For gamers and content creators who pursue higher performance, stronger heat dissipation, and better scalability, desktop computers provide a better comprehensive experience than gaming laptops, so their status is unshakable. Especially when Intel released the 12th generation Core processor, it once again triggered a wave of hardware upgrades in the desktop industry with its comprehensive performance improvement and the new platform's support for advanced technologies such as DDR5 memory and PCIe5.0 protocol.
However, DIY requires a high technical threshold and requires a lot of time to learn related knowledge. At a fast-paced moment, although some users have a high purchase budget, they do not want to spend too much energy in the process of purchasing computers, and they also hope to get an excellent user experience out of the box. In order to adapt to market demand, many hardware manufacturers have also used their existing hardware resources to launch a new generation of desktop products.
The protagonist of this article is such a product - AORUSMODELX, which is the latest high-end gaming desktop launched by Gigabyte . It is equipped with Intel's 12th-generation Core i9-12900K processor, high-frequency non-public version RTX3080 independent graphics, 32GB dual-channel DDR5-5200 memory, 2TB large-capacity PCIe4.0 solid-state drive and other hardware configurations, and is also equipped with three-fan integrated water-cooling, cool chassis. Let’s take you to see its actual performance!
chassis appearance and internal structure
AORUSMODELX uses a mid-tower chassis with a size of 223×521×500mm, with a large size and a very spacious overall space. There is an AORUS engraving logo on the front panel, which will light up and shine after power on. There is a set of openings on the top of the chassis to enhance heat dissipation. The other side of the opening provides a luminous RGB light strip, which is very cool when lit.
This ATXZ690 motherboard also provides a very rich IO interface, including an HDMI interface, an DP interface, a set of audio, four USB-A3.25Gbps, five USB-A3.210Gbps, a 10G network port, two USB-C3.2Gen2, and an antenna interface of the AX210 wireless network card.
In addition, the AORUSMODELX host also provides an expansion card with Thunderbolt4 interface, which can achieve ultra-large bandwidth of 40Gbps and easily connect to more devices, such as high-definition display , acquisition card, etc., which is very scalable, further improving productivity efficiency.
It is a bit regrettable that the left and right sides of the AORUSMODELX chassis do not adopt a side-transparent design, which cannot show the details of the internal hardware. Of course, the panel is still quite thick, and the workmanship and texture are also excellent.
Open the side panel of the chassis and you can see the internal structure of AORUSMODELX. Including ATXZ690 motherboard, AORUSAIO360X integrated water-cooled radiator, customized non-public RTX3080 graphics card, dual-channel DDR5 memory, Thunderbolt4 expansion card and other hardware; the power supply bin design combined with back wiring makes the inside of the chassis very neat, which is conducive to later installation and upgrade.
motherboard and water-cooled lighting effects display after booting.
heat dissipation pressure test
This AORUSMODELX host is equipped with Core i9-12900K processor. At the same time, Gigabyte adopts a factory pre-overclocking design to increase the single-core turbo of P-Core to 5.4GHz (default is 5.2GHz), and the full-core turbo of E-Core to 3.9GHz (default is 3.7GHz), further squeeze its performance.
At the same time, the RTX3080 graphics card equipped with the AORUSMODELX host is also a non-public version design. The frequency at the time of appearance has exceeded 1905MHz, which is much higher than the default 1.71GHz of the public version. Although the pre-overclocking design of
processor and graphics card can further improve performance, it also increases power consumption, posing a greater challenge to the cooling capacity of the entire machine.
In a room temperature environment of 28℃, AIDA64FPU is first baked. After running for ten minutes, the processor power consumption can be maintained at 266W and the package temperature is 99℃.
Next is AIDA64FPU + Furmark double baking pressure test to detect heat dissipation ability and stability. After running for more than 20 minutes, it can be found that the processor's power consumption remains at 250W, the core temperature is 99℃, the graphics card's power consumption is stable at 354W, the core temperature is 77.5℃, and the video memory temperature is 90℃. The overall performance is in line with expectations, and a more aggressive hardware performance release can be achieved.
processor performance test
First use common benchmark software to test the processor performance of AORUSMODELX.
CPU-Z.01.0, using Version 17 benchmark, single thread is 876.7 and multithread is 11629.5. Due to pre-overclocking, the single-thread and multi-threaded scores are slightly stronger than the Core i9-12900K with the default frequency.
CinebenchR20 rendering test, single thread is 797pts and multithreading is 10714pts. Also slightly stronger than in the silent frequency state.
new version CinebenchR23, single thread is 2108pts, multi-threaded is 28078pts.
Response to V-Ray5Benchmark of V-Ray rendering performance, with a score of 18952pts.
cross-platform testing software Geekbench5, single-threaded score 2053, multi-threaded score 18799.
3DMarkCPUProfile, 1 thread score 1148, maximum thread score 12005.
summary: It can be said that with good water-cooling and cooling capabilities, AORUSMODELX has enabled the performance of the Core i9-12900K processor to be well released. At the same time, considering the pre-overclocking settings in the motherboard BIOS, the performance in many tests has brought better performance.
hard disk, memory performance test
Thanks to the new features of the 12th generation Core platform, AORUSMODELX is equipped with 32GB dual-channel DDR5 memory. After turning on XMP, it can reach a frequency of 5200MHz, and the timing CL40-40-40-80.
was tested by AIDA64, with a reading speed of 81826MB/s, a writing speed of 74026MB/s, a copy speed of 73629MB/s, and a latency of 73.7ns. Overall, the bandwidth is greatly improved compared to DDR4 memory .
At the same time, AORUSMODELX is equipped with a 2TB capacity M.2 interface PCIe4.0 protocol solid-state drive, which takes into account both large capacity and high performance.
was tested using CrystalDiskMark, with a reading speed of up to 4996.54MB/s and a writing speed of up to 4260.12MB/s.
graphics card performance test
AORUSMODELX is equipped with an RTX3080 graphics card, which is a custom-built non-public version designed by Gigabyte. The Boost frequency can reach 1905MHz, which is significantly higher than the public version 1.7GHz. Let's take a look at its performance.
3DMark theoretical performance test, among which in the FireStrike project that reflects the gaming performance of DX11, the graphics card score is 45453, the physical score is 41873, the comprehensive score is 18029, and the total score is 39017.
In the TimeSpy project that reflects the performance of DX12 gaming, the graphics card score is 17979, the CPU score is 19088, and the total score is 18137.
ray tracing test PortRoyal project, with a graphics card score of 11746.
game experience
In terms of actual games, the first is "Tomb Raider: Shadow", the 1080P resolution is enabled, and the average frame rate is 209FPS in the Benchmark scene.
" War Machine 5", still has 1080P resolution, enable the highest image quality, turn off vertical synchronization and maximum frame rate limit, and run the included benchmark test scene average frame rate is 196.3FPS.
" Far Cry 5", the resolution of 1080P is set to the highest image quality, and the built-in benchmark performance detection is run, with an average frame rate of 191FPS.
"Assassin's Creed: Odyssey", 1080P resolution, selected extremely high picture quality, run the included benchmark performance detection, with an average frame rate of 115FPS.
"Final Fantasy 16" benchmark tool, with the highest special effects, the overall score is 31106.
summary: Thanks to the combination of Core i9-12900K and RTX3080 graphics cards, the overall performance is very powerful and can provide a very smooth frame rate in 3A games.
Featured Function Introduction
In order to facilitate users to use out of the box, the AORUSMODELX host also provides rich functions. For example, when you open the first time, the Gigabyte APPCenter installation option will pop up. After entering APPCenter, you can quickly install and update the driver and the accompanying related tools.
Gigabyte's special APP, including various gadgets.
For example, through RGBFUSION 2.0, the lighting effects of motherboard and water-cooled cooling can be customized in the system, which is very convenient.
summary
At present, the new Gigabyte AORUSModelX host has been launched, with a guide price of 24,999 yuan.It is equipped with powerful hardware configurations such as pre-overclocked Core i9-12900K processor, super public version RTX3080 graphics card, high-frequency DDR5 memory, 2TB large-capacity PCIe4.0 solid-state drive, etc. It also provides water-cooled cooling and cool lighting chassis with excellent heat dissipation performance, which can be regarded as both internal and external repair. For users who pursue high performance, have a sufficient budget for purchasing machines, and do not want to accumulate machines by themselves, Gigabyte AORUSModelX host is a good choice.
