Custom PC - UK (2021-09)

VERDICT

A solid Z590 board for the money, although it lacks

high-end features.

OVERALL SCORE

85 %

PERFORMANCE

32 / 35

FEATURES

28 / 35

VALUE

25 / 30

WANDAVISION

+ Attractive design

+^ Four heatsink-

equipped

M.2 ports

+ Solid feature set

DOUBLE VISION

-^ Average VRM^
and M.2 cooling

• Only six fan
  headers
  -^ No Wi-Fi

BENCHMARK RESULTS

You can do the same in Gigabyte’s pretty new white EFI,

which is well laid out with popular overclocking options

all in the same tab, which is an improvement over older

Gigabyte EFIs. Sadly, while there are various temperature

sensors from which to choose for fan control, none of them

allows you to strap a thermal probe to them, so you can’t

use coolant temperature in your water-cooling loop to

control radiator fans, for example.

Performance

The Vision G’s RealBench performance was on par with

other Z590 boards we’ve tested, although its audio

performance in RightMark Audio Analyzer was a bit

disappointing, with a noise level of -98dBA and dynamic

range of 99dBA. The sound quality will be fine for most

people, but if audio quality is a priority you can get better

performance elsewhere.

Overclocking was easy, though, with 1.38V needed to get

our CPU to an all-core overclock to 5.1GHz. With Adaptive

Boost Technology enabled, the Cinebench R23 multi-

threaded score was 16,073, which rose to 16,385 with the

manual overclock. The manual overclock also resulted

in gains in our video encoding and multi-tasking tests,

but there were limited gains compared to using Adaptive

Boost Technology.

Power consumption was a little higher than that of the

Vision G’s mini-ITX sibling, but not by much, and the CPU

temperature was close to 90°C under sustained load. Its

power draw was more restrained once overclocked than

the Asus ROG Strix Z590-E Gaming WiFi, although that

board was more frugal at stock speed.

Conclusion

There’s less to tempt high-end users to the Vision G than

the mini-ITX Z590i Vision D with its Thunderbolt 4 support

and Wi-Fi. However, the Gigabyte Z590 Vision G is good-

looking, it can provide a home to an extensive PCI-E 4

storage array, and it keeps your SSDs and VRMs cool. It

provided a solid base for overclocking the Core i9-11900K

as well, and the same will go for Intel’s Core i5-11600K or

Core i7-11700K.

While there are few flies in the ointment, other than

lacklustre audio performance, this board does notably

lack extra features. Otherwise, though, it offers a solid

overclockable motherboard for a reasonable price,

especially if you’re bored with the visual design of the

usual black gaming-focused motherboards.

ANTONY LEATHER

Stock speed min Stock speed avg

Overclocked min Overclocked avg

1,920 x 1,080, Ultra settings

FAR CRY NEW DAWN

0 40 80 120 160

Gigabyte Z590 Vision G 113fps 148fps
118fps 155fps
Asus ROG Strix Z590-E Gaming 112fps 145fps
118fps 154fps

GIMP IMAGE EDITING

0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000

Gigabyte Z590 Vision G 71,48871,198

Asus ROG Strix Z590-E Gaming 71,269 72,068

HANDBRAKE H.264 VIDEO ENCODING

0 200,000 400,000 600,000 800,000

Gigabyte Z590 Vision G 715,616 727,777

Asus ROG Strix Z590-E Gaming 701,832 727,824

HEAVY MULTITASKING

0 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000

Gigabyte Z590 Vision G 285,081 299,978

Asus ROG Strix Z590-E Gaming 295,915300,682

SYSTEM SCORE

0 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000

Gigabyte Z590 Vision G 274,018275,508

Asus ROG Strix Z590-E Gaming 263,119 273,780

Stock speed Overclocked

Stock speed Overclocked

0 7,500 15,000 22,500

Gigabyte Z590 Vision G 16,073 16,385
Asus ROG Strix Z590-E Gaming 15,593 16,484

0 7,500 15,000 22,500

Gigabyte Z590 Vision G 1,6161,707
Asus ROG Strix Z590-E Gaming 1,6301,700

CINEBENCH R23

Multi-threaded

Single-threaded

Stock speed Overclocked

0 200 400 600

Gigabyte Z590 Vision G 73W 109W
Asus ROG Strix Z590-E Gaming 74W 91W

0 200 400 600

Gigabyte Z590 Vision G 305W 326W
Asus ROG Strix Z590-E Gaming 285W 355W

TOTAL SYSTEM POWER CONSUMPTION

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