Application Overview
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 4
- Turbo App
- USB 3.1 Boost
- AI Charger+
- PC Cleaner
- Motherboard Connect
- Disk Unlocker
- ASUS Wi-Fi GO!
- ROG GameFirst IV
- ROG RAMCache II
- ROG CPU-Z
- ROG AURA RGB Lighting Control
- ROG Mem TweakIt
- DAEMON Tools Pro Standard
- ASUS WebStorage
- Overwolf
- ROG Sonic Radar III
- ROG Sonic Studio III
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. All applets can be accessed by clicking on the expansion button on the middle left side of the page. The applet list then slides out to the right in a frame along the inside left of the page. The AI Charger+ applet configure the USB port for optimized fast-charging of Apple-specific or generic USB-based devices. The USB 3.1 Boost applet supercharges your USB 3.1 ports, allowing for enhanced read and write performance with the amount of performance gain based on the USB 3 device in use. The Overwolf utility is an in-game overlay that allow for display of an in-game utility bar for accessing a variety of apps and functions without leaving the game interface. ASUS offers a variety of premade skins and overlays through their ROG site.
Dual Intelligent Processors 5
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+ VRM section houses settings specific to the board power circuitry, and the Fan Xpert4 section contains fan controls. The Turbo App section houses application specific performance, network priority, and audio settings. Along the top of the app are the current power saving settings enacted and the start button for the 5-Way Optimization wizard. Along the bottom of the app are real-time monitoring display settings.
5-Way Optimizations Wizard start page, TPU section
TPU, CPU Frequency settings page
Fan Xpert4 page
Fan Xpert4, Fan details page
Fan Xpert4, Fan Position popup
DIGI+ Power Control, CPU settings page
Turbo App page
Turbo App, Application Details page
EPU page
ROG AURA RGB LED Lighting Control
The AURA applet controls the active state of the RGB LEDs embedded in to the board as well as LED strips connected to the board's RGB LED 12V header. The controlled LEDs can be configured for any desired color using the color picker control and to operate in a variety of modes including static, breathing, color cycle, rainbow, comet, flash and dash, wave, glowing yoyo, starry-night, strobing, temperature, and music effect.
Temperature tab
Music tab
ROG RAMCache II
The ROG RAMCache II application can be used to setup an external high-speed cache partition for any attached hard drives or SSDs using an allocated portion of system memory. The upper limit of the cache is determined by the amount of memory in the system.
Lack of SATA-Express…
Lack of SATA-Express… That’s not a con.
I have yet to see one single
I have yet to see one single sata express device on the market.
This board is all positive
This board is all positive for me:
– I am happy to see a board WITHOUT sata express – A useless added expense
– Could not care less about any RGB lighting – just an unnecessary added expense.
– My Memory will be less than 3866 MHz
So all good
Has Asus completely dropped
Has Asus completely dropped Alpine Ridge for Z270 ? They had it on the Maximus Formula for Z170.
For this board, it looks like
For this board, it looks like it, but not sure about the rest of them…
Haven’t been able to find
Haven’t been able to find one… maybe it’s unjustified, but for me Asmedia and premium don’t go together.
ASUS supports TBIII via
ASUS supports TBIII via theThunderbolt EX III add in card. This is done via firmware and PCH design support. All that is required is connecting the corresponding cable from the TB header to the card and you are good. It is natively on the board due to it’s inclusion would considerably increase the cost of the board. It is not on this board but you can at the similar Z270-A if you want support for it or any ASUS board that supports the TB header.
Is the CMOS battery thing a
Is the CMOS battery thing a joke?
I see that as a pro or con in every review. At first I thought you were joking, but now I’m thinking you are serious. What a miniscule issue. My current build is 3+ years old and still on the original CMOS battery.
Not a joke, a minor
Not a joke, a minor inconvenience and pet peeve of mine. You normally don't have to mess with the battery, but when you do, its a PITA if you have to take apart half your system to get to it…
Remember having to do this
Remember having to do this last year on an older system it really was a pain!
Looks like a lot of reviewers are liking the Strix z270e, have read a few and they all seem to speak highly… Off to amazon I go 🙂
https://www.esportsource.net/best-gaming-motherboards/z270/
This is perhaps the worst
This is perhaps the worst review I’ve seen on this site. Hopefully it was from an unpaid freelancer.
DVI? really? be done with it
DVI? really? be done with it already!
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