Custom PC - UK (2020-03)

VERDICT

Fast in games and great in applications, but it makes a lot

of noise, and some of the specs are a little underwhelming.

OVERALLSCORE

82 %

PERFORMANCE

23 / 25

DESIGN

19 / 25

HARDWARE

20 / 25

VALUE

20 / 25

SUPER

POWERED

+ Lashings of

CPU power

+ Fast in games

+ Loads of storage

upgrade options

SUPERFICIAL

• Underwhelming
  motherboard


• Unnecessarily loud


• More expensive
  than rivals

BENCHMARK RESULTS

Performance

The overclocked RTX 2080 Super will play any game at 1080p

and 2,560 x 1,440 at high frame rates, including single-player

games and esports titles. Its 4K minimums of 42fps in two of

our test games are also playable, although you really want an

RTX 2080 Ti to play games at 4K with real-time ray tracing –

the CyberPower dropped to 39fps in Battlefield V with High

DXR, even with DLSS enabled. The CyberPower was generally

faster than the Stormforce across gaming benchmarks,

although only by a small margin.

The CyberPower’s Intel processor was a little slower than

the Stormforce’s AMD chip in our single-threaded image

editing benchmark, but the difference is minor. In the multi-

GIMPIMAGE

EDITING

60,470

HEAVYMULTI

TASKING

256,726

HANDBRAKEH.264

VIDEO ENCODING

632,779

SYSTEM

SCORE

243,643

LUXMARK

OPENCL

122,999

SHADOWOFTHETOMBRAIDER

2,560x 1,440,HighestDetail, TAA

0 50 100 150 200

CyberPower Infinity X99 Super 79fps 101fps

3,840x 2,160,HighestDetail,TAA

0 50 100 150 200

CyberPower Infinity X99 Super 42fps 54fps

TOTALWAR:WARHAMMERII

2,560x 1,440,UltraDetail,DX11

0 50 100 150 200

50 100 150 200

CyberPower Infinity X99 Super 66fps 86fps

3,840x 2,160,UltraDetail,DX11

0

CyberPower Infinity X99 Super 42fps 49fps

BATTLEFIELDV

2,560x 1,440,Ultrasettings,DX12,HighDXR,DLSS

0

CyberPower Infinity X99 Super 63fps 72fps

3,840x 2,160,Ultrasettings,DX12,HighDXR,DLSS

0

CyberPower Infinity X99 Super 39fps 47fps

50 100 150 200

50 100 150 200

Minimum Average

INTELPERFORMANCE

INDEX

212.88%

threaded Handbrake test, though, the Intel chip was also

faster than the AMD silicon, and the CyberPower’s overall

score of 243,643 was almost 20,000 points ahead. It’s good

pace from Intel, but it’s not a surprise when the Intel chip

costs £560, while the Ryzen 7 3700X costs £290.

The CyberPower is ordinary in other areas. Its SSD read

and write scores of 1,834MB/sec and 983MB/sec are faster

than SATA SSDs, but mediocre compared with the latest

PCI-E 4 SSDs. It’s not particularly quiet, either, with the six

case fans producing a rumble during all tasks, even when

idle. This machine is louder than most rivals, including the

Stormforce, and it’s irritating. Thankfully, the CPU and GPU

delta Ts of 62°C and 49°C are fine.

Conclusion

The CyberPower Infinity X99 Super’s Core i9 CPU offers

a decent step up from the Ryzen 7 3700X, particularly in

games. However, it’s clear that other areas have been

skimped on in order to get Intel’s LGA1151 flagship into a sub-

£2,000 budget. The cheaper Stormforce is nearly as quick

in games, but offers more motherboard features, quieter

operation and a better warranty. CyberPower has put

together a decent sub-£2,000 gaming spec, but you can

get a better balance of features for less money elsewhere.

MIKE JENNINGS