windows 10 64-bit
- Display : Asus PG27UQ
A quick tour through CPU-Z to make sure everything is in order before we start our tests.
Let’s start the overclock of our Ryzen 9 5950X, of our different memory kits on this EVGA X570 DARK.