Bundled Applications
Included Applications
- ASUS AI Suite 3
- ASUS Dual Intelligent Processors 5 with 5-Way Optimization
- TPU (Turbo Processing Unit)
- EPU (Energy Processing Unit)
- DIGI+ Power Control
- Fan XPert 3
- Turbo App
- Ai Charger+
- USB Charger+
- USB 3.1 Boost
- Disk Unlocker
- USB BIOS Flashback Wizard
- ASUS Dr. Power
- ASUS Wi-Fi GO!
- ASUS CPU-Z
- Turbo LAN
- DAEMON Tools Pro Standard
- ASUS WebStorage
- ASUS Home Cloud
- Google Chrome
- Norton Internet Security
AI Suite 3
The AI Suite 3 application is a bundling mechanism for all the included ASUS designed utilities, providing a centralized panel from which to access and run the applets. The other applets can be accessed by clicking on the tile icon in the upper right corner of the window. The AI Charger+ and USB Charger+ applets configure the USB port for optimized fast-charging of Apple-specific or generic USB-based devices. The USB 3.1 Boost applet supercharge your USB 3.1 ports, allowing for enhanced read and write performance with the amount of performance gain based on the USB 3.1 device in use. The USB BIOS Flashback Wizard creates a BIOS file that can be used in conjunction with the BIOS Flashback functionality built into the board to re-flash the BIOS without the need for booting. This is functionality that I wish more motherboard vendors would embrace because it is easier than you think to corrupt a BIOS. Normally, the board is toast if you cannot boot into the BIOS or reset it successfully. This BIOS Flashback function gives you another option and has saved my bacon in at least one instance in the recent past. The ASUS Dr. Power applet works in conjunction with integrated Dr. Power hardware to display real-time status on power and PSU-related issues.
The main app opens to the Dual Intelligent Processors 5 page, organized into separate sections for each of the five 5-Way Optimization features. The overclocking settings are housed in the TPU section. The EPU section houses power saving related settings. The DIGI+ Power Control section houses settings specific to the board power circuitry, and the Fan Xpert3 section contains fan controls. The Turbo App section houses application specific performance, network priority, and audio settings. Along the bottom of the app are real-time monitoring display settings.
5-Way Optimizations page, TPU section
5-Way Optimizations page, TPU / EPU / Fan sections
5-Way Optimizations page, Fan section
5-Way Optimizations page, Fan section continued
5-Way Optimization Wizard, TPU tuning in progress
5-Way Optimization Wizard, Fan Xpert 3 tuning in progress
5-Way Optimization Wizard, EPU tuning in progress
5-Way Optimization Wizard, Digi+ Power Control tuning in progress
5-Way Optimization Report, TPU and EPU sections
5-Way Optimization Report, Fan section
TPU, CPU Frequency settings page
TPU, CPU Strap settings page
Fan Xpert3 page
Fan Xpert3, Fan details page
DIGI+ Power Control, CPU settings page
DIGI+ Power Control, DRAM settings page
Turbo App page
EPU page
USB 3.1 Boost
The USB 3.1 Boost applet enables USB 3.1 devices attached to the USB 3.1 ports to perform in enhanced speed modes – Turbo mode for non-UASP capable devices and UASP mode for UASP-capable devices. Both modes offer increased performance over stock operating mode by enabling burst-mode style data transfer over the USB 3.1 data channels.
Could you give more details
Could you give more details on how the OC socket works and how well it performs compared to other competitor’s approach for this?
OS Support – No Windows 10 😛
Wow – eSATA ports are back 🙂
First. Thanks for the review.
First. Thanks for the review. This is a great looking board and Beast like you said. My only gripe is since this is the EXREME platform using the H100i which clearly is not enough for more aggressive overclocking just like you said in the reveiw that it was maybe holding it back. Question is when using Ek Predator or H240x from Switech with a real copper Radiator if it is possible to reach 4.5 Ghz or not ? I am maybe nitpicking but like I said 5960X and a 550$$ motherboard deserve to get the best cooling out there to be tested on in my opinion !
I used the EK’s cooling
I used the EK’s cooling results to compare various AIO options and the H100i displayed roughly 1-2 hotter temps then their EK option.
Per this review and your comment, I believe an AIO solution may not be enough to cool the 5960X further. However, from various reviews; 4.3GHz to 4.6GHz is found to be the common stable OC range for the 5960X.
If your build allows, I would go with the Predator from EK. Not only is it an AIO option, but the larger rad allows for better cooling and if you want to convert to a full water system, the Predator has the adaptors for it.
No I am talking for the
No I am talking for the Review so Morry does not have to build a custom loop every time and I would NEVER use an AIO cause I am hardcore water cooler m8 😉 = AI not AIO = ALL IN = ME 😀 😀 :D.
In previous reviews, the
In previous reviews, the Corsair H100i was plenty capable of keeping my 5960X cool and stable at 4.5GHz. With this review, I think the Corsair cooler was having problems because of age more than anything. You have to realize that I've used and abused that AIO cooler for years with 10's if not closer to 100 mounts and dismounts, so I would chalk the issues up to the cooler going bad rather than a board issue.
That said, I am using a custom loop for both my test benches now to ensure that the cooler does not become a bottleneck for board testing…
All right my man…Nice
All right my man…Nice
The link on the front page to
The link on the front page to this article is wrong.
Only ONE M.2 slot on this
Only ONE M.2 slot on this workstation mainboard? But on Z170 gaming boards there are 2 or 3 M.2 slots? WTF?
Relax. It is an old board
Relax. It is an old board (much older than Skylake chipsets) just with USB 3.1 added. Asus would be mad to rework whole board just to add 2 USB ports and another quirky M.2. Want more M.2 go with newer Skylake.
IMHO WS board don’t need M.2 whatsoever. You have RAID AICs for that. At least I know I have, because RAID 0 is no RAID at all.
Not very good reviews from
Not very good reviews from Newegg and Amazon…
dual 8 pin CPU power… how
dual 8 pin CPU power… how many watts ?!@?!?
Note: you need to fix the
Note: you need to fix the “Continue reading our preview of the ASUS X99-E WS/USB 3.1 motherboard!” link on this post.
Got it, thanks.
Got it, thanks.
No PS/2 port? It’s useless!
No PS/2 port? It’s useless!
Ditch the SATA-Express ports
Ditch the SATA-Express ports and
support at least 4 integrated U.2 ports.
See photos of the ASUS Z170 Premium:
by removing the 2 SATA-Express ports,
there’s plenty of room for 3 more U.2 ports.
Yes, I realize this shifts the bottleneck
to the DMI link, so let’s start talking
about higher upstream bandwidth too.
MRFS
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