Testing Configuration and Benchmarks Used
To verify that the motherboard works as advertised, the board was run through our standard benchmark suite. In most cases, the results are presented for the motherboard under review as well as a different similar-class motherboards for performance comparison purposes. The benchmark tests used should give you a good understanding of the board’s capabilities for both office and gaming use so that you, the reader, can make a more informed purchasing decision.
Test System Setup | |
Motherboards | AMD X370-based systems GIGABYTE AX370-Gaming 5 ASUS Crosshair VI Hero Intel Z270-based systems ASUS Prime Z270-A Intel X299-based systems GIGABYTE X299 AORUS Gaming 3 |
CPU | AMD X370-based system AMD Ryzen 7 1700X (3.4GHz CPU, 34 x 100MHz FSB) Intel Z270-based system Intel Core i7-7700K (4.2GHz CPU and Ring Bus, 42 x 100MHz Base Clock) Intel X299-based systems Intel Core i7-7900X (3.3GHz CPU and Ring Bus, 33 x 100MHz Base Clock) |
Memory | AMD X370-based system Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 modules (2400MHz, 16-18-18-35-1T, 1.225V) Intel Z270-based system Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 modules (2400MHz, 16-18-18-35-1T, 1.225V) Intel X299-based systems Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 modules (2666MHz, 15-17-17-35-1T, 1.225V) |
Hard Drive | Intel 730 240GB SSD Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA III HD |
Sound Card | On-board sound |
Video Card | NVIDIA GTX 780 3GB |
CPU Cooling | XSPC Raystorm water block Koolance CPU-360i water block Koolance CPU-390 water block |
Video Drivers | NVIDIA 376.33 |
Power Supply | Corsair HX750 |
Operating System | Windows 10 Pro x64 Anniversary Release (build 1607) |
Test Setup Explanation
The 64-bit Windows 10 based test bench used for AMD X370 AM4 board testing includes an AMD Ryzen 7 1700X processor, 16GB of DDR4-2666 memory, an NVIDIA GTX 780 3GB video card, and an Intel 730 240GB SSD drive. For Intel Z270 LGA1151 board testing, an Intel Core i7-7700K processor, 16GB of DDR4-2666 memory, an NVIDIA GTX 780 3GB video card, and an Intel 730 240GB SSD drive were used in the test system. For Intel X299 board testing includes an Intel Core i9-7900X processor, 16GB of DDR4-2666 memory, an NVIDIA GTX 780 3GB video card, and an Intel 730 240GB SSD drive. Using the selected components gives us the ability to demonstrate the motherboard's capabilities rather than that of the components themselves.
Benchmark Tests used for evaluation:
- SiSoft Sandra 2017 SP2 (v2017.09.24.41)
- Handbrake video transcoder v1.0.7
- Maxon Cinebench R15
- PCMark 8 v2.7.613
This motherboard is lacking
This motherboard is lacking the clock generator found on both K5 and K7 which would limit some memory overclocking. If possible test either of those motherboards for memory overclocking on ryzen.
Yeah it lacks the bclk but I
Yeah it lacks the bclk but I have no problem with my r5 1600 to run at 3.95 and the memory to run 3200 ( enabled the XMP and it works , no problems what so ever ) and this is the top in the spec sheet so I consider it a win 🙂
Great review thank you.
This
Great review thank you.
This looks like a very nice board for those looking to get into the Ryzen platform and it seems to overclock very good as well.
Finally, I saw a Handbrake
Finally, I saw a Handbrake v1.0.7. I’m not a Gigabyte fan, but this motherboard is not too shabby at all.
Weaknesses;
M.2 placement below the PCIe x16 which can build up heat.
Lousy UEFIs bios.
https://www.win-raid.com/t2739f44-OFFER-Gigabyte-GA-AX-Aorus-Gaming-BIOS-mod.html
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?293203-Gigabyte-Aorus-X370-Gaming-5-Review