heatpipe linking it to the chipset fan, which might explainwhy
its VRMs reached a peak software-reported temperatureof
73°C and 63°C using our IR probe. Both these temperatures
are significantly warmer than those from the fan-assisted
ASRock board.
However, Gigabyte does include a full-sized backplatethat
attaches to the underside of the VRMs to aid cooling,and
these temperatures are far from troublesome. The rearM.2
port doesn’t have a heatsink, but includes a thick thermalpad
that’s designed to touch your case’s motherboard tray,using
it as a heatsink instead. However, whether this coolingworks
properly will greatly depend on your case, as CPU areacut-
outs will render it useless.
Meanwhile, there are two RGB LED headers coveringboth
3-pin and 4-pin connection, and a strip of RGB LEDsruns
down the right underside of the board too, jazzing upthe
otherwise black colour scheme.
Unlike ASRock, Gigabyte also retains its excellentfan
control section in the EFI, but its use is limited given thesmall
number of fan headers. The rest of the EFI feels a littledated,
but it’s easy to navigate and we had no problems gettingour
Ryzen 9 3900X to 4.3GHz with a 1.425V vcore. We hadto
apply the extreme loadline calibration setting to getinto
Windows at this frequency, but it was then perfectlystable.
Performance
The Gigabyte’s audio performance was typical for Realtek
ALC1220 sound, with a dynamic range of 102.6dBA, noise level
of -102.5dBA and a very low THD of 0.0019 per cent, which
are all much better figures than the ALC897 codec found on
manycheaperboards.Despiteaveragetemperatures,ourM.2
SSDalsostillhitclosetoits5,000MB/secreadspeed,withthe
writespeedof4,261MB/secalsoona parwithotherboards.
Meanwhile,itsstockspeedRealBenchsystemscoreof
297,727wasslowerthanotherboards,butstilla littlequicker
thantheAsusROGCrosshairVIIIImpact,whileitsFarCry
resultswereonthemoney.Onceoverclocked,thesystem
scoreroseto311,257,whichwasa mid-tableresult,although
theASRockboardofferednoticeablyhighernumbersinFar
Cry,despitesittingatthesamefrequency.Powerconsumption
wasimpressivelylow,though,withtheboarddrawingover
20Wlessunderloadthanthemostpower-hungryboard
we’vetested,andoursystemonlydrew316Wonceit was
overclockedtoo.Conclusion
TherearesomeniggleswiththeGigabyteX570-IAorusPro
WiFi,butit’smuchcheaperthanthecompetition,andthe
pricierASRockX570PhantomGaming-ITX/TB3alsohas
somesignificantniggles.A lackoffanheadersandotherminor
issuesaside,Gigabytecurrentlyhasthebestoptionwhenit
comestoX570mini-ITXmotherboards,althoughwe’re
keenlyawaitingAsus’Strixmodeltoseeif it candobetter.
ANTONYLEATHERVERDICT
Decent features, good overclocking and a fair price,
although there are some niggles.AURORA
BOREALIS
+Excellent
overclocker
+Reasonableprice
+DecentfeaturesetLIGHT
POLLUTION- Lacksfanheaders
andI/Oports - M.2coolingnot
particularly
effective - VRMscould
be cooler
OVERALLSCORE
83 %
PERFORMANCE
32 / 35FEATURES
27 / 35
VALUE
24 / 30BENCHMARK RESULTS
Stockspeedmin Stockspeedavg
Overclocked min Overclocked avg1,920x1,080,HighsettingsFAR CRY 50 40 80 120 16093fps 120fpsGigabyteX570-IAorusProWiFi 92fps 118fpsASRock X570 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB3 94fps 120fps
99fps 120fpsGIMPIMAGEEDITING0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000GigabyteX570-IAorusProWiFi 65,17365,285
62,302
ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB3 63,012Gigabyte X570-I Aorus Pro WiFi
ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB3HANDBRAKE H.264 VIDEO ENCODING0 250,000 500,000 750,000 1,000,000810,876 821,320797,074 854,332Stockspeed OverclockedSYSTEMSCORE0 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000GigabyteX570-IAorusProWiFi
ASRock X570PhantomGaming-ITX/TB3 303,361 307,207297,727 311,257HEAVYMULTITASKING0 100,000 200,000 300,000 400,000Gigabyte X570-I Aorus Pro WiFi
ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB3 315,616 321,266301,581
304,606Stockspeed Overclocked0 100 200 300 400GigabyteX570-IAorusProWiFi 97W 102W
ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB3 96W 109W0 100 200 300 400GigabyteX570-IAorusProWiFi 242W 316W
ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming-ITX/TB3 262W 308WTOTAL SYSTEM POWER CONSUMPTION
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