The ASUS ROG Strix B360-G Gaming Review: A Polarizing $100 Motherboard Design
by Joe Shields on September 25, 2018 8:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
- Intel
- Asus
- MicroATX
- CrossFire
- M.2
- Coffee Lake
- i7-8700K
- B360
Gaming Performance
AoTS Escalation
Ashes of the Singularity is a Real Time Strategy game developed by Oxide Games and Stardock Entertainment. The original AoTS was released back in March of 2016 while the standalone expansion pack, Escalation, was released in November of 2016 adding more structures, maps, and units. We use this specific benchmark as it relies on both a good GPU as well as on the CPU in order to get the most frames per second. This balance is able to better display any system differences in gaming as opposed to a more GPU heavy title where the CPU and system don't matter quite as much. We use the default "Crazy" in-game settings using the DX11 rendering path in both 1080p and 4K UHD resolutions. The benchmark is run four times and the results averaged then plugged into the graph.
In AOTSe, the FPS achieved here in both the 1080p and 4K UHD results fell right in line with the others with only a FPS separating the best from the worst results.
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Rise of the Tomb Raider is a third-person action-adventure game that features similar gameplay found in 2013's Tomb Raider. Players control Lara Croft through various environments, battling enemies, and completing puzzle platforming sections while using improvised weapons and gadgets in order to progress through the story.
One of the unique aspects of this benchmark is that it’s actually the average of 3 sub-benchmarks that fly through different environments, which keeps the benchmark from being too weighted towards a GPU’s performance characteristics under any one scene.
Rise of the Tomb Raider results for the B360-G Gaming landed with the other results using the latest testing script. These results are a few percent above the other results that did not have the script changes. The results here look fine as well.
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V900 - Thursday, September 27, 2018 - link
That poor, defenceless board!It looks like it was assaulted by some hoodlums with spraycans... Like a subwaycar the morning after the guard in the train yard called in sick.
I guess I shouldn't care though, since Id just keep it locked up in a glassless cabinet anyways.
V900 - Thursday, September 27, 2018 - link
I can sorta understand being proud about being a gamer.(Ok, not really. But its certainly nothing to be ashamed about.)
What I DONT understand, and what kinda irks me, is being obnoxious and loud about being a gamer.
And thats unfortunately a great way to sum up the design-language of 90% of all these LED flashing, "Gamer" styled system components and PC accessories.
"Obnoxious and loud about being a gamer."
araczynski - Friday, September 28, 2018 - link
Duuuude, EVERYone knows you can't be a 'leet fortnite/esports contender if your gaming rig doesn't look like it was bukkaked by a gay unicorn.mip1983 - Tuesday, October 2, 2018 - link
Why do modern motherboards still have PS2 and DVI ports? Remove for more USB's plz (only 3+ or c).dromoxen - Thursday, October 4, 2018 - link
It is missing built in wifi tho the improved audio might be noticeable. And is the red really as bright, or has someone done something wiith the hue slider . Can never have enough usb ports , even maybe usb2 if someone wants to install win7 or SolarisRootyTooty - Friday, January 18, 2019 - link
The specs listed here for the M.2 sockets do not match the ASUS website. Here are the official specs:1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M key, type 2242/2260/2280 storage devices support (PCIE 3.0 x 4 mode)*
1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M Key, type 2242/2260/2280 storage devices support (SATA & PCIE 3.0 x 2 mode)
How much difference does it make in real-world usage that the second M.2 slot is only x2 instead of x4?