Motherboard Reviews
AORUS Z270X-Gaming 5 Motherboard Review
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Test System and Testing Procedures
| Item | Name |
| Processor | Intel Core i7-7700K, Intel Core i7-6700K (Z170 motherboards) |
| CPU Cooler |
Noctua NH-D15S |
| Power Supply |
Corsair HX850W 80 Plus Gold PSU |
| Memory | Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4 2x8GB @ 2666MHz 15-17-17-35 2T (XMP) |
| Storage | Silicon Power S80 240GB SSD (OS), OCZ Vertex 4 256GB SSD (Test) |
| Graphics | Integrated CPU Graphics, Gigabyte GTx 960 Windforce 3x OC |
| Router | Cisco E3200 stock firmware with 2x 6ft Cat5E cables for network testing |
| Motherboard(s) | Gigabyte Z170X-Designare (BIOS F2), Gigabyte Z170X-Ultra Gaming (BIOS F4)Gigabyte Z170X-UD5 (BIOS F4), EVGA Z170 FTW (BIOS v1.03), Gigabyte Z170-Gaming 7 (BIOS F2) |
| Operating System | Windows 10 Enterprise* |
Latest working BIOS, updates and drivers were used at the time of the review. Each test was conducted at least three times for accuracy with the exception of PCMark 8 which already does three sets per benchmark run. *All performance benchmarks in this review and all reviews going forward will be using the Windows 10 operating system.
System Benchmarks
- Aida64 Engineer
- SiSoft Sandra Lite 2016
- CineBench R15
- PCMark 8
- WinRAR
- x.264 FHD
Gaming Benchmarks
- 3DMark Firestrike (Default)
- Unigine Heaven 4.0 (Max Settings, 1920 x 1080)
- Bioshock Infinite (Lowest Settings @ 640 x 480, Max Settings @ 1920 x 1080)
