Supermicro SuperO C7Z370-CG-IW : King of Servers delivers Mini-ITX

Testing

The test system we used consisted of:
CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K 6 cores/12 threads
RAM: G.Skill SniperX 16GB DDR4-3600MHz
Motherboard: SuperO C7Z370-CG-IW with BIOS v1.2
Graphics: EVGA GTX 1080Ti SC
SSD: Samsung 860 EVO
CPU cooler: Fractal Design Celsius S24
Power supply: Seasonic Prime Titanium 1000W

As we describe above, we ran the Core i7-8700K on the SuperO board at the restricted 95W setting with a 4.0GHz Turbo speed and also with the power limit raised to allow the Turbo to run at 4.3GHz. The final setting used the overclocked 4.8GHz profile in the BIOS.

For comparison we referred to our review of the Gigabyte Z370 Aorus Ultra Gaming with the same CPU running at 4.3GHz and 5.0GHz.

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