SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 5700XT – Navi Heartbeat Elevated

Test Bench and Method

All of the testings were done on our Intel Z370 test bench powered by a 5GHz Core i9-9900K. We ran all tests involving DX11 through 3 paces and averaged the results of all metrics to come to the final numbers. For DX12 and Vulkan we used the latest release of OCAT at the time and ran the resulting file through our algorithm that extracts the metrics for measurement. The results are presented as Average FPS that represents where the average frame rate fell throughout the test, 1% Low which represents the lowest 1% of frames, and then the .1% low represents the bottom .1% frames. These metrics give a better understanding of overall performance rather than representing the absolute minimum frame rate as that could potentially be a random outlier, but know that the .1% can still be affected by asset loading during runs.

Test System

Components	Z370
CPU	Intel Core i9-9900k @ 5GHz
Memory	16GB G.Skill Trident Z DDR4 3200
Motherboard	EVGA Z370 Classified K
Storage	Kingston KC2000 1TB NVMe SSD
PSU	Cooler Master V1200 Platinum
Windows Version	1903 with latest security patches

Graphics Cards Tested

GPU	Architecture	Core Count	Clock Speed	Memory Capacity	Memory Speed
Pulse RX 5700XT	Navi	2560	1670/1825/1925	8GB GDDR6	14Gbps
NVIDIA RTX 2070 SUPER FE	Turing	2560	1605/1770	8GB GDDR6	14Gbps
AMD RX 5700XT	Navi	2560	1605/1755/1905	8GB GDDR6	14Gbps
NVIDIA RTX 2060 SUPER	Turing	2176	1470/1650	8GB GDDR6	14Gbps
AMD RX 5700	Navi	2304	1465/1625/1725	8GB GDDR6	14Gbps
NVIDIA RTX 2060 FE	Turing	1904	1365/168	6GB GDDR6	14Gbps

Drivers Used

Drivers
Radeon Settings	19.7.5
GeForce	431.60

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WCCFTECH RATING

The SAPPHIRE PULSE RX 5700XT improves in every way over the reference design in thermal and acoustic performance to the point it renders the reference design as an afterthought.

Pros

• Much cooler than the reference model
• Much quieter than the reference model
• Dual bios
• Quick Connect fans
• PCI-e Gen 4.0
• Subtle RGB
• Priced well

Cons

• Low overclocking returns
• No dedicated hardware for Ray Tracing
• Performs inline with reference model frame rates

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