UK Gaming Computers Styx Mini-ITX System Review

The UKGC Styx has the i5-6500 at its heart, which has a base clock of 3.2GHz and turbos to 3.6GHz, while its TDP is just 65W. Above you can see an overview of the processor thanks to CPU-Z.

The Asus Turbo GTX 960 2GB has a base clock of 1190MHz and boosts to 1253MHz. A screenshot of GPU-Z is above. For this review, the latest 368.39 GeForce driver was used.

Comparison Systems

Where applicable, I compare the Styx with the following systems:

• Dell Inspiron 15 7559
• ECS LIVA X
• ECS LIVA X2
• PCSpecialist Lafité
• Dell Latitude 13 7370
• My personal desktop with a Core i3-4160, 8GB DDR3 and a GTX 960.

Test software

• SiSoft Sandra
• Cinebench R15
• Handbrake
• CrystalDiskMark
• ATTO Disk Benchmark
• 3DMark 11
• 3DMark
• Prime 95 (version 26.6)
• CPUID HWMonitor

Test games

• Tomb Raider
• GRID Autosport
• Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor
• Grand Theft Auto V

All games are tested at the 1920×1080 resolution.

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