nowheretoanchorit. A morequestionabledecisionis the
inclusionofdisplayoutputs.Withspacea premiumhere,
we’dratherAsushadtakena similarrouteastheImpactand
includeda clear-CMOSbuttonorLEDPOSTcodedisplay
instead.Thankfully,withsevenUSBports,you’regettingtwo
morethantheGigabyteboardandthreemorethanASRock’s
X570PhantomGaming-ITXTB3.Theonlyshortcomingon
theI/Opanelis theaudio,wheretherearejustthreeaudio
outputs.Thismayhindertheuseofmany-channelspeaker
systems,butit’sfineforupto5.1-channelsystems.
Performance
TheAsusROGStrixX570-IGamingputina solideffortinour
benchmarks,withlittledifferentiatingit fromtheother
boardsontest,orevenlargerATXmodels.Thesystemscore
of289,887atstockspeedwasa littlelowcomparedwiththe
bestontest,withtheASRockX570PhantomGaming-ITX
TB3managing303,361,butit drew20Wmoreunderload.
WeshouldalsoaddthattheAsusBIOSwasmoreuptodate
andincludedvariousfixesandimprovements,includingan
AGESAupdate.Thiscertainlyseemedtohaveanimpacton
ourFarCry5 test,whereframeratesweremuchhigherat
stockspeedandwhenoverclocked.
Speakingofoverclocking,havingtinkeredaroundinthe
superbAsusEFI,wehittheusual4.3GHzwithourRyzen 9
3900X,butnomore,evenpushingthevcoreupto1.425V.
Thismatchesmostotherboardswe’vetested,butthe
CrosshairVIIIImpactdidmanage4.35GHzusingthesame
voltageandCPU.Audioperformancewasgood,butcouldn’t
matchtheImpacteither,witha dynamicrangeof107dBAand
noiselevelof-106dBA.Powerconsumptionwasonthe
money,exceptforanabnormallyhighoverclockedload
figure,whichwasa good30WhigherthananyotherX570
boardwe’vetested.
Conclusion
Apartfromthehighoverclockedpowerconsumptionand
oneortwooddfeaturedecisions,theAsusROGStrixX570-I
Gamingis a fantasticmini-ITXX570motherboard.If you
needthebestbutyourwalletandPCcasecan’tquitestretch
totheImpact,thisis theboardtoget.
ANTONYLEATHER
VERDICT
A great alternative to the ROG Impact for those on
smaller budgets.
3440 X 1440
+Goodoverclocker
+Excellentdesign
andcooling
+Plentyoffeatures
1280 X 720
- I/Opanel
component
choicescould
be better - Onlythree
audiojacks - Expensive
OVERALLSCORE
87 %%
SPEED
33 / 35
FEATURES
30 / 35
VALUE
24 / 30
BENCHMARK RESULTS
GIMPIMAGEEDITING
0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000
GigabyteX570-IAorusProWiFi 65,17365,285
AsusCrosshairVIIIImpact 65,17666,237
ASRockX570PhantomGaming-ITX/TB3 62,30263,012
Asus ROG Strix X570-I Gaming 65,66766,152
0 300,000 600,000 900,000 1,200,000
GigabyteX570-IAorusProWiFi 797,074 854,332
AsusCrosshairVIIIImpact 788,321 855,064
ASRockX570PhantomGaming-ITX/TB3 810,876 821,320
AsusROGStrixX570-IGaming 775,922 843,393
HANDBRAKE H.264 VIDEO ENCODING
0 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000
GigabyteX570-IAorusProWiFi 301,581304,606
AsusCrosshairVIIIImpact 290,449301,591
ASRockX570PhantomGaming-ITX/TB3 315,616 321,266
AsusROGStrixX570-IGaming 292,132293,887
HEAVY MULTITASKING
0 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000
GigabyteX570-IAorusProWiFi 297,727 311,257
AsusCrosshairVIIIImpact 295,023 308,658
ASRockX570PhantomGaming-ITX/TB3 303,361 307,207
AsusROGStrixX570-IGaming 289,976 306,283
SYSTEM SCORE
Stock speed Overclocked
Stockspeedmin Stockspeedavg
Overclocked min Overclocked avg
FAR CRY 5 1,920x1,080,Highsettings
0 30 60 90 120
GigabyteX570-IAorusProWiFi 92fps 118fps
93fps 120fps
AsusCrosshairVIIIImpact 92fps 120fps
95fps 120fps
ASRockX570PhantomGaming-ITX/TB3 94fps 120fps
99fps 120fps
Asus ROG Strix X570-I Gaming 99fps 120fps
104fps 119fps
Stockspeed Overclocked
0 200 400 600
GigabyteX570-IAorusProWiFi 97W 102W
AsusCrosshairVIIIImpact 101W 101W
ASRockX570PhantomGaming-ITX/TB3 96W 109W
AsusROGStrixX570-IGaming 95W 144W
0 200 400 600
GigabyteX570-IAorusProWiFi 242W 316W
AsusCrosshairVIIIImpact 249W 300W
ASRockX570PhantomGaming-ITX/TB3 262W 308W
Asus ROG Strix X570-I Gaming 240W 290W
TOTAL SYSTEM POWERCONSUMPTION
Idle
Load