My everyday workstation. The focus was on general computing and virtualization performance, hence the 870 Evo with 4 TB storage capacity for VMs, the most powerful processor on AM4, and maximum RAM expansion. Gaming should of course also work acceptably – however, we mainly play older titles, hence the now significantly aged graphics card. So far, it’s been enough.
Hardware:
| Processor | AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Zen 3 → Vermeer (7 nm) Stepping B0 16 Cores, 32 Threads Base clock 3.40 GHz Caches: L1 : 1 MB L2: 8 MB L3: 64 MB PBO, Curve Optimizer 105 Watts TDP |
| Socket | AM4 (Desktop) μOPGA, 1331 Contacts |
| Cooling | Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360 All-in-one liquid cooling Three PWM-controlled 120 mm fans |
| Mainboard | ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero ATX |
| Chipset | AMD X570 Bixby (14 nm) Passive cooled 11 Watts TDP |
| Memory | 128 GB G.Skill Trident Z Neo (4 x 32 GB) DDR4-3600, 18-22-22-42 1T (1.35 Volts) Dual-Channel DIMM (Unbuffered) 4 of 4 Slots used |
| Graphics | ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 Ti OC Pascal → GP102-350-K1-A1 (16 nm, TSMC) 11 GB GDDR5X VRAM PCIe 3.0 x16 @ PCIe 4.0 x16 Limits maximized, Liquid metal 250 Watt TDP |
| DirectX OpenGL OpenCL Vulkan CUDA Shader Model | API 12.0, Feature Level 12.1 4.6 3.0 1.4 6.1 6.8 |
| Used Graphics Output | HDMI 2.0b @ 2560 x 1080, 60 Hz DisplayPort 1.4 @ 1920 x 1080, 60 Hz |
| Audio | ROG Supreme FX (PCIe, integrated) |
| Boot device | SSD Samsung 990 Pro (2 TB) 2 GB LPDDR4-4266 DRAM-Cache Passive cooled (MB) NVMe, PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2, 2280 |
| Storage devices | SSD Samsung 980 Pro (1 TB) 1 GB LPDDR4-1866 DRAM-Cache Passive cooled (MB) NVMe, PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2, 2280 SSD Samsung 870 Evo (4 TB) 4 GB LPDDR4-1866 DRAM-Cache SATA-III 2.5″ SSD Samsung 860 Evo (1 TB) 1 GB LPDDR4-1866 DRAM-Cache SATA-III 2.5″ SSD Samsung SM863a (480 GB) MZ7KM480HMHQ-000FU 512 MB DRAM-Cache SATA-III 2.5″ HDD WD Blue (2 TB) WD20EZRZ-22Z5HB0 5400 rpm / 64 MB Cache SATA-III 3.5″ HDD WD Red (4 TB) WD40EFRX-68WT0N0 5400 rpm / 64 MB Cache SATA-III 3.5″ HDD WD Red (4 TB) WD40EFRX-68WT0N0 5400 rpm / 64 MB Cache SATA-III 3.5″ HDD WD Blue (3 TB) WD30EZRZ-00Z5HB0 5400 rpm / 64 MB Cache SATA-III 3.5″ |
| Optical drive | PLDS BD B DH6E2S (BluRay Reader) SATA 5.25″ |
| Network | 2.5 Gbit Ethernet, RJ-45 Realtek RTL8125-CG (PCIe, integrated) 1 Gbit Ethernet, RJ-45 Intel I211 (PCIe, integrated) 574 / 2400 Mbps Wifi AX (Dual Band) Intel AX200 (PCIe, integrated) Bluetooth v5.1 Combined with Wifi |
| Power supply | Corsair HX1200i 1200 Watts max. ATX |
| Case | BeQuiet Dark Base Pro 900 Revision 2, Black |
| Miscellaneous | Multi-card reader in the second 5.25″ slot RGB-LED Lighting |
Firmware:
| Manufacturer | American Megatrends, Inc. |
| Type | UEFI 256 Mb ROM (32 MB) |
| Version | 5302, 03.10.2025 |
Software:
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows 11 Professional German |
| Architecture / Version | x64 / 25H2 |
| Type of boot | UEFI with Secure Boot |
| Partition table | GUID Partition Table |
Benchmarks:
| PassMark | 14069 Points https://www.passmark.com/baselines/V11/display.php?id=315523543305 |
| Cinebench R23 | Single 1605 Points Multi 29235 Points |
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