VERDICT
Loads of power inside a reasonably built
machine with a well-balanced specification.OVERALLSCORE
88 %
PERFORMANCE
23 / 25
DESIGN
22 / 25
HARDWARE
21 / 25VALUE
22 / 25CRYSTAL
CLEAR
+ RTX^2080
Superis fast
+ AMDCPUis quick
andversatile
+ Decent
motherboardand
attractivecaseMURKY- Componentaccess
sometimestricky - SSDandPSU
couldbebetter - Noticeable^
fan noise
BENCHMARK RESULTS
Meanwhile,theRyzenCPUmarginallyoutpaces
equivalentIntelchipsinsingle-threadedtestsandis far
betterininmulti-threadedapplications.Itsoverallscoreof
224,295is marginallybehindthebestresultswe’veseen
fromthischip,butit’sstillfast.It hasthepowertohandleany
gamingsituationalongsideeverydaycomputing,content
creationandbothphotoandvideowork.
Also,whiletheWDBlueSSD’sreadandwritescoresof
1,626MB/secand715MB/secaremiddlingcomparedwith
thelatestPCI-E4 drives,it stilloffersa decentamountof
storagespaceandis quickerthanSATAdrives.Thismachine
hasnothermalissueseither.ItsCPUandGPUdeltaTsof
47°Cand51°Carefine.TheStormforceproducesmodestfan
noisewhenidle,andit’sa littlelouderwhengaming,butthe
noiseis neverirritating.Conclusion
TheStormforceoffersanimpressiveamountofpower
forjustunder£2,000.TheRTX 2080 Superdeliversa
reasonableperformancebumpovertheRTX2080,the
CPUis fast and the supporting spec is solid for the money.
On the downside, the large components make internal
access tricky and the SSD and PSU could be better, but these
are minor complaints. In key areas, the Stormforce delivers
great performance at a very reasonable price – it’s a fast
gaming system with a well-balanced spec.
MIKE JENNINGSGIMPIMAGE
EDITING61,798
HEAVYMULTI-
TASKING235,764
HANDBRAKEH.264
VIDEO ENCODING575,019
SYSTEM
SCORE224,295
LUXMARK
OPENCL122,999
SHADOWOFTHETOMBRAIDER
2,560x1,440,HighestDetail,TAA0 50 100 150 200StormforceCrystalRTX 2080 Super 78fps 99fps
3,840x2,160,HighestDetail,TAA0 50 100 150 200StormforceCrystalRTX 2080 Super 42fps 53fps
TOTALWAR:WARHAMMERII
2,560x1,440,UltraDetail,AAon0 50 100 150 20050 100 150 200StormforceCrystalRTX 2080 Super 62fps 81fps
3,840x2,160,UltraDetail,AAon0StormforceCrystalRTX 2080 Super 39fps 46fps
BATTLEFIELDV
2,560x1,440,Ultrasettings,DX12,HighDXR,DLSS0Stormforce Crystal RTX 2080 Super 62fps 69fps
3,840x2,160,Ultrasettings,DX12,HighDXR,DLSS0Stormforce Crystal RTX 2080 Super 42fps 46fps
50 100 150 20050 100 150 200
Minimum Average