Qooltech IV cooling device, which displays an orange pattern when the temperature rises to a certain range Back of motherboard has MOS driver components X79 heat sink, which will also display a special color when the temperature reaches a certain level The MOSFETs and chipsets all use Qooltech IV cooling modules, which together with the heatpipe design can effectively balance the temperature on both sides Photo of UEFI, providing choice of 10 different languages M.I.B X- Can set clock parameters or voltage settings for CPU and DRAM Voltage Levels CPU VCORE Voltage -300 to +700 mV CPU VSA Voltage -300 to +600 mV CPU VTT Voltage -200 to +500 mV PCH Voltage -200 to +300 mV DRAM Voltage -300 to +500 mV Page with information on CPU and related technology If you want to fix the CPU clock to avoid being beat by energy-saving technology, you should select the following two options Turn off Power Technology and Enhanced Halt (C1E) Page on advanced CPU options This can be used to independently set the multiplier for each CPU Core, and here all the CPU multipliers are set to 46 Page on DDR3 settings Turn on XMP technology, allowing the DDR3 clock to increase to 2133 Detailed parameters are Cl9 11-10-27 2T PC Health Status |
With the Smart Fan page, the user can adjust the mode of the fan speed to the reach the desired balance between cooling and quiet The above is for the ECS X79 UEFI interface with all of the options turned on If you want to overclock the CPU FSB and DDR3, it is recommended that you set the CPU VSA Voltage to between 1.000 and 1.200V It is easier to set the CPU overclocking multiplier: all you need to do is find a voltage that allows the CPU cooling system to operate stably Basically there are only three voltages that need to be set, these overclocking factors are the same as with other X79s The above photo shows the CPU/DDR3 set for 4.6GHz/2133, and is provided as reference to users with the same platform Test platform CPU: Intel Core i7-3960X Motherboard: ECS X79R-AX DRAM: CORSAIR DOMINATOR-GT CMT16GX3M4X2133C9 VGA: msi N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II Storage: CORSAIR Performance Pro Series 128GB POWER: Thermaltake, Toughpower Grand 1200W Cooler: Intel RTS 2011LC OS: Windows 7 Ultimate, 64bit Overclocking CPU 99.8 X 46 => 4590.8MHz full speed 1.356V Enabled C1E and turned off Turbo Boost DDR3 2128.4 Cl9 11-10-27 2T XMP mode 1.524V Hyper PI 32M X 12 => 12m 25.822s CPUMARK 99 => 702 x264, FHD Benchmark => 36.1 Fritz Chess Benchmark => 50.88/24424 CrystalMark 2004R3 => 450212 CINEBENCH R11.5 CPU => 13.40 pts CPU (Single Core) => 1.86 pts The FRYRENDER Running Time => 2m 54s PCMark Vantage => 24951 The cooling device is the Intel RTS 2011LC, and we switched to a single 12cm high-speed fan that performed well while overclocking at 4.6GHz At full speed, the CPU voltage falls to 1.356V, and it passed several software tests and other burn-in software For single-threaded performance we used the old CPUMARK software or CINEBENCH R11.5, both of which provided data of considerable accuracy The above-mentioned benchmarks support 6C12T multithreading, and the 3960X currently provides nearly the highest performance data on desktop platforms For overclocking similar CPUs, we recommend the use of appropriate voltage and clock adjustments in accordance with the class of cooling device and the CPU on hand DRAM Test DDR3 1596.6 CL6 7-7-24 1T ADIA64 Memory Read - 20083 MB / s Sandra Memory Bandwidth - 40 134 MB / s MaXXMEM Memory-Copy - 16374 MB / s MaXXMEM Reached multi-memory score - 27.56 GByte / sec DDR3 1862.8 CL8 9-9-27 1T ADIA64 Memory Read - 20329 MB / s Sandra Memory Bandwidth - 45 782 MB / s MaXXMEM Memory-Copy - 16723 MB / s MaXXMEM Reached multi-memory score - 30.70 GByte / sec |
DDR3 2128.4 Cl9 11-10-27 2T the XMP mode ADIA64 Memory Read - 21312 MB / s Sandra Memory Bandwidth - 50 004 MB / s MaXXMEM Memory-Copy - 17276 MB / s MaXXMEM Reached multi-memory score - 32.39 GByte / sec Performance comparison of bandwidth with dual-channel LGA 1155 and four-channel LGA 2011 I found that Sandra Memory Bandwidth achieved two times the level of dual-channel bandwidth when compared with CrystalMark MaXXMEM reached multi-memory score is also about 50% higher compared with dual-channel Other software at DDR3 bandwidth and dual channel were similar or lower: in the future we may need software that can support four-channel technology Test of Three Clocks with Different Parameters to Compare Bandwidth Differences If Sandra Memory Bandwidth is used as a benchmark, DDR3 efficiency will increase 14% from 1600 to 1866 If DDR3 is boosted from 1866 1T to 2133 2T, performance increases by 9.2%: the above was done with DDR3 bandwidth under various clock changes Power Consumption Test The OS Desktop did not use any software and C1E power-saving technology was turned on - 80W OS Desktop did not use any software and the C1E power saving technology was turned off - 174W With LinX running, we allowed the CPU to reach full speed - 322W There was little difference in power consumption performance compared with several other X79s I’ve tried before What’s worth mentioning is that the X79R-AX’s overclocking performance was a bit lower with the C1E standby status enabled If you use overclocking for a long time, I would recommend that you enable the C1E function for better performance in terms of temperature and power consumption Temperature performance (room temperature about 21 degrees) System Standby - 24 to 31 Running LinX with CPU at full speed - 61 to 71 For cooling, we used the Intel RTS 2011LC modular cooling system This allowed the 3960X OC 4.6GHz desktop to achieve a quite low temperature in a standby environment In addition, at full speed, the maximum temperature reached only about 71 degrees, so overclocking settings and temperature conditions were more suitable for long-term use 3D test msi N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II 3DMark Vantage CPU SCORE => 89 479 FINAL FANTASY XIV 1920 X 1080 = 4705 StreetFighter IV Benchmark 1920 X-1080 special effects set to maximum => 158.79 FPS For the 3D performance of a single GTX560 Ti, the LGA 1155 or LGA 2011 currently still achieve the highest standards of a desktop For the same VGA combined with a different level CPU, the 3D performance will be different: the performance of the Sandy Bridge-E architecture is quite good In addition, the X79R-AX can support technology up to the same four VGA CrossFireX or SLI boards For users who need a higher level of 3D performance, based on their needs, they can install the number of VGA boards necessary to obtain higher performance Also with room temperature at about 21 degrees and the 3960X OC overclocking at 4.6GHz, we used temperature measurement tools to check the temperature of the MOSFET In standby with C1E enabled, the temperature was about 36.1 degrees, and with C1E disabled, it went up to about 53.9 degrees, and the highest CPU burn-in temperature is approximately 79.2 degrees Compared with several X79s that I’ve used, the temperature performance of the X79R-AX in standby was relatively higher At full speed, the temperature was a little lower than the other two X79s, and the average performance of these two models was above average If you encounter a MOSFET temperature above 80 degrees, I would recommend overclocking to strengthen the heat dissipation in the area of the MOSFET In this article, windwithme has shared temperature measurements in each X79 as reference ECS X79R-AX Strengths 1. The overseas price is about US$310, equivalent to about NT$9175, a better value than a mid-range X79 2. Equipped with the SAS specification’s SATA design, up to 12 internal SATA devices may be installed 3. A rarely seen transmission design for wireless LAN and Bluetooth dongle communications 4. Qooltech IV cooling modules use a serial configuration of MOSFET chipsets for better heat dissipation 5. The high-end X79 has a 4-Way AMD CrossFireX/nVIDIA SLI configuration 6. Use of 14 MOS drivers for power supply, PCI-E, Gen3, CPU/DDR3 installed 15μ gold contacts Weaknesses 1. DDR3 is only available in 4DIMM packaging 2. When overclocking the CPU, the UEFI interface needs to be enhanced for stability 3. Market visibility and after sales service channels have room for improvement Performance ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 85/100 Materials ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 90/100 Specifications ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 91/100 Appearance ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ 79/100 Cost ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ 83/100 The visibility of ECS in the Taiwan market is not so good, but ECS brand motherboards are continuing to improve The X79R-A is better in terms of components and specifications than some other similarly priced X79s, and it even approaches some high-end X79 specifications In recent years in its high-end product lines, ECS has made visible progress and innovation, which is worthy of recognition With an 8DIMM design, the X79R-A can reach specifications of a very comprehensive standard Performance after overclocking was also good with DDR3 bandwidth from 1600 to 2133 above average The price of the X79R-AX was similar to or slightly higher than other motherboard makers’ entry-level X79s However, the overall specifications of the components were close to high-end standards in the X79 market, with a good cost to performance ratio among high-end X79 platforms ECS will be fairly competitive with a future 8DIMM version and in addition to improved hardware, better market channels :) This article is also post in my blog WIND3C, Any comments are welcome. |
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