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EVGA Z390 FTW Motherboard Review

Ryan Martin April 21, 2019 Featured Tech News, Featured Tech Reviews, Motherboard, Reviews

We will be outlining the EVGA Z390 FTW motherboard's performance with the Intel Core i9 9900K CPU, 32GB* of 3,200MHz** G.Skill Trident Z DDR4 memory and a Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1 Gaming.

*16GB for mini-ITX motherboards, 32GB for all other motherboards.

**B365 chipset is limited to 2,666MHz memory

Motherboard Test System:

Comparison Motherboards:

Drivers and UEFI:

  • Intel 10.1.17695.8086 chipset drivers
  • Nvidia GeForce 416.34 VGA drivers
  • EVGA UEFI v1.07 (12th April 2019)

Tests:

  • Cinebench R15 – All-core CPU benchmark (CPU)
  • SiSoft Sandra 2018.9.28.28 – Processor Arithmetic Test (CPU) and Memory Bandwidth Test (Memory)
  • 7-Zip 18.05 x64 – Built-in 7-Zip benchmark test (CPU)
  • AIDA64 Engineer 5.98.4800 – System cache & memory benchmark and stress test (Memory and Power Consumption)
  • 3DMark v2.5.5029 64 & TimeSpy v1.1 – Time Spy (1440p) test (Gaming)
  • Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation – Built-in benchmark tool CPU-Focused test, 1920 x 1080, Extreme quality preset, DX12 mode (Gaming)
  • Deus Ex: Mankind Divided – Built-in benchmark tool, 1920 x 1080, Ultra quality preset, DX12 mode (Gaming)
  • ATTO 3.05 – M.2, USB 3.0, USB 3.1, and SATA 6Gbps transfer rates (Motherboard)
  • Rightmark Audio Analyzer 6.4.5 – Record and playback test using a line-in to line-out loopback with a 3.5mm audio cable (Motherboard)
  • HWiNFO 5.91.3560 – System sensor monitoring during stress test (Power Consumption)
  • Cybenetics Powenetics v2.2.0.0 – 12v EPS monitoring during stress test (Power Consumption)

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