AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX Review

Name: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
Brand: AMD

on Oct 30th, 2018,

in Processors.

Manufacturer: AMD

Test Setup

In this review, we present four results for the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX:

"Threadripper 2970WX 3.0/4.2 GHz": Stock out of the box
"TR 2970WX PBO Max": Precision Boost Overdrive set to the highest values available, which ran perfectly stable on our ASUS board with a 240 mm AIO. Manual overclocking was disabled.
"TR 2970WX OC 3.975 GHz": Threadripper 2970WX at our highest stable manual OC of 3.975 GHz, for which we set a 1.35 V CPU voltage limit
"TR 2970WX Dynamic Local Mode": Threadripper 2970WX with everything at stock and only AMD's new "Dynamic Local Mode" enabled

Test System "Threadripper"
Processor:	All AMD Ryzen Threadripper
Motherboard:	ASUS ROG Zenith Extreme AMD X399, BIOS 1501
Memory:	4x 8 GB G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 DDR4-3200 14-14-14-34
Graphics:	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Storage:	Crucial MX300 750 GB
Power Supply:	Seasonic SS-860XP
Software:	Windows 10 64-bit Fall Creators Update
Drivers:	NVIDIA GeForce 391.35 WHQL

Test System "LGA 2066"
Processor:	Intel Core i9-7900X
Motherboard:	ASRock X299 Taichi Intel X299, BIOS 2.00
Memory:	4x 8 GB G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 DDR4-3200 14-14-14-34
Graphics:	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Storage:	Crucial MX300 750 GB
Power Supply:	Seasonic SS-860XP
Software:	Windows 10 64-bit Fall Creators Update
Drivers:	NVIDIA GeForce 391.35 WHQL

Test System "9th Gen Core"
Processor:	Intel Core i9-9900K and Core i7-9700K
Motherboard:	ASUS Z390 Maximus XI Extreme Intel Z390, BIOS 0506
Memory:	2x 8 GB G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 DDR4-3200 14-14-14-34
Graphics:	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Storage:	Crucial MX300 750 GB
Power Supply:	Seasonic SS-860XP
Software:	Windows 10 64-bit Fall Creators Update
Drivers:	NVIDIA GeForce 391.35 WHQL

Test System "Coffee Lake"
Processor:	All Intel 8th Generation processors
Motherboard:	ASRock Z370 Professional Gaming i7 Intel Z370, BIOS 1.70
Memory:	2x 8 GB G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 DDR4-3200 14-14-14-34
Graphics:	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Storage:	Crucial MX300 750 GB
Power Supply:	Seasonic SS-860XP
Software:	Windows 10 64-bit Fall Creators Update
Drivers:	NVIDIA GeForce 391.35 WHQL

Test System "Ryzen"
Processor:	All AMD Ryzen 2000, Ryzen 2000G and Ryzen 1000
Motherboard:	MSI X470 Gaming M7 AC AMD X470, BIOS v1.11
Memory:	2x 8 GB G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 DDR4-3200 14-14-14-34
Graphics:	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Storage:	Crucial MX300 750 GB
Power Supply:	Seasonic SS-860XP
Software:	Windows 10 64-bit Fall Creators Update
Drivers:	NVIDIA GeForce 391.35 WHQL

Test System "Kaby Lake"
Processor:	All Intel 7th Generation processors
Motherboard:	ASUS Maximus IX Code Intel Z270, BIOS 1203
Memory:	2x 8 GB G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 DDR4-3200 14-14-14-34
Graphics:	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Storage:	Crucial MX300 750 GB
Power Supply:	Seasonic SS-860XP
Software:	Windows 10 64-bit Fall Creators Update
Drivers:	NVIDIA GeForce 391.35 WHQL

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