ASUS ROG Z590 Motherboard Round-Up

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We will be outlining the ASUS ROG Z590 motherboards' performance with the Intel Core i9-11900K CPU, 32GB of 3600MHz C16 DDR4 memory, and a Gigabyte RTX 3080 Eagle OC graphics card.

You will see in our video that we had some hassle getting Adaptive Boost to work whilst using XMP. The solution was to disable XMP with our specific test setup and then manually tune our memory for 3600MHz C16. This allowed Adaptive Boost to work properly.

Motherboard Test System:

• Processor: Intel Core i9-11900K.
• Memory: 32GB (2x16GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX 3600MHz 16-18-18-36 DDR4 @ 1.35V.
• Graphics Card: Gigabyte RTX 3080 Eagle OC.
• System Drive: WD_Black SN750 PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 SSD.
• CPU Cooler: Fractal Celsius+ S28 Prisma 280mm AIO (full speed fans and pump to eliminate thermal throttling).
• Power Supply: Seasonic Prime TX-1000 1000W.
• Case: Lian Li Open-air Test Bench.
• Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit.

BIOS Version:

• 0707 (latest at the time of testing)

Comparison Motherboards:

• Gigabyte Z590 Aorus Pro AX.

Tests:

• Cinebench R15 – All-core CPU benchmark (CPU)
• Cinebench R23 – All-core CPU benchmark (CPU)
• Blender 2.83.1 – All-core rendering of the Classroom benchmark (CPU)
• 3DMark TimeSpy – Time Spy (1440p) test (Gaming)
• F1 2020 – 1920 x 1080, Ultra High quality preset with TAA, DX12 (Gaming)
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider – 1920 x 1080, Highest quality preset, no AA, DX12 version (Gaming)
• HWiNFO – System sensor monitoring during stress test (Temperatures & Power Consumption)

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