Gigabyte Aorus AX370-Gaming 5 Motherboard Review

1. Introduction2. Gigabyte AX370-Gaming 5: Packaging and Bundle3. Gigabyte AX370-Gaming 5: Board Layout and Features4. Gigabyte X370 UEFI5. Gigabyte X370 Software6. Testing Methodology7. Tests: CPU Related8. Tests: Memory & System Related9. Tests: Gaming Related10. Overclocking & Power Consumption11. Tests: Motherboard Features Performance12. Closing Thoughts13. View All Pages

ATTO Disk Benchmark

The ATTO disk benchmark is a Windows-based utility for testing storage performance of any storage drive or controller. We use the default benchmark setup.

M.2 PCIe Performance

For M.2 testing we use a Toshiba OCZ RD400 256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD.

Performance from the CPU-fed PCIe 3.0 x4 M.2 slot on Gigabyte's motherboard is without issue. During the relatively short ATTO run, we recorded a maximum operating temperature of 69°C for our Toshiba OCZ RD400 test SSD.

This indicates that some form of M.2 SSD cooling solution would be worthwhile for sustained heavy write operations. However, Gigabyte does not offer such a solution.

USB 3.0 5Gbps Performance

We test USB 3.0 performance using a pair of Corsair Force LE 120GB SSDs in RAID 0 connected to an Icy Box RD2253-U31 2-bay USB 3.1 enclosure powered by an ASMedia ASM1352R controller.

5Gbps USB 3.0 performance is as we would expect, at around 450MBps.

USB 3.1 10Gbps Performance

We test USB 3.1 performance using a pair of Corsair Force LE 120GB SSDs in RAID 0 connected to an Icy Box RD2253-U31 2-bay USB 3.1 enclosure powered by an ASMedia ASM1352R controller.

Transfer rates on the chipset-provided 10Gbps USB 3.1 Gen 2 ports are significantly stronger than on ASMedia's ageing ASM1143 controller. If you are transferring large files over USB 3.1 Gen 2, a performance improvement of 30-35% can be achieved by switching from the ASMedia ports to the ones provided by AMD's X370 chipset.

SATA 6Gbps Performance

For SATA 6Gbps testing we use a SK Hynix SE3010 960GB SSD.

SATA 6Gbps performance does not present any cause for concern. All eight of the ports operate from AMD's X370 chipset and should offer identical speeds.

Audio

Rightmark Audio Analyser is a freeware benchmarking utility designed to objectively test the performance characteristics of audio solutions. We setup a line-in line-out loop and execute the record/playback test before generating the results report you see below. A sampling mode of 24-bit, 192 kHz was tested.

RightMark Audio Analyser rates Gigabyte's dual-ALC1220 AMP-UP audio solution as ‘Very Good‘, with it showing ‘Excellent‘ performance in several categories.

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