single-threaded image
editing test. With its
RTX 2080 Ti GPU, it
also ripped through our
gaming benchmarks.
It never drops below
60fps in any of our tests
at 2,560 x 1,440, even if
you run Battlefield V with
ray tracing enabled and
set to High. It drops down
to a 31fps minimum
with these settings at
4K, which is borderline
playable, but the rest of its 4K frame rates are superb.
Meanwhile, the Corsair PCI-E 4 SSD delivered read
and write speeds of 4,906MB/sec and 4,178MB/
sec respectively. That’s incredible speed – more than
1,000MB/sec faster than the best PCI-E 3 SSDs, although
you’re only likely to see it in large file transfers.
However, thermal performance is mixed. The Scan’s
GPU delta T of 50°C is fine, but the CPU load delta T of
66°C is very high, even if it technically meant the CPU was
just within thermal limits. It’s not quiet either. The Corsair
Hydro H100i cooler produces more noise than most other
machines when idle at Scan’s settings, and it steps up
further when gaming, or in a full-system stress test.
Headsets and speakers might cover the noise during
a gaming session, but the Scan is never quiet and could
prove irritating if you want a quiet PC – you’ll at least
want to put it under your desk rather than on top of it.
Conclusion
Still, this PC isn’t designed for subtlety. The AMD CPU
delivers amazing multi-threaded power, and the
gaming performance is amazing. Likewise, the 2TB
PCI-E 4 SSD is huge and fearsomely quick, the memory
is excellent, and the motherboard and PSU are great.
The case has loads of space for spare storage too.
The noise is irritating, though, and this specification is also
overkill for many people. If you just want a PC for gaming, you
don’t need to spend extra on a 12-core CPU. If you want a PC
that does it all, though, this is a fast PC with a top-tier spec.
MIKE JENNINGS
VERDICT
Enormous speed for both content creation in gaming,
but it makes a fair bit of noise.
ZEN
+ Incredible CPU
pace
+ Solid gaming
abilities
+ Record-breaking
PCI-E 4 SSD
CHAOS
- Irritatingnoise
- Expensive
- Overkill for many
people
OVERALLSCORE
86 %
PERFORMANCE
24 / 25
DESIGN
21 / 25
HARDWARE
22 / 25
VALUE
19 / 25
BENCHMARK RESULTS
GIMPIMAGE
EDITING
60,379
HANDBRAKEH.264
VIDEO ENCODING
813,573
LUXMARK
OPENCL
152,528
HEAVYMULTI-
TASKING
268,594
SYSTEM
SCORE
293,352
SHADOWOFTHETOMBRAIDER
2,560x1,440,HighestDetail,TAA
0 40 80 120 160
Scan 3XS Vengeance RTX Ti 85fps 109fps
3,840x2,160,HighestDetail,TAA
0 40 80 120 160
Scan 3XS Vengeance RTX Ti 49fps 59fps
TOTALWAR:WARHAMMERII
2,560x1,440,UltraDetail,DX11
0 40 80 120 160
Scan 3XS Vengeance RTX Ti 74fps 93fps
3,840x2,160,UltraDetail,DX11
0 40 80 120 160
Scan 3XS Vengeance RTX Ti 46fps 54fps
BATTLEFIELDV
2,560x1,440,Ultrasettings,DX11
0 40 80 120 160
Scan 3XS Vengeance RTX Ti 102fps 130fps
3,840x2,160,Ultrasettings,DX11
0 40 80 120 160
Scan 3XS Vengeance RTX Ti 69fps 80fps
2,560x1,440,Ultrasettings,DX12,HighDXR,DLSS
0 40 80 120 160
Scan 3XS Vengeance RTX Ti 60fps 67fps
3,840x2,160,Ultrasettings,DX12,HighDXR,DLSS
0 40 80 120 160
Scan 3XS Vengeance RTX Ti 31fps 36fps
Minimum Average