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 for 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.
| Test System Setup | |
| Motherboards | Intel Z390-based systems GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS Pro Intel Z370-based systems MSI Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon AC Intel X299-based systems GIGABYTE X299 AORUS Gaming 3 AMD X470-based systems GIGABYTE X470 AORUS Gaming 7 WIFI |
| CPU | Intel Z390-based systems Intel Core i7-8700K (3.7GHz CPU and Ring Bus, 37 x 100MHz Base Clock) Intel Z370-based system Intel Core i7-8700K (3.7GHz CPU and Ring Bus, 37 x 100MHz Base Clock) Intel X299-based systems Intel Core i7-7900X (3.3GHz CPU and Ring Bus, 33 x 100MHz Base Clock) AMD X470-based system AMD Ryzen 7 2700X (3.7GHz CPU, 37 x 100MHz FSB) |
| Memory | Intel Z390-based systems Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 modules (2400MHz, 16-18-18-35-1T, 1.225V) Intel Z370-based system Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 modules (2667MHz, 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) AMD X470-based system Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 modules (2667MHz, 16-18-18-35-1T, 1.225V) |
| Hard Drive | Intel 730 240GB SSD Toshiba 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 1803) |
Test Setup Explanation
The 64-bit Windows 10 based test bench used for Intel Z390 LGA1151 board testing includes an Intel Core i7-8700K processor, 16GB of DDR4-2666 memory, an NVIDIA GTX 780 3GB video card, and an Intel 730 240GB SSD drive. For Intel Z370 LGA1151 board testing, an Intel Core i7-8700K 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. For AMD X470 AM4 board testing, an AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 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. 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
Unfortunately, GIGABYTE did
Unfortunately, GIGABYTE did not integrate direct RGB LED control into this board’s UEFI.
The ability to switch off LED’s in the UEFI is nice though. Not having to run a buggy app that requires administrator privileges and installs firewall exceptions (looking at you MSI) is a pleasant change.
The Z390 AORUS Pro features a
The Z390 AORUS Pro features a matte black PCB, armored rear panel assembly, and an integrated rear panel shield.
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