PC Specialist Nucleus AMD Threadripper 2990WX Workstation

We put the PC Specialist Nucleus through a suite of workstation benchmarks. For comparison, we pitted it against the Armari Threadripper and Intel Core i9 workstations in our previous head-to-head test, as well as the Scan 3XS GW-HTX35 and Armari Magnetar V25R-RA750G2, and Armari's Threadripper 2990wx system we reviewed recently, although not all of our benchmarks were run on these systems.

Software:
Cinebench R15
SPECviewperf 12.1
SPECviewperf 13
LuxMark 3.1
Blender 2.79b
Corona 1.3 Benchmark
Adobe Media Encoder CC 2018
CrystalDiskMark 6.0.0

Scan 3XS GW-HTX35 Specifications:

• 2x Intel Xeon E5-2687W V3 @ 3.1GHz
• 64GB Crucial ECC Registered DDR4 SDRAM @ 2,133MHz
• ASUS Z10PE-D8 WS Motherboard
• 512GB Samsung 850 Pro SATA III 6Gb/s SSD
• 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 SATA III 6Gb/s 7,200rpm HDD
• 12GB GDDR5 NVIDIA Quadro M6000 Graphics
• 2x 3XS customised Corsair H80 water cooling
• 1,000W Corsair RM PSU
• Fractal Design Define XL Titanium Grey chassis
• Windows 7 Professional 64bit
• 3 Years warranty, 1 Year Onsite, 2 Years RTB

Armari Magnetar V25R-RA750G2 Specifications:

• AMD Ryzen 7 1800X @ 3.6GHz
• 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 SDRAM @ 2,400MHz
• Biostar X370GTN Motherboard
• 512GB Samsung PM961 M.2 NVMe PCI Express SSD
• 32GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon Pro Duo Graphics
• Sealed AIO water cooling
• 750W Platinum Efficiency PSU
• Custom V25 Pristine White chassis
• Windows 10 Professional 64-bit
• 3 Years Warranty Parts and Labour, 1 Year Onsite, 2 Years RTB

Armari Magnetar S16T-RW850G2 Specifications:

• AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X @ 4GHz
• Armari SPX-A57LX Water Cooling
• 64GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 SDRAM @ 2,933MHz
• Asrock X399 Taichi Motherboard
• 16GB HBM2 AMD Radeon Vega Frontier Edition Graphics
• 512GB Samsung SM961 M.2 NVMe PCI Express SSD
• 4TB Western Digital Gold Datacenter 7,200rpm SATA HDD
• LiteOn Slimline SATA DVD-RW
• 1000W Gold Efficiency PSU
• Armari Magnetar S-Series Chassis
• Windows 10 Professional 64-bit
• 3 Years Warranty (1st Year On-Site, 2nd and 3rd Years RTB Parts and Labour)

Armari Magnetar S18X-RD850G2 Specifications:

• Intel Core i9 7980XE @ 3.8GHz
• Armari SPX-A57LX Water Cooling
• 64GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 SDRAM @ 3,600MHz
• ASUS PRIME X299-A Motherboard
• 12GB GDDR5X NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan Xp Graphics
• 480GB Kingston KC1000 M.2 NVMe PCI Express SSD
• 4TB Western Digital Gold Datacenter 7,200rpm SATA HDD
• LiteOn Slimline SATA DVD-RW
• 1000W Gold Efficiency PSU
• Armari Magnetar S-Series Chassis
• Windows 10 Professional 64-bit
• 3 Years Warranty (1st Year On-Site, 2nd and 3rd Years RTB Parts and Labour)

Armari Magnetar S32T-RD1000G2 Specifications:

• AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX @4GHz
• Enermax Liqtech TR4 Water Cooling
• 64GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3600 SDRAM @ 3,000MHz
• Asrock X399 Taichi Motherboard
• 16GB HBM2 AMD Radeon Pro WX 9100 Graphics
• 1TB Samsung PM981 M.2 NVMe PCI Express SSD
• LiteOn Slimline SATA DVD-RW
• 1000W EVGA SuperNOVA Gold Efficiency PSU
• Armari Magnetar S-Series Chassis
• Windows 10 Professional 64-bit
• 3 Years Warranty (1st Year On-Site, 2nd and 3rd Years RTB Parts and Labour)

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