The GIGABYTE Z390 Aorus Pro WIFI Motherboard Review: A Sturdy $200 Surprise
by Gavin Bonshor on April 12, 2019 10:00 AM ESTGaming 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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Gastec - Saturday, April 13, 2019 - link
I thought it was a screaming falcon.MDD1963 - Saturday, April 13, 2019 - link
I'm sure more than a few readers would a tad more interested in knowing if this board is '9900K- capable/adept/marginal', vice it's semi-good ratings with the 18 month old 8700K....V1tru - Saturday, April 13, 2019 - link
Is the same board with am4 socket already out?The_Assimilator - Saturday, April 13, 2019 - link
In case anyone was wondering what the $10 extra for the Pro gets you over the Elite, it's literally a USB type-C port on the back panel instead of a USB type-A. Nope, not even an EXTRA port, just a different one - I bet it only runs at 5Gbps too! Product differentiation at its most ridiculous.LOL, so the Z390 Aorus Elite (no I'm not typing it in all caps) is $10 cheaper than the Aorus Pro... guess what that $10 gets you... a USB type-C port on the back panel instead of USB type-A. That's it, there's literally no other difference.
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rocketman122 - Sunday, April 14, 2019 - link
I have to ask this. I havent bought a pc since 4 years ago or so. have MB prices come down? I remember when the top asus rog mb were selling for $450+ and now I see rog prices are in the $250 for a decent board. even a simple board cost $250 then. now for $120 or so you can get a basic full atx MB. what changed?rocketman122 - Sunday, April 14, 2019 - link
I may off but the ASUS ROG RAMPAGE V EXTREME were selling for big bucks in 2014. I cant remember which but saw the rog boards going for $450 and up.Salty Wagyu - Sunday, April 14, 2019 - link
So what driver was causing the high DPC latency?m16 - Sunday, April 14, 2019 - link
I’m assuming it doesn’t have a TPM ability. I get most gamers don’t care, but it’s a feature that ASROCK keeps present on a wide range of their boards, and isn’t brought up in most reviews.Gayle12310 - Saturday, May 4, 2019 - link
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