AWD-IT Aura (GTX 1070) System Review

1. Introduction2. AWD-IT Aura3. Testing Methodology4. SiSoft Sandra5. Cinebench R156. Handbrake Video Encoding7. SSD Performance8. USB 3.0 Bandwidth Testing9. 3DMark 1110. 3DMark11. VRMark12. Grid Autosport (1080p, 1440p and 4K)13. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (1080p, 1440p and 4K)14. Grand Theft Auto V (1080p, 1440p and 4K)15. Doom (1080p, 1440p and 4K)16. Thermal Dynamics and Acoustics17. Power Consumption18. Closing Thoughts19. View All Pages

Above we get an overview of the CPU and GPU, courtesy of CPU-Z and GPU-Z respectively.

The i7-6700K is a quad-core unit with HyperThreading. Most notably, AWD-IT have overclocked it to 4.5GHz using a 1.330 Vcore.

The GTX 1070 here has a 1569MHz base clock, while it boosts to 1759MHz. In reality, though, I saw it boosting up into the 1900s thanks to GPU Boost 3.0 technology. It is equipped with 8GB of GDDR5 memory which operates over a 256-Bit bus.

Comparison systems

Today I will be comparing the Aura with the following systems:

Dell Inspiron 15 7559

• Intel Core i7-6700HQ
• Nvidia GTX 960M
• 16GB Dual-Channel 1600MHz DDR3 RAM
• 128GB SSD + 1TB HDD

ECS LIVA X

• Intel Bay Trail-M Celeron N2808 SoC
• Intel HD Graphics
• 4GB DDR3L RAM
• 64GB eMMc storage

ECS LIVA X2

• Intel Braswell N3050 SoC
• Intel HD Graphics
• 2GB DDR3L RAM
• 32GB eMMC storage

PCSpecialist Lafité

• Intel Core i3 i3-5010U
• Intel HD Graphics 5500
• 8GB Kingston SODIMM DDR3 1600MHz (1 x 8GB)
• 240GB Kingston V300 SSD

Dell Latitude 13 7370

• Intel Core™ m5-6Y57
• Intel HD Graphics 515
• 8GB LPDDR3 1866MHz Memory
• 256GB Solid State Drive M2 2280 PCIe

UK Gaming Computers Styx

• Intel Core i5-6500
• Asus Turbo GTX 960
• 8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 2400MHz DDR4 RAM
• 500GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD

ASUS ROG GX700

• Intel Core i7-6820HK
• Nvidia GTX 980 (desktop)
• 32GB DDR4 2400MHz RAM
• 2x 256GB Samsung SM951 PCIe SSDs in RAID0

DinoPC Primal GT0

• AMD FX-8320
• AMD RX-480
• 16GB DDR3 2133MHz RAM
• 240GB Adata Premier SP550

PCSpecialist Defiance III 17.3

• Intel i7-6700HQ
• Nvidia GTX 1060
• 16GB HyperX DDR4 2133MHz RAM
• 512GB SanDisk X400 M.2 SATA SSD

Gigabyte BRIX Gaming UHD

• Intel i7-6700HQ
• Nvidia GTX 950
• 16GB Crucial DDR4 2133MHz RAM
• 512GB Samsung Pro M.2 SSD

Gigabyte BRIX i7A-7500

• Intel i7-7500U
• Intel HD Graphics 620
• 16GB G.Skill DDR4 2133MHz RAM
• 256GB Toshiba OCZ RD400 M.2 SSD

And lastly my personal desktop with a Core i3-4160, 8GB 1866MHz DDR3 and a GTX 960.

Test software

• SiSoft Sandra
• Cinebench R15
• Handbrake
• CrystalDiskMark
• ATTO Disk Benchmark
• 3DMark 11
• 3DMark
• VRMark
• Prime 95 (version 26.6)
• CPUID HWMonitor
• AIDA64 Engineer
• Fraps

Test games

• Grid Autosport
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
• Grand Theft Auto V
• Doom (2016)

Today we are testing the Aura at 1080p, 1440p and 2160p (Ultra HD 4K). All tests were conducted using the latest Nvidia GeForce 375.86 driver.

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