Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Pro AX Review – 300W for i9-11900K!

1. Introduction2. Gigabyte B560M Aorus Elite3. Gigabyte Z590I Aorus Ultra4. Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Pro AX5. Performance and Testing (CPU)6. Performance and Testing (Gaming)7. Performance and Testing (Power and Heat)8. Closing Thoughts9. View All Pages

Test system:

• CPU: Intel Core i9-11900K
• Memory: 32GB Corsair LPX DDR4-3600MHz Dual Channel
• Motherboard: Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Pro AX BIOS F6d
• CPU cooler: MSI MPG Core Liquid K360
• Graphics: Sapphire RX 6800 XT 16GB
• Storage: Sabrent Rocket 4.0 M.2 NVMe
• Power Supply: Seasonic Prime Platinum 1300W
• OS: Windows 10 Pro

Performance and Testing (CPU)

Performance and Testing (CPU) Overview

We have previously covered the performance of Core i9-11900K and there is no need to go over the same ground again in great detail. Eight cores of Intel 11th Gen is just about on par with ten cores of Intel 10th Gen and can generally beat eight cores of AMD Ryzen 7 5800X. In this particular review we are are interested in learning how well the Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Pro AX supports Intel Core i9-11900K compared to the significantly more expensive Asus ROG Maximus XIII Hero Wi-Fi that we used in our launch review of Intel Rocket Lake.

The short answer to that question is ‘almost as well' as you can see in our graphs, although there is a good deal of nuance that we will come to in the next few pages.

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