Test Methodology
Comparison Systems |
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| System Name | Scan 3XS WI6000 Viz | HEXUS Test System | ||||
| CPU | Intel Core i9-7980XE | Intel Core i7-6700K | ||||
| Overclocked | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Max All-Core Frequency | 4.2GHz | 4.4GHz | ||||
| CPU Cores / Threads | 18 / 36 | 4 / 8 | ||||
| CPU TDP | 165W | 91W | ||||
| CPU Cooler | Fractal Celsius S24 AIO | Noctua NH-D15S | ||||
| Motherboard | Asus X299 Deluxe | Asus Z170 Pro | ||||
| Memory | Corsair 64GB DDR4 (8x8GB) | Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 32GB (2x16GB) | ||||
| Memory Speed | 15-17-17-35-2T @ 3,000MHz | 16-16-16-39-2T @ 2,400MHz | ||||
| Graphics | Nvidia Quadro P4000 8GB | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FE 11GB | ||||
| Primary Storage Device | 512GB Samsung 960 Pro M.2 | 256GB Samsung 950 Pro M.2 | ||||
| Second Storage Device | 2TB Seagate Barracuda HDD | 512GB SK hynix Canvas SC300 SSD | ||||
| Optical Drive | Asus DVD Writer | - | ||||
| PSU | Corsair RM850x 850W | be quiet! Dark Power Pro 11 850W | ||||
| Chassis | Corsair Carbide 330R Titanium | Fractal Design Define R5 Windowed | ||||
| Operating System | Windows 10 Pro (64-bit) | Windows 10 (64-bit) | ||||
| Warranty | Three years | - | ||||
| Date Reviewed | November 2017 | - | ||||
| Cost As Reviewed | £4,699 | - | ||||
CPU Benchmarks |
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| POV-Ray 3.7 | All-core testing using the popular ray-tracing program | |||||||||||
| Cinebench | Using Cinebench's multi-CPU render, this cross-platform benchmark stresses as many cores as possible. | |||||||||||
| HandBrake | Free-to-use video encoder that stresses all CPU cores. | |||||||||||
| Blender | Free-to-use rendering program that stresses all CPU cores. | |||||||||||
| Lux Render | Free-to-use rendering program that stresses all CPU cores. | |||||||||||
| KeyShot 7 | Ray-tracing and global illumination program that scales across all cores. | |||||||||||
Memory and Storage Benchmarks |
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| AIDA64 | Benchmark that analyses memory bandwidth and latency. | |||||||||||
| CrystalDiskMark | Popular free-to-use storage benchmark, used to gauge sequential performance and aggregated 4K QD32 speeds. | |||||||||||
GPU Benchmarks |
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| SPECwpc 2.1 | Various GPU-accelerated workloads based popular professional applications. | |||||||||||
| SPECwpc Finance | CPU/GPU acceleration for Monte Carlo, Black Scholes, and Binomial pricing. | |||||||||||
| Cinebench | Standard OpenGL test using the GPU. | |||||||||||
| Gaming | 3DMark Time Spy Default Test. | |||||||||||
Miscellaneous Benchmarks |
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| Power Consumption | Noted for system idling, under Blender load, and while running 3DMark Time Spy. | |||||||||||
| Temperature | Noted for system idling, under Blender load, and while running 3DMark Time Spy. | |||||||||||
| Noise | Noted for system idling, under Blender load, and while running 3DMark Time Spy. | |||||||||||
Notes
As this is our first workstation review in a while, we have decided to compare the Scan's performance against our standard test machine featuring an overclocked Core i7-6700K and reference-clocked Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition.
We expect the Scan machine to trounce the HEXUS test system in the CPU-centric tests, due to more lots more cores and threads, yet the GPU analysis is more interesting. The Quadro P4000 ought to be no match for the GTX 1080 Ti FE in regular GPU benchmarks, but given how optimised the Quadro drivers are for professional applications, the results may come as a surprise.