10. By some margin as well, but
fortunately wPrime on Windows 10
is valid so that score counts.
FINAL WORDS
Cinebench 11.5 – 50.37 FPS
Cinebench R15 - 4514
GPUPI 1B – 1min05, 581 seconds
HWBOT Prime – 9810
HWBOT x265 1080P – 84.97 FPS
HWBOT x265 4K – 22, 43
Why no wPrime you ask? Well the
result is there, but the issue is that
Windows 7 is actually slower in this
particular benchmark than Windows
AMD’s X399 platform is powerful.
It isn’t an easy platform to work
with under LN2, but it is possible.
Right now, I’ve only had experience
with one motherboard. However,
given the state of Ryzen/AM4
extreme overclocking, I suspect
the ROG Zenith Extreme will once
again be the obvious if not only
choice for those who will want to
be competitive on this platform.
There are a great many options on
the board in in particular within
the BIOS which made sure all this
was possible and minimized the
pain that overclocking on a more
pedestrian board would result
in. From LN2 mode, the RSVD
switches, the ability to change
reset button behaviour and so much
more, the Zenith pretty much lived
up to its name being the Zenith at
present of X399 overclocking.
All this would not have been
possible though without the help
of the ROG Guru’s elmor and
Shamino. Being able to ask a
question and get valuable, useful
and accurate help is invaluable.
Fortunately they have poured this
into a guide as they have with the
other overclocking motherboards
from ROG, so everything that was
managed here by a self-confessed
“mediocre at best” overclocker is
available to anyone who would buy
this motherboard. It’s been a long
time since one even bothered to do
any kind of meaningful overclocking
(over a decade) on an AMD platform,
but the AMD 1950X and ROG Zenith
Extreme combination seems to
have the goods and capability to
make extreme overclocking on the
AMD platform as exciting and as
rewarding as ever before. This is
TheOverclocker's experience - take
from it what you will.
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