The new Asus ROG Rampage V Edition 10 and more!!!

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Last week I received the new Rampage from ASUS, the ROG RAMPAGE V EDITION 10. This motherboard was launched in conjunction with the new Broadwell Extreme processors (6950X, 6900K, 6850K and 6800K) some time ago, being fully compatible also with the Haswell Extreme (5960x,5930K, 5820K) that also occupy the same socket.
The socket of this BOARD is LGA 2011-v3, it uses DDR4 memory up to 3333MHz+ (OC) with eight memory banks available, supporting a total of 128GB of RAM. Compatible with mGPU SLI and CrossFire platforms of up to 4 cards simultaneously.
It incorporates dual Gigabit LAN, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac Dual Band, bluetooth 4.0, ROG Supreme FX 8-channel audio, among other cutting-edge technologies.
Fortunately, the company Wan Computers from Argentina, sent me a 6950X processor, the most powerful and obviously, the most expensive one on the market for desktops, very expensive for me. Remember that Intel used to provide its top of the range, like the predecessor of the 6950X, the 5960X, for a price of 1000USD in the USA, now this new processor that replaces the aforementioned costs 1600USD, 60% more, a nonsense (personal opinion) along with two GTX 1080 assembled by Gigabyte.
That said, I will detail the hardware used for the tests performed:

• Asus Rampage V Edition 10
• SeaSonic 1050w Snow Silent Platinum
• Intel Core i7 6950X (courtesy of Wan Computers Argentina)
• SLI of GTX 1080 Gigabyte with ASUS CUSTOM BIOS (courtesy of Wan Computers Argentina)
• HyperX DDR4 4x4GB 3466MHz
• HyperX SSD Savage 240GB/480GB and HyperX Predator 240GB
• The processor uses a custom liquid cooling system @ Pcmodd Argentina

The first thing I did was look for the maximum stable frequency on the CPU to run the tests, this was 4400MHz, then I moved to the UNCORE or CACHE, 3520MHz and finally I went for the HyperX Predator memory, reaching 3352MHz CL12, it is worth noting that no extreme cooling or anything like that was used.

Results:

3Dmark Vantage: 91774 points

To compare performance with the previous generation, both in CPU, GPU and MEMORY, with a 5960X cooled with liquid nitrogen at 5640MHz at -130 degrees Celsius, plus an SLI (2GPUs) GTX 980Ti also cooled with LN2 at -110 degrees, HyperX DDR4 memory at just over 2800MHz, I got in the same test, 103967 points, here the link to HWBOT (note that the result with the previous generation is top 15 in the world):

nacho_arroyo`s 3DMark Vantage - Performance score: 103967 marks with a GeForce GTX Titan X

3Dmark Fire Strike Extreme: 20169 points

Comparison with the previous generation: 20953 points

nacho_arroyo`s 3DMark - Fire Strike Extreme score: 20953 marks with a GeForce GTX 980 Ti

3Dmark Fire Strike: 32533 points

Comparison with the previous generation: 34406 points

nacho_arroyo`s 3DMark - Fire Strike score: 34406 marks with a GeForce GTX 980 Ti

3Dmark 2011: 44189 points

Comparison with the previous generation: 44295 points

nacho_arroyo`s 3DMark11 - Performance score: 44295 marks with a GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Catzilla 1440P: 33319

Comparison with the previous generation: 33448 points

nacho_arroyo`s Catzilla - 1440p score: 33448 marks with a GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Catzilla 720P: 82574

Comparison with the previous generation: 84706 points

nacho_arroyo`s Catzilla - 720p score: 84706 marks with a GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Well, speaking of the performance of this new platform, there is not much to add, the current one matches and even surpasses in some tests the previous one using "liquid nitrogen" as a cooling method, while the test platform used today, was used without any type of extreme cooling, from this point the increase in performance is spectacular, without a doubt.
Now, it is time to talk about the cost-benefit, and there I go straight to the price that INTEL decided to put on its new masterpiece of engineering, the 6950X costs one thousand six hundred dollars, yes, 1600USD and that in the USA, the panorama now changes a bit, the good news is for those who already had an X99 platform, they will only have to invest that sum to change the CPU, since all X99 motherboards are compatible with this new processor, although of course, who guarantees you that your old motherboard will deliver the performance that the new Asus Rampage, edition 10 achieved.

For those interested in knowing more about this new platform, I will be doing a live broadcast on Thursday, at 9 PM, local time in Argentina, there I will show live, a performance comparison on Tomb Raider, using Z170 + i3 vs Z170 + i5 vs Z170 + i7 vs X99 + 6950X, with a GTX 1080, DDR4 memory and Hyperx SSDs, and of course SeaSonic power supply.

Greetings to all and thanks for reading/commenting.