Application & Synthetic Testing
Sandra Memory Bandwidth
All systems were run in dual channel or quad-channel modes where applicable. The Intel Core i9 10980XE used timings of 18,19,19,39@1T. The Intel 9900K used timings of 16,18,18,36@1T while the AMD test systems used timings of 16,16,16,36@1T.
In this test, it comes as no surprise that the Core i9 10980XE takes the top spot here with a score of almost 70GB/s. Overclocked, it’s actually capable of considerably more, but this is the difference quad-channel RAM makes over dual-channel implementations.
Sandra CPU Dhrystone
In this test, the overclocked 10980XE is the first system I’ve seen to crack 1,000 GIPS. Again, we can see the type of performance offered by the 10980XE. It also shows us that the Prime X299 Edition 30 is more than capable of handling the demands placed on it by the 10980XE CPU, which pulls an incredible amount of power.
PCMark 10
Our Prime X299 Edition 30 achieves a score of 7,328 points at stock and 8,058 points when overclocked. Interestingly, the additional cores and threads of the 10980XE don’t prove particularly useful here as the 9900K results are extremely close despite not even being overclocked.
WinRAR – Multithread
As usual, WinRAR results are all over the place. The Prime X299 Edition 30 turns in a result of 1,608MB/s processed at stock speeds and gains a little more than 100MB/s when overclocked. This places it just ahead of the 3900X and 9900K based systems.
WinRAR – Single Thread
In the WinRAR single-thread test, one would think that the 9900K or the 3900X would be king, but the 10980XE is just as fast at stock speeds as either of those options and is even faster when overclocked achieving the highest result at 192MB/s processed.
wPrime v2.10
In the wPrime test, we see the 10980XE gain considerable performance via overclocking. However, the 3900X actually achieved a better result.
POV-Ray
In this test, the Prime X299 Edition 30 is an absolute monster with results that shame everything else in our comparison. We also see a significant benefit from overclocking.