Custom PC - UK (2020-02)

VERDICT

Stunning speed, hardware and design. It’s expensive, but

it’s an amazing build.

OVERALLSCORE

91 %%

PERFORMANCE

25 / 25

DESIGN

24 / 25

HARDWARE

24 / 25

VALUE

18 / 25

RIPROARING

+ Amazingmulti-

threadedspeed

+ Superb

gamingpace

+ Incrediblewater-

coolingsystem

RIPPEDAPART

• Expensive


• Middling single-
  threaded pace

BENCHMARK RESULTS The total system score

of 335,331 is stupendous,

sittingmorethan

100,000points beyond

the usual competitors on

mainstreamCPUsockets.

Theonlypartwhereyou

don’tgetmuchbenefitis single-threadedperformance,whichis

limitedbythe4.3GHzall-coreoverclock.However,that’sstilla

decentclockspeed,andtheresultof59,992in ourGIMPimage

editingtestis solidenough.

Besides,themainfactorforgamingperformanceis your

graphicscard,andtheScan’soverclockedGeForceRTX 2080

Ti is superblyfast.It rocketedthroughour2,560x 1,440game

tests,andit evenmaintaineda superbminimumof53fpsin

our4KBattlefieldV testwithDXRonHigh,andthat’swithout

DLSSenabledeither– a superbresult.TheScancanclearly

copewellwith4Kgaming,evenwithraytracingenabled.

TheSSDis nosloucheither.Itsreadandwritespeedsof

4,817MB/secand4,172MB/secaremarket-leading.What’s

more,thetop-notchwater-coolingsystemdoesa greatjobof

coolingthecomponents– theCPUandGPUdeltaTsof55°C

and32°Caregreat,andthenoiselevelsarefineaswell.The

noiseis noticeable,butneverirritating.

Conclusion

TheRyzen9 3950Xis a market-leadingchipinmulti-

threadedworkloads,andtherestoftheScan’sspecification

is sensational.Thestellarperformanceis joinedbyfantastic

design,withexcellentwatercooling.Ofcourse,youpaya

highpriceforthissetup,andfewpeopleneedthislevelof

CPUpower.If youdo,you’llbeabletofindit forlessmoney

ifyou abandon Scan’s overclocking, water-cooling and

flagship components. If you do demand top-tier processing

grunt and components alongside incredible design, though,

the Vengeance RTX Ti Fluid is a superb machine.

MIKE JENNINGS

GIMPIMAGE

EDITING

59,992

HEAVYMULTI-

TASKING

295,076

HANDBRAKEH.264

VIDEO ENCODING

955,752

SYSTEM

SCORE

335,331

LUXMARK

OPENCL

152,528

SHADOWOFTHETOMBRAIDER

2,560x1,440,HighestDetail,TAA

0 50 100 150 200

Scan3XSVengeanceRTXTiFluid 90fps 117fps

3,840x2,160,HighestDetail,TAA

0 50 100 150 200

Scan3XSVengeanceRTXTiFluid 52fps 64fps

TOTALWAR:WARHAMMERII

2,560x1,440,UltraDetail,DX11

0 50 100 150 200

50 100 150 200

Scan3XSVengeanceRTXTiFluid 83fps 104fps

3,840x2,160,UltraDetail,DX11

0

Scan3XSVengeanceRTXTiFluid 50fps 60fps

BATTLEFIELDV

2,560x1,440,Ultrasettings,DX12,HighDXR

0

Scan 3XS Vengeance RTX Ti Fluid 60fps 70fps

3,840x2,160,Ultrasettings,DX12,HighDXR

0

Scan 3XS Vengeance RTX Ti Fluid 53fps 58fps

50 100 150 200

50 100 150 200

Minimum Average