AntonyLeathertestssixmotherboards based on AMD’s
latestX570chipsetfor3rd-gen Ryzen CPUs
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LABS TEST
Howwe test
W
hile you don’t need an X570 motherboard to take advantage
of AMD’s stunning new 3rd-gen Ryzen CPUs, there are
several good reasons to consider one. You get PCI-E 4
support for starters, which allows you to run the latest generation of
SSDs at speeds of over 5,000MB/sec. Some of the new boards also
sport power circuitry that may better suit AMD’s 12-core and 16-core
CPUs too. There are some fantastic designs out there, with feature
sets that could give any Intel-based motherboard a run for its money.
As well as looking into each board’s features and design, we test
each motherboard’s prowess in raw performance. Our test kit includes
a Ryzen 9 3900X CPU, 16GB of 3466MHz Corsair Vengeance RGB
Pro RAM, an EKWB EK-MLC Phoenix all-in-one liquid cooler, an Nvidia
RTX 2070 Super graphics card and Windows 10 with the 1903 update.
We also use a 2TB Samsung 970 Pro SSD, along with a Corsair
1TB MP600 PCI-E 4 SSD, to test the speed of M.2 ports as well
as heatsink performance, tapping into the SSDs’ internal temperature
sensors during back-to-back runs of CrystalDiskMark’s entire
battery of tests.
To test the on-board audio, we use RightMark’s Audio Analyzer
software to measure the dynamic range, noise level and total
harmonic distortion. Other tests include our RealBench suite of
benchmarks, Far Cry 5, Cinebench R20’s single and multi-threaded
tests and power consumption at both stock and overclocked speeds.
Our scores are based on a weighted calculation including
performance, features and value, with the overall score being
the sum of those three values.Contents
ASRock X570 Taichi / p43
Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Formula / p44 Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming / p45
Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master / p46 MSI Prestige X570 Creation / p48
MSI X570-A Pro / p50Results graphs / p52