PCSpecialist Gladius i7 (RTX 3080 / i7-10700K) System Review

We are examining the PCSpecialist Gladius i7 gaming system for use as a 1440p and 4K gaming machine, as well as a compute workstation.

PCSpecialist Gladius i7 Test Configuration:

• Processor: Intel Core i7-10700K
• Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX Z490-F Gaming
• Memory: 16GB Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 3200MHz C16 DDR4
• Graphics Card: 10GB Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
• System Drive: 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus PCIe NVMe SSD
• Storage Drive: 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM 3.5” HDD
• CPU Cooler: PCS FrostFlow 240 Series RGB AIO Cooler
• Power Supply: Corsair RM750x 750W 80Plus Gold Fully Modular PSU
• Case: NZXT H511 (Black)
• Extra Case Fans: 3x Corsair LL120 RGB LED Fans + Controller Kit
• Network Card: 802.11n 300Mbps PCIe WiFi Card
• Operating System: Windows 10 Home

Comparison Systems:

• Box Cube Custom iCUE Prebuild (Ryzen 7 3700X / RX 5700 XT)

Tests

• Cinebench R20 – All-core & single-core CPU benchmark (CPU Compute), Stress test (Temperatures & Power Consumption)
• Blender 2.90 – All-core rendering of the BMW (CPU Compute), Stress test (Temperatures & Power Consumption)
• V-Ray – CUDA GPU rendering (GPU Compute)
• SiSoft Sandra – Memory bandwidth (Memory)
• AIDA64 – Memory bandwidth, memory latency (Memory)
• 3DMark – Fire Strike (1080p) test, Time Spy (1440p) test (Gaming)
• F1 2020 – 2560×1440 & 4K Ultra High quality preset, DX12 (Gaming)
• Red Dead Redemption 2 – 2560×1440 & 4K High settings manually applied, DX12 (Gaming)
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider – 2560×1440 & 4K Highest quality preset, no AA, DX12 version (Gaming)
• The Division 2 – 2560×1440 & 4K Ultra quality preset, no AA, DX12 version (Gaming)

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