According to Z390 tier list, my mobo has better VRM than low-mid range Asus boards. https://www.overclock.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=250662&d=1548963030 I'll buy better mobo next time to make sure I can run the RAM at 4133+, but I really don't see the point on spending $$$ on high end mobos.. rather spend that money for faster GPU/CPU/RAM/SSD or better PSU/Case etc.
I did say "high end" ASUS boards . It may have better voltage control than low end ASUS boards but the BIOS is not that good . "spending $$$ on high end mobos.. rather spend that money for faster GPU/CPU/RAM/SSD or better PSU/Case etc". That makes no sense .
I guess it's personal preference, but I like said I really don't see reason to spend extra $300-$500 for high end mobo with same chipset. e.g. A, B & C, D are around same price, and I'd pick A, C over B, D any day. A: 9900K, Asus Strix Z390-F, 32GB G.Skill Trident Z 4200 B: 9900K, Asus Maximus XI-F, 32GB G.Skill Ripjaws V 3200 C: 9900K, Asus Strix Z390-F, MSI RTX2080Ti D: 9900K, Asus Maximus XI-F, MSI RTX2080 Super
Just seems strange that you have bought the best CPU and GPU ( together cost over #3000 ) and you are trying to save a few bucks by buying a middle of the road MOBO .
29300 - 1 x Evga RTX 2080Ti Kingpin - 2130 / 8000 - 9980XE @ 4.5 - G.Skill 64GB 4000C17- Asus Rampage V1 Apex - Scum - Water - https://benchmark.unigine.com/results/rid_8915be0977d445ad9d4efdab81a8a1ed Click to view full size!
First try at this software: 29118 - 1 x EVGA RTX 2080Ti FTW3 - 2190 / 8500 - i5-7640X @ 5.1 - 16GB 3733 C18 Samsung B-Die - Asus Rampage VI Apex - IM LATE - Water https://i.imgur.com/G8Zc9sJ.png
OCAU Unigine Superposition Leaderboards (updated 01/11/19) 1. 29300 - RTX2080Ti, 9980XE, Scum, p12 2. 29191 - RTX2080Ti, 9900K, Azzan, p10 3. 29118 - RTX2080Ti, 7640X, im late, p12 4. 28971 - RTX2080Ti, 9900K, spit051261, p10 5. 28577 - RTX2080Ti, 9900K, DarkSnipa, p10 6. 27777 - RTX2080Ti, 8700K, walker_2003, p9 7. 26803 - RTX2080Ti, 9900KF, sickbunny, p8 8. 25308 - RTX2080Ti, 3700X, Plonkflopped, p10 9. 25104 - RTX2080Ti, 3900X, Bolter01, p10 10. 24401 - Titan X, 6700K, BelowAverageIQ, p4 11. 23518 - GTX1080Ti, 7700K, cbwolf, p2 12. 23393 - RTX2080S, 9900K, Azzan, p6 13. 22544 - GTX1080Ti, 4790K, stoker, p1 14. 22198 - RTX2080, 9700K, coathanger007, p11 15. 22114 - Titan Xp, 5960X, aussie-revhead, p4 16. 22023 - GTX1080Ti, 7700K, SneakyBastd, p4 17. 21740 - GTX1080Ti, 6700K, c4dderly, p1 18. 21447 - GTX1080Ti, 4770K, Bourke, p5 19. 20811 - GTX1080Ti, 9900K, Jazper, p6 20. 20280 - Titan X, 5960X, havabeer, p2 21. 19049 - GTX1080Ti, 3770K, power, p3 22. 18734 - GTX1080Ti, 5820K, coathanger007, 08 23. 18276 - Titan X, 1700, Sipheren, p4 24. 17901 - RTX2080Ti, 2600K, Bolter01, p6 25. 16824 - GTX1080Ti, 4930K, HobartTas 26. 16528 - GTX1080, 8700K, Azzan, p5 27. 16458 - 5700XT, 2600, asho444, p6 28. 16030 - GTX1080, 4770K, sw-m78, p2 29. 15778 - Vega 64, 1950X, TaroT, p5 30. 14561 - Radeon VII, 1700, Sipheren, p5 31. 14423 - GTX1070Ti, 9900K, Azzan, p6 32. 14102 - GTX1070, 4790K, sanjeevlives, p3 33. 14067 - Vega 64, 3900X, Bertross, p6 34. 14008 - GTX1070, 1700, darkbastard, p5 35. 12850 - GTX1070, 1700, M4g3X0r, p4 36. 10360 - Fury X, 1800X, TaroT, p1 37. 9046 - R9 390X, 4930K, kEv_, p1 38. 8977 - GTX1060, 9900K, Azzan, p6 39. 8827 - R9 390X, 4790K, terroristone, p3 40. 8388 - GTX1060, 8700K, Azzan, p4 41. 8034 - RX580, 1600, Bolter01, p10 42. 7969 - R9 290, G3260, kelthegeek, p7 43. 5199 - RX570, 950, Skydome, p9 44. 4955 - R9 380, 1600, Bolter01, p10 45. 2647 - R7 360, G3260, kelthegeek, p2 46. 976 - Intel UHD 630, 9900K, Azzan, p7
Don't think it's really much different from my score when i had 6700K + SLI 1080 Ti's Click to view full size!
Hmm.. looks like there's less than 3% difference between top 5 scores.. guess it's time to get serious. Ban.. KAI!!! 29475 - 9900K @ 5.2, 2080Ti @ +210, +1500
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A bit more tweaking for now: 29458 - 1 x EVGA RTX 2080Ti FTW3 - +121 - +1450 - i5-7640X @ 5.2 - 16GB 3733 C18 Samsung B-Die - Asus Rampage VI Apex - IM LATE - Water
Very interesting that I only need +121 & +1450 to get a score that is a bees dick difference to +210 & +1500... And I have not even spent serious time yet to play. Efficiency must be playing a part here..
Heh yer I got very lucky with 2080Ti(silicon lottery winner) but mine only stays at ~2120MHz for first ~30sec then drops down to ~2080MHz cos GPU temp. I suspect it'd do great on water but I'm not into wc.. Anyway now there's less than 0.7% difference between top 3 scores.. but Scum probably still hasn't used his bankai, and Dannyboi still hasn't posted his result yet.