The GIGABYTE Z390 Aorus Master Motherboard Review: Solid, But Not Special
by Gavin Bonshor on March 21, 2019 12:30 PM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
- Intel
- Gigabyte
- ATX
- LGA1151
- i7-8700K
- Z390
- Aorus Master
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 systematic 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.
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.
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sanasheikh - Tuesday, April 2, 2019 - link
Coolest thing I have seen today. https://google.comshaolin95 - Thursday, April 4, 2019 - link
Nothing special??? Wow this website has gone downhill more than I thought...next what, you are going to praise Asus with their fake VRMs? Or MSI with their lack of iGPU support????For z390 nobody can touch Gigabyte and that has been confirmed by TRUE PRO reviewers/testers.
Native7i - Sunday, April 14, 2019 - link
Any reasons why it posts worst fps in gaming?mofongo7481 - Monday, April 15, 2019 - link
Last paragraph - "Ultimately, the Z390 Aorus Master is a solidly product"sasharr - Monday, July 29, 2019 - link
Which one is FASTEST with 9900k -- the PRO (or Pro WiFi) or the MASTER (in single proc task mode)? Which one is fastest on your tests? Which one CAN BE the fastest (after tuning)? Thank you!kryzmusic - Monday, July 6, 2020 - link
Hi Gavin - I had a question regarding DPC Latency.I really like the bar chart you have comparing the motherboards DPC Latency. Is there an updated chart with Z490 motherboards out there somewhere? Or perhaps where I might look to find specific DPC latency specs for specific motherboards?
I haven't been able to find much on DPC latency online for motherboards (or i'm just not looking in the right places) and was wondering specifically if you have results for the Asus ProArt Z490-CREATOR 10G motherboard?
In any case, anymore resources on DPC latency across this new generation of Z490 boards would be great!
Thanks for your time!
Ryan