The Fastest Computer I've Ever Had

Quick Overview

The AMD Threadripper PRO 9995WX, featuring 96 cores and running on a custom BIOS, achieved a Cinebench 2024 multi-core score of 8727 points and completed a Blender render in 38.25 seconds while consuming up to 1902W of power, significantly outperforming its predecessor and consumer counterparts in heavy workstation tasks.

Key Points: The AMD Threadripper PRO 9995WX achieved a Cinebench 2024 multi-core score of 8727 points, ranking first above the 64-core 9980X (6672 points) and the Ryzen 9 9950X3D (2428 points). In Blender rendering, the 9995WX completed the benchmark in 38.25 seconds, significantly faster than the 9980X (1 minute 05 seconds) and the 9950X3D (3 minutes 24 seconds). The CPU package power peaked at 1,902.440W during testing, far exceeding the stock PPT limit of 350W, demonstrating the system's capability when power limits are raised to 2,000W via PBO Advanced tuning. The system utilized 128GB of Kingston FURY Renegade G5 DDR5 6400 MT/s ECC R-DIMM running in quad-channel mode, which doubles the bandwidth compared to dual-channel consumer platforms. The workstation featured an NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPU with 96GB of GDDR7 ECC memory, noted for its professional focus rather than gaming performance. Cooling for the 9995WX was handled by a custom Silverstone 280mm AIO Cooler, which struggled slightly under the massive load, causing coolant temperatures to run 3-4 degrees Celsius hotter than idle. The ASUS Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE motherboard supports up to seven PCIe 5.0 x16 slots and required two 8-pin power connectors for the CPU.

Context: Linus Sebastian and another host/engineer tested the AMD Threadripper PRO 9995WX, a 96-core workstation CPU, pushing its power limits significantly beyond stock settings using a custom liquid cooling solution (a repurposed Thermo Scientific chiller set to 5°C) to see its maximum performance potential in heavy computational workloads like Cinebench and Blender rendering, while comparing it against the 64-core Threadripper 9980X and the high-end consumer Ryzen 9 9950X3D.