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ASRock Marketing Lie: No, the Z490 AQUA Did Not Win 4 GFPs

ASRock Marketing proudly claim the World Record scores used a Z490 AQUA (special Edition) when all information about the board links to their 'normal' AQUA.

Overclocking legend and world #2 overclocker Splave has been busy around the i9-10900K launch. He’s produced the highest ever 10-core scores in wPrime 1024M, GPUPI for CPU 1B, Cinebench R11.5 and Cinebench R20. These are truly impressive achievements, with a very competitive field. Unfortunately ASRock’s marketing department have decided to severely bend reality about the nature of the…

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Intel’s new Core i9-10900K CPU is an interesting product. While some of the more vocal fans of a certain red competitor may give Intel some flak about reusing their 14nm node yet again, Intel has learned how to really polish a product and extract every bit of benefit from the silicon. This is Intel’s first 10-core mainstream product, with previous 10+ core chips locked entirely in the server and HEDT realm. The i9-10900K also boasts the highest stock Turbo clocks ever released at 5.2Ghz. If that wasn’t enough speed, the new Thermal Velocity Boost can kick the clocks up a bit higher yet to 5.3Ghz, pending your cooler can handle it. All this speed did require a small boost in TDP, up to 125W from the past ~95W ceiling the previous gens have tried to stay at. With more core, more clock speed, and more power, you would think this chip is destined to melt right? No. To help with cooling such concentrated performance, Intel took a page out of “I-void-warranties” extreme over-clockers book of tricks and shaved the actual silicon die down about as thin as it can go. With less physical silicon between the actual transistors and the heat spreader, every watt can get out as fast as possible. A new socket, LGA 1200, houses Intel 10th gen chips and paves the way for some exciting things slated for the next generation. Even though there are few more pins, all of your existing coolers will work with the new socket, which is great news to anyone with a beefy aftermarket cooler.

We want to thank Intel for sending us over the new Core i9-10900K to test out!

Intel’s take on the Core i9-10900K:

The new 10th Gen Intel Core i9-10900K leads our new family of processors and takes the crown as the world’s fastest gaming processor, delivering speeds of up to 5.3GHz. New overclocking controls allow gamers to get more from their unlocked 10th Gen Intel® Core processor and get the best overclocking experience.

Built for serious gamers, 10th Gen Intel Core desktop processors bring the right balance of frequency, cores, and threads, plus support for the latest technologies and advanced tuning flexibility to help put users in control of the real-world gaming experiences that matter most to them.

Obligatory Die Shot:

Important features:

Intel Thermal Velocity Boost: Gamers and creators get an opportunistic and automatic boost across single-core and multi-core workloads, up to a blazing 5.3GHz, right out of the box.

Intel Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0: Get an automatic performance boost on lightly threaded applications with Intel Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0.

Intel Hyperthreading Technology: Do more simultaneously across 10th Gen Intel Core i9, i7, i5, and i3 processors.

Intel Quick Sync Video: Uses integrated processor graphics to optimize gameplay while gamers stream and record and provides creators with the hardware acceleration they need for the latest video codecs.

Memory Support up to DDR4-2933 Memory Speeds: For smooth gameplay, immersive realism, faster multitasking, and productivity when creating.

Intel Graphics Command Center: Optimizes your Intel® graphics experience.6

Enhanced Core & Memory Overclocking: Gain ultimate control when overclocking your processor and key system components with features enabled by new unlocked and overclockable 10th Gen Intel® Core™ processors.7

Per-Core Hyperthreading Control for Overclocking: allows experienced overclockers to decide which hyper threads to turn on or off on a per-core basis.

Intel Ethernet Connection I225: Now available on the 10th Gen platform, 2.5G Intel Ethernet Connector I225 delivers greater than 2X the network speeds of 1GB Ethernet on existing cabling.

Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201: Now integrated into 10th Gen Intel Core desktop processors, Intel Wi-Fi 6 (Gig+) delivers responsive gameplay, nearly 3X faster downloads and more reliable connections. Delivers best-in-class wireless experiences with the freedom and flexibility to game or create anywhere throughout the home or office.

Intel Performance Maximizer: Offers an active core group tuning feature that overclocks each core group tuning feature that overclocks each core group, increasing their performance potential, for maximum gaming performance.

Intel Extreme Tuning Utility: Push performance desktops in new and innovative ways with a new Intel® Extreme Tuning Utility benchmark targeted for experienced overclockers. Now with the Intel Speed Optimizer that is a one-click overclocking feature within Intel Extreme Tuning Utility (XTU). Intel Speed Optimizer will be new for 10th Gen processors and takes advantage of power delivery and thermal headroom within a given chassis or design. Intel Speed Optimizer helps more an unlocked processor’s cores reach nearer to the single-core turbo boost frequency.

Intel Smart Cache: Up to 20M of shared lowest level cache allowing faster access to your data by enabling dynamic and efficient allocation of the cache to match the needs of each core, significantly reducing latency to frequently used data and improving performance.

Thunderbolt 3 support: Thunderbolt 3 ports are the fastest USB-C available, so you can take Thunderbolt 3 SSDs to LAN parties and play games with lightning-fast data transfers.

Intel Optane Memory H10 with SSD Support: Launch apps, games, and project files faster, and stay productive while multitasking.

Quick Specs:

# of Cores – 10

# of Threads – 20

Processor Base Frequency – 3.70 GHz

Max Turbo Boost 3.0 Frequency – 5.20 GHz

Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost Frequency – 5.30 GHz

Cache – 20 MB Intel Smart Cache

TDP – 125 W

Max Memory Size – 128 GB

Memory Speed – DDR4-2933

Max # of Memory Channels – 2

Processor Graphics – Intel UHD Graphics 630

Scalability – 1S Only

PCI Express Revision – 3.0

Max # of PCI Express Lanes – 16

Sockets Supported – FCLGA1200

TJUNCTION – 100°C

For full features and specs, click here:

Intel 10th Gen SKU Table

A Closer Look

Our review samples showed up in a special box that retail chips won’t be in.

It opens up to reveal a blue acrylic sheet with the Intel logo. You can see two smaller boxes under it.

A finger hole lets you pop the clear cover off.

Inside are two smaller boxes, one contains a Core i5-10600K and the other, the new flagship Core i9-10900K.

Today we’ll be focusing on the i9-10900K.

The new LGA1200 based CPU’s look very similar to the former LGA1151 chips at first glance.

They are the same size, the only difference is the key notches are now about a quarter way up from the bottom instead of very near the top.

The bottom itself is also very similar, with a ton of micro-sized SMT components in the middle, and a grid of gold contacts around it. Let’s strap it in the test bench and move on to testing!

Synthetic Testing

Test Platform:

CPU – Intel Core i9-10900K Mobo – Aorus Z490 Master RAM – 32GB (4x8GB) HyperX Fury RGB 3200MHz C16 GPU – Nvidia RTX 2080 Founders Edition SSD – Kingston KC1000 1TB PSU – Thermaltake Toughpower Grand RGB Gold 750W Chassis – Open BenchTable Cooling – Custom Liquid Loop (EKWB Velocity CPU Block, EKWB PE240 Rad, 1x DDC Pump)

All testing is performed at stock settings except for enabling XMP (Profile 1: 3200MHz 16-18-18-38 1.35V) and Aorus’s Multicore Enhancement disabled in the BIOS.

Super PI Modded 1.5

“In August 1995, the calculation of pi up to 4,294,960,000 decimal digits was succeeded by using a supercomputer at the University of Tokyo. The program was written by D.Takahashi in collaboration with Dr.Y.Kanada at the computer center. This record should be the current world record. (Details are shown in the windows help.) This record-breaking program was ported to personal computer environments such as Windows NT and Windows 95. In order to calculate 33.55 million digits, it takes within 3 days with a Pentium 90 MHz, 40 MB main memory, and 340 MB available storage.”

As this test is entirely single-threaded, it’s no surprise the Core i9-10900K lands a win here with single thread clock speeds able to hit a staggering 5.3GHz.

CINEBENCH R15

“CINEBENCH is a real-world cross-platform test suite that evaluates your computer’s performance capabilities. CINEBENCH is based on MAXON’s award-winning animation software CINEMA 4D, which is used extensively by studios and production houses worldwide for 3D content creation. MAXON software has been used in blockbuster movies such as Iron Man 3, Oblivion, Life of Pi or Prometheus, and much more.

CINEBENCH is the perfect tool to compare CPU and graphics performance across various systems and platforms (Windows and OS X). And best of all: It’s completely free.”

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Again we see single thread speeds pull in a decent win here with multi-core testing only loosing out to the 12-core Ryzen 9 3900X as expected.

CINEBENCH R20

Cinebench is a real-world cross-platform test suite that evaluates your computer’s hardware capabilities. Improvements to Cinebench Release 20 reflect the overall advancements to CPU and rendering technology in recent years, providing a more accurate measurement of Cinema 4D’s ability to take advantage of multiple CPU cores and modern processor features available to the average user. Best of all: It’s free.

In the newer Cinebench R20, we see a similar pattern with the 10-core i9-10900K only falling behind the 12 and 16-core chips in our testing.

Passmark Performance Test – CPU Mark

“Fast, easy to use, PC speed testing, and benchmarking. PassMark Performance Test ™ allows you to objectively benchmark a PC using a variety of different speed tests and compare the results to other computers.”

Passmark’s Performance Test 10 really scales with thread count rather than raw clock speed, so you see almost perfect scaling from 6 to 8 to 10 to 12 cores here with the i9-10900K almost reaching 25K points.

SiSoft Sandra – Cryptographic Bandwidth

“SiSoftware Sandra provides a robust package of diagnostic tools for testing your system and teasing out its problems–or potential headaches.”

SiSoft’s CPU Cryptographic Bandwidth really favors team red’s architecture here but some of Intel’s HEDT chips hold the top spot. We do see a pretty significant increase over the last gen’s 8-core parts.

Y-Cruncher

Written by Alexander J. Lee “From a high-school project that went a little too far…” y-cruncher, (y for gamma) is a number-crunching program that can compute various mathematical constants.

It was originally a small program specialized for computing the Euler-Mascheroni Constant. (Which uses gamma as its symbol, hence the name). It has since gained the ability to compute other constants.

It is the first of its kind that is multi-threaded and scalable to multi-core systems. Ever since its launch in 2009, it has become a common benchmarking and stress-testing application for overclockers and hardware enthusiasts.

Core counts matter here and the i9-10900K only falls behind the mainstream 3900X and HEDT parts that sport AVX512 support in multi-threaded. The new chip lands the fastest non-AVX512 single-threaded speed in our lineup by a fair margin though.

Black Hole 4.2

Let the beast run and benchmark your system in three different tests (Multithreaded, Single-threaded & 4-Threaded) that will test your CPU to the very limit, and score you among hundreds of other systems that have tested.

Multithreaded will test your CPU’s efficiency of running more than one thread without major system lag. The higher you score on this one, the more threads your CPU can handle with a comfortable speed. High multithreaded scores generally mean you can render things faster.

4-Threaded tests your CPU’s performance in games since most games currently run on 4 threads.

Single-threaded evaluates how fast the CPU can handle a single, dedicated thread for processing.

This is another test that shows decent scaling from prior 8-core parts, but again see’s AMD’s architecture holding a pretty noticeable advantage, even with fewer cores.

Workstation & Productivity Testing

Blender Benchmark 2.82 – BMW27

A new platform to collect and display the results of hardware and software performance tests. Aimed at an optimal comparison between system hardware and installations using open source software and testing content in the public domain.

In something a little more real-world, the Core i9-10900K smokes through the BMW benchmark render in a touch over 2 minutes, nearly matching the 12-core Ryzen 9 3900X, dusting the 10-core HEDT segmented i9-7900X and laying waste to every other lower core count chip from both teams.

POV-Ray 3.7 Standard Benchmark – CPU

The POV-Ray standard benchmark shows similar results with the i9-10900K more than able to hold its own in workstation tasks

x265 HD Benchmark A benchmark that measures how fast your computer can encode HD (1080p) video in the new H.265 / HEVC format.

Encoding video to HEVC is not that uncommon these days, and the i9-10900K just screams through it, even whipping the 12-core 3900X by a fair margin.

7-Zip

The benchmark shows a rating in MIPS (million instructions per second). The rating value is calculated from the measured speed, and it is normalized with the results of the Intel Core 2 CPU with a multi-threading option switched off. So if you have modern CPU from Intel or AMD, rating values in single-thread mode must be close to real CPU frequency. There are two tests, compression with the LZMA method and decompression with the LZMA method. Once the total passes reach 50, the score is taken

Zipping and unzipping files to send is another frequent task that is even more common in this ‘work-from-home’ world this year. The 10900K handles this readily and leaves even last-gen HEDT chips in the dust.

Memory & Cache Testing

AIDA64 Engineer Edition

“FinalWire Ltd. today announced the immediate availability of AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.50 software, a streamlined diagnostic and benchmarking tool for home users; and the immediate availability of AIDA64 Business Edition 1.50 software, an essential network management solution for small and medium scale enterprises. The new AIDA64 update implements AVX-optimized benchmarks for the upcoming Intel Sandy Bridge processors, adds a brand-new video encoding benchmark, and supports the latest AMD and NVIDIA graphics processors.”

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Part of the success story of the 10900K is the 20MB of Intel’s smart cache. Not only is it flexible, but it is extremely fast, clearing the 3TB/s mark on L1 cache reads.

Actual memory bandwidth to the system ram is largely the same with most Dual-channel setups running this speed and latency. Nothing really stands out here, good or bad.

Interestingly, we see the new Core -5-10600K has a little bit lower latency overall to system memory. How boards handle XMP sub timings can affect this, so we are more looking for something that stands out, which nothing does here.

Passmark Performance Test – Memory Mark – Threaded

Passmark again shows us with the i5-holding a slight performance advantage over the new i9.

SiSoft Sandra – Memory Bandwidth – Aggregate.

“SiSoftware Sandra provides a robust package of diagnostic tools for testing your system and teasing out its problems–or potential headaches.”

While we expect quad-channel enabled HEDT chips to score higher as we see, most of the Dual-channel parts here all stack up within margin of error.

Synthetic Game Testing

3DMark – Fire Strike

“Fire Strike is a showcase DirectX 11 benchmark designed for today’s high-performance gaming PCs. It is our most ambitious and technical benchmark ever, featuring real-time graphics rendered with detail and complexity far beyond what is found in other benchmarks and games today”

In this synthetic physics test, we see the extra few cores and increased clock speed hold a solid lead here, even against team red’s 12-core part.

3DMark – Time Spy

“3Dmark Time Spy is a new DirectX 12 benchmark test for Windows 10 gaming PCs. Time Spay is one of the first DirectX 12 apps to be built “the right way” from the ground up to fully realize the performance gains that the new API offers. With DirectX 12 engine, which supports new API features like asynchronous compute, explicit multi-adapter, and multi-threading, Time Spy is the ideal test for benchmarking the latest graphics cards.”

The more modern Time Spy test shows the same trend with an even wider lead on the 10900K.

Game Testing

Sid Meier’s Civilization VI

Originally created by legendary game designer Sid Meier, Civilization is a turn-based strategy game in which you attempt to build an empire to stand the test of time. Become Ruler of the World by establishing and leading a civilization from the Stone Age to the Information Age. Wage war, conduct diplomacy, advance your culture, and go head-to-head with history’s greatest leaders as you attempt to build the greatest civilization the world has ever known.

Civilization VI offers new ways to engage with your world: cities now physically expand across the map, active research in technology and culture unlocks new potential, and competing leaders will pursue their own agendas based on their historical traits as you race for one of five ways to achieve victory in the game.

Intel bills the new Core i9-10900K as the world’s fastest gaming processor, and that appears to hold true right out of the gate with Civilization 6’s Ai test completing rounds in just under 6.7ms.

Far Cry 5

Anything can happen. Everything will.

Welcome to Hope County, Montana, land of the free and the brave, but also home to a fanatical doomsday cult—known as The Project at Eden’s Gate—that is threatening the community’s freedom. Stand up to the cult’s leaders, Joseph Seed, and the Heralds, as you spark the fires of resistance that will liberate the besieged community.

Far Cry 5 hits modern multi-core CPU’s pretty hard, and can take advantage of more than a couple of cores. Here we see the 10900K pull the crown off the special edition 9900KS’ head. The new i5-10600K is hot on its heels here as well.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider Experience Lara Croft’s defining moment as she becomes the Tomb Raider. In Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Lara must master a deadly jungle, overcome terrifying tombs, and persevere through her darkest hour. As she races to save the world from a Maya apocalypse, Lara will ultimately be forged into the Tomb Raider she is destined to be.

The latest Tomb Raider also sees a benefit from more CPU power and the 10900K delivers the best experience out of the box of anything on the market, albeit only a fraction of an FPS ahead of the former champion.

Ashes of the Singularity

Planet by planet, a war is raging across the galaxy. The technological singularity has given humanity the power to expand further than they ever have before. Now, they compete with each other and their sentient artificial intelligence adversaries for control of newfound worlds.

Ashes of the Singularity is more of a playable benchmark, but the Core i9-10900K holds a commanding lead here. If you scrolled past everything to here, the i9-10900K took 1st place in every gaming test we put it against.

Overclocking, Power & Thermals

For Power usage, we will be using a FLIR CM78 DC Amp clamp directly monitoring the 12V EPS connections to the motherboard. This gives us a real-world accuracy of +/- 2 Watts across our entire measuring range from 0W to more than enough to melt both 8-pin EPS plugs.

Out of the box, the Core i9-10900K runs at up to 5.2Ghz on 2 cores, or up to 5.3Ghz if cooling permits via Thermal Velocity Boost.

Thermal Velocity Boost ONLY applies these increased clocks to the two best cores, selected by Intel at the factory and denoted in red in CPUID’s latest CPU-Z tool. In our case, this happens to be Core 8 and Core 9 (or 9 and 10 if you start counting at 1 instead of zero).

From there, we see 5100Mhz with 3 cores active, 5GHz with 4 or 5 cores active, and a still impressive 4900MHz with 6 to 10 cores active.

At stock, we see temps hit a tepid 68C on the hottest core. This is 10 cores, at 4.9Ghz folks. Less than 70C! the new thin die and Solder Thermal Interface Material is doing its job and doing it well. When we first tested the i9-9900K, we were in the mid to upper 80C range here. More cores, more threads, faster clocks, and significantly cooler temps. We’ll take that any day of the week!

Voltage is reading about 1.224V here, so that has a fair amount to do with it. You can try to bash Intel for re-using the 14nm node yet again, but it is WELL refined at this point. Power usage lands at a pretty hefty 246W though. Remember that TDP is THERMAL Design Power, NOT actual power usage.

From here, we’ll bump the multiplier up to 51 on all cores. We get a nice jump in performance, with a modest jump in voltage to 2.84V which gives us temps landing around 80C on average with the hottest hitting 84C. You can clearly see our two good cores here sitting at 71C and 75C. Power draw jumps to 308.4W under load.

At 5.2Ghz on all cores, we are starting to bump thermal limits, with the hottest core hitting 96C and the package bumping the 100C limit. Power jumps to nearly 380W at this point and the voltage has to come up quite a bit to keep it stable under AVX loads. With a little lengthier fine-tuning, this can probably be trimmed back, but 5.1Ghz on 10 cores is a pretty killer system as it is and 5.2Ghz is certainly doable.

Conclusion

Intel bills the new Core i9-10900K as the ‘Worlds Fastest Gaming Processor’ and we have to say, it’s not a tall tale. The crown did indeed transfer from the retiring champion i9-9900K. The 10900K just pwned every gaming benchmark we threw at it, synthetic or real world. As far as productivity, well, it does a sporting job there as well. While it’s hard to argue against raw core count in productivity, something team red is currently maintaining the lead on, Intel is able to make up a fair amount of that core count discrepancy with raw clock speed. It wasn’t very many years ago that 4Ghz was a hard mountain to summit. More recently overclocking to 5Ghz took some effort. Now, it’s hard to get this chip to run UNDER 5GHz.

While we all want to see that new node, that new 10nm process, it’s hard to argue with the results of a well-refined product. Give the core count, the stock clock speeds, and the raw power on tap, we have to say we are VERY impressed with what Intel has done for keeping this monster cool. Given today’s use cases are pretty much guaranteed to include heavy multitasking with more than one heavy-hitting application, a few more cores are always welcome. Especially when it doesn’t come at the cost of clock speeds.

If you are purely a gamer looking for the absolute best, the roughly $500 price tag is pretty fair, even more so when you can throw a few cores at streaming your rounds and still have the best experience money can buy. If you work and play, the Core i9-10900K is still a very compelling option in most use cases. Its gaming performance is epic and edges out the closest red chip, the 3900X in many real-world productive use cases.

If you purely work and can saturate every core you can find, you may be better off with a red product given the core count per price that side offers. Gone are the days of black and white ‘product X is better than product Y’. That grey line is rather blurry. Can we recommend this? For the serious gamer, 100%. For gaming and streaming, that’s still a yes. If you get things done and only play here and there, well, then your specific use case and budget are going to have to guide you.

Great job Intel!

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Intel Core i9-10900K CPU Review Intel’s new Core i9-10900K CPU is an interesting product. While some of the more vocal fans of a certain red competitor may give Intel some flak about reusing their 14nm node yet again, Intel has learned how to really polish a product and extract every bit of benefit from the silicon.

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As much fun as flagship CPU’s are each generation, many gamers can save some serious cash with a lower-tier CPU like the new Intel Core i5-10600K and still have a great time. Since most games are still lightly threaded, a few fast cores offer a better gaming experience than several slower ones anyway. The Core i5-10600K packs 6 cores and 12 threads of high-speed gaming prowess into a modest $262 price point. With a base clock speed of 4.1Ghz and the ability to boost to 4.8Ghz out of the box, the 10600K can easily handle all of your games as well as streaming them to your fans. A 125W TDP and full unlocked overclocking support means you can dial it up a little more if needed. Is this the sweet spot for gaming? Let’s find out!

We want to thank Intel for sending us over the new Core i5-10600K to try out!

Intel’s take on the Core i5-10600K:

Built for serious gamers, 10th Gen Intel® Core™ desktop processors bring the right balance of frequency, cores, and threads, plus support for the latest technologies and advanced tuning flexibility to help put users in control of the real-world gaming experiences that matter most to them.

Obligatory Die Shot:

Important features:

Intel Hyperthreading Technology: Do more simultaneously across 10th Gen Intel Core i9, i7, i5, and i3 processors.

Memory Support up to DDR4-2933 Memory Speeds: For smooth gameplay, immersive realism, faster multitasking, and productivity when creating.

Intel Graphics Command Center: Optimizes your Intel® graphics experience.6

Per-Core Hyperthreading Control for Overclocking: allows experienced overclockers to decide which hyper threads to turn on or off on a per-core basis.

Intel Ethernet Connection I225: Now available on the 10th Gen platform, 2.5G Intel Ethernet Connector I225 delivers greater than 2X the network speeds of 1GB Ethernet on existing cabling.

Thunderbolt 3 support: Thunderbolt 3 ports are the fastest USB-C available, so you can take Thunderbolt 3 SSDs to LAN parties and play games with lightning-fast data transfers.

Intel Optane Memory H10 with SSD Support: Launch apps, games, and project files faster, and stay productive while multitasking.

Quick Specs:

# of Cores – 6

# of Threads – 12

Processor Base Frequency – 4.10 GHz

Max Turbo Boost 2.0 Frequency – 4.80 GHz

Cache – 12 MB Intel Smart Cache

TDP – 125 W

Max Memory Size – 128 GB

Memory Speed – DDR4-2933

Max # of Memory Channels – 2

Processor Graphics – Intel UHD Graphics 630

Scalability – 1S Only

PCI Express Revision – 3.0

Max # of PCI Express Lanes – 16

Sockets Supported – FCLGA1200

TJUNCTION – 100°C

For full features and specs, click here:

A Closer Look

Our review samples showed up in a special box that retail chips won’t be in.

It opens up to reveal a blue acrylic sheet with the Intel logo. You can see two smaller boxes under it.

A finger hole lets you pop the clear cover off.

Inside are two smaller boxes, one contains a Core i5-10600K and the other, the new flagship Core i9-10900K.

Today we’ll be focusing on the i5-10600K.

The new LGA1200 based CPU’s look very similar to the former LGA1151 chips at first glance.

They are the same size, the only difference is the key notches are now about a quarter way up from the bottom instead of very near the top.

The bottom itself is also very similar, with a ton of micro-sized SMT components in the middle, and a grid of gold contacts around it. Let’s strap it in the test bench and move on to testing!

Synthetic Testing

Test Platform:

CPU – Intel Core i5-10600K Mobo – Aorus Z490 Master RAM – 32GB (4x8GB) HyperX Fury RGB 3200MHz C16 GPU – Nvidia RTX 2080 Founders Edition SSD – Kingston KC1000 1TB PSU – Thermaltake Toughpower Grand RGB Gold 750W Chassis – Open BenchTable Cooling – Custom Liquid Loop (EKWB Velocity CPU Block, EKWB PE240 Rad, 1x DDC Pump)

All testing is performed at stock settings except for enabling XMP (Profile 1: 3200MHz 16-18-18-38 1.35V) and Aorus’s Multicore Enhancement disabled in the BIOS.

Super PI Modded 1.5

With clock speeds hitting 4.8Ghz, it’s not a surprise to see the Core i5-10600K land in the middle of previous-gen flagship territory in this single-threaded test.

CINEBENCH R15

CINEBENCH is the perfect tool to compare CPU and graphics performance across various systems and platforms (Windows and OS X). And best of all: It’s completely free.”

Multi-threaded performance, as expected, leads previous-gen 6-core chips thanks to the increased clock speeds 10th gen offers. Single-Threaded performance shows it landing closer to previous i9 chips than i5 chips.

CINEBENCH R20

In the newer Cinebench R20, we see a similar pattern with the 6-core i5-10600K leading the previous 6-core champion, the Core i7-8700K.

Passmark Performance Test – CPU Mark

Passmark’s Performance Test 10 enjoys the clock speed increase with the i5-10600K and it holds a commanding lead over the previous 6-core chip.

SiSoft Sandra – Cryptographic Bandwidth

“SiSoftware Sandra provides a robust package of diagnostic tools for testing your system and teasing out its problems–or potential headaches.”

Y-Cruncher

Written by Alexander J. Lee “From a high-school project that went a little too far…” y-cruncher, (y for gamma) is a number-crunching program that can compute various mathematical constants.

We tested using the built-in benchmarks to compute Pi to 1 Billion Digits in both single and multi-threaded mode and recorded the Total Computation time at the end of the run. Y-Cruncher is also able to take advantage of AVX512 instructions in compatible CPU’s. Due to the thermal load of running Intense AVX workloads, Intel has implemented and AVX offset clock that may scale the CPU’s clock speed back, even below stock speeds when running intense AVX loads. For this reason, we note the CPU’s clock speed in both single and multi-threaded test modes.

It’s interesting to see the 6-core 10600K hang with the 9th gen i9’s on single-threaded and then turn around and stomp the 9900K in multi-threaded testing.

Black Hole 4.2

4-Threaded tests your CPU’s performance in games since most games currently run on 4 threads.

Single-threaded evaluates how fast the CPU can handle a single, dedicated thread for processing.

We see AMD’s architecture holding a pretty noticeable advantage but the Core i5-10600K lands where we expect it to here.

Workstation & Productivity Testing

Blender Benchmark 2.82 – BMW27

For real-world productivity, there is zero substitute for raw core count, and this is no exception. We still see the faster clock speeds help the i5-10600K edge out the 8700K though.

POV-Ray 3.7 Standard Benchmark – CPU

The POV-Ray standard benchmark shows similar results with the i5-10600K obliterate it’s older but higher-tier counterpart.

x265 HD Benchmark A benchmark that measures how fast your computer can encode HD (1080p) video in the new H.265 / HEVC format.

Encoding video to HEVC is not that uncommon these days, and the i5-10600K handles it well.

7-Zip

Zipping and unzipping files to send is another frequent task that is even more common in this ‘work-from-home’ world this year. The 10600K handles this readily and edges out previous 6-core parts by around 50%.

Memory & Cache Testing

AIDA64 Engineer Edition

Internal cache performance is pretty well on par with the previous 6 core parts, so no surprises here since they are all the same family after all.

Actual memory bandwidth to the system ram is actually a hair better than it’s i9-10900K sibling here. Interesting.

The new Core -5-10600K has a little bit lower latency overall to system memory than it’s i9 sibling.

Passmark Performance Test – Memory Mark – Threaded

Passmark again shows us with the i5-holding a slight performance advantage over the new i9.

SiSoft Sandra – Memory Bandwidth – Aggregate.

“SiSoftware Sandra provides a robust package of diagnostic tools for testing your system and teasing out its problems–or potential headaches.”

While we expect quad-channel enabled HEDT chips to score higher as we see, most of the Dual-channel parts here all stack up within margin of error.

Synthetic Game Testing

3DMark – Fire Strike

In this synthetic physics test, the increased clock speed on the 10th gen i5-10600K do well here, even against team red’s 8-core parts.

3DMark – Time Spy

The more modern Time Spy test shows the same trend with an even wider lead on the 8700K and even Ryzen 7 2700X.

Game Testing

Sid Meier’s Civilization VI

Intel bills the new Core i9-10900K as the world’s fastest gaming processor and its smaller i5-10600K sibling isn’t far behind. Only the previous special edition 9900KS can fight it’s way into the 10th gen range here.

Far Cry 5

Anything can happen. Everything will.

Far Cry 5 hits modern multi-core CPU’s pretty hard, and can take advantage of more than a couple of cores. Here we see the i5-10600K match up to last gen’s flagship i9-9900K almost perfectly.

The latest Tomb Raider also sees a benefit from more CPU power and the i5-10600K delivers a great experience out of the box.

Ashes of the Singularity

The Core i9-10600K again fights its way into the middle of the 9th gen’s flagship pile and leaves previous 6-core parts well behind.

Overclocking, Power & Thermals

At stock, we peg out at 4.8Ghz on a couple of cores. Thermals are great in the low 70C range, with power draws around 150W.

We’ll enable Aorus’s Multi-Core Enhancement which pegs all cores at maximum Turbo, which is 4.8Ghz. We see a decent jump in score, and power only climbs to around 181W under full load. Temps hover in the upper 70C range with the hottest core hitting 78C.

From here we’ll take over manually and go up to 4.9GHz on all cores. Something weird happens here as the voltage jumps, scores drop slightly and power usage is pretty much the same.

We went ahead and tried for 5GHz and whatever weirdness happened at 4.9Ghz is gone. Temps are back in the mid 70C range with core voltage at 1.356V. Power usage climbs slightly to around 190W.

5.1Ghz is pretty easy to get stable on the i5-10600K but requires a bit more voltage. We ended up going up about 0.05V to just over 1.4V, which kicked temps into the low 80C range. Power usage jumped to around 214W.

We tried for 5.2Ghz on all cores, but out particular CPU just wasn’t having it. We pushed voltage up to 1.45V and still couldn’t get it fully stable and temps were crashing into the 100C range pretty much instantly at that voltage. Sometimes you win the silicon lottery, sometimes you don’t. Your mileage may vary but our particular slice of silicon hit a wall above 5.1Ghz all core.

Conclusion

Intel’s Core i5 tier of chips are often a favorite of gamers. They provide solid performance at a price that still lets you invest in a good GPU to go with it. 6 cores at these clock speeds is plenty of power for high frame rate gaming, or a bit less competitive gaming while streaming. The street price of around $275 is pretty much on par with previous offerings in this tier but lands a decent chunk of change above a similarly positioned red offering. In most of our gaming tests, it did fight toe to toe with previous-gen 8-core chips that bring $500+ still, so it’s a decent leap forward.

This is the lowest tiered offering this generation that is still unlocked, but given the modest overclocking headroom we found, a more competitive selection might be the locked i5-10600 for around $225 for those on a budget. If you score well in the silicon lottery, 6 cores at 5.2Ghz are certainly a force to be reckoned with though if our testing is any indication. All in all, this is a great choice for many gamers and the platform as a whole makes it pretty easy to recommend.

Good job Intel!

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Intel Core i5-10600K 10th Gen LGA1200 CPU Review As much fun as flagship CPU’s are each generation, many gamers can save some serious cash with a lower-tier CPU like the new Intel Core i5-10600K and still have a great time.

#10th Gen #Core i5 #Core i5-10600K #Intel #LGA1200 #Z490

GIGABYTE have detailed their LGA1200 motherboards for Intel Comet Lake desktop chips. Highlighting the Z490 options, GIGABYTE have drawn attention to an improved “Fins-Array II” heatsink and Daisy Chain memory routing. In addition, the boards are ready for PCIe 4.0 and have many smaller improvements.

GIGABYTE are topping off their range in their usual style, with the Z490 Aorus Xtreme range. Not only is there an air cooled board, but also a Z490 Aorus Xtreme Waterforce for the extremely heavy of wallet. The true flagships with a high but realistic price are the Z490 Aorus Master, Ultra and Vision D. Moving down the range, GIGABYTE have a wide selection under the AORUS, VISION and GAMING banners. Finally, in the value segment, the UD branding comes back once again.

The PCIe 4.0 readiness extends to GIGABYTE’s entire range of Z490 boards at time of writing, even the impressively cheap Z490M. The extent of the PCIe 4.0 design ranges from just the BCLK generator and primary PCIe x16 slot on the cheapest boards, up to switches and redrivers for multiple PCIe 4.0 slots on top models. Intel’s 10th gen Comet Lake chips lack PCIe 4.0 support, but it’s expected to touch down with next-gen Rocket Lake chips on the same socket.

The PCIe 4.0 features on the top-end GIGABYTE Z490 AORUS XTREME

The PCIe 4.0 features on the bottom-end GIGABYTE Z490M

There are a lot of features for GIGABYTE’S Z490 range, including 90A smart power stages for the VRMs and thunderbolt ports on some models. However there are three in particular we want to highlight.

Fins: GIGABYTE Upgrade Heatsinks for Comet Lake

High-end GIGABYTE Z490 boards come with VRMs using 90A smart power stages with up to 16 true phases. That means independent, directly driven, by a 16-phase controller. Despite this, GIGABYTE are aware that some users will be absolute thrashing their VRMs with a watercooled Comet Lake 10-core. Where ASRock chose to add fans to their flagship Z490 boards, GIGABYTE are beefing up their heatsinks.

The GIGABYTE Z490 AORUS ULTRA G2, named for the Gigabyte-sponsored esports team, shows off the Fins-Array II with a bold red colour.

The improvements come fourfold. First, GIGABYTE’s new Fins-Array II claims “3x the surface area compared to traditional heatsinks”. This is achieved with a tight array of small fins, far from what the community derides as “fashion blocks”. Second, improved “Direct-Touch Heatpipe II technology” puts an 8mm heatpipe right up against the heat-generating components. Third, reshaped fins are claimed to allow for superior heat dissipation. Finally, a high-end LAIRD 7.5W/mK thermal pad (5W/mK on cheaper models) gets the heat from the VRM to the heatsink faster.

Holes punched in the fins for Fins-Array II heatsinks help with passive heat dissipation

Like ASRock’s VRM fans, GIGABYTE are primarily gracing their top-end boards with the improved cooling. If you’re watercooling a top-end comet lake chip like the i9-10900K, GIGABYTE think you’ll do it with the Z490 AORUS PRO AX or better.

Daisies: GIGABYTE Embrace 2-DIMM Setups with Comet Lake

While many have scoffed at what they see as another Skylake rehash, the overclocking community has been buzzing about Z490. Words like “DDR4-5500” get thrown around in excited whispers. We know Comet Lake i7s and i9s have an improved memory controller, because they add formal DDR4-2933 support. The rumour is that it translates to impressive overclocked speeds at the top end, and could potentially take AMD’s world record.

Memory Layout in Brief

When a motherboard manufacturer designs their memory area they have a choice to make about layout. On a typical mainstream board (2 channels, 4 slots) there are two main options – T-topology or daisy-chain. T-topology runs traces to halfway between the slots and then splits off, making a T shape. This makes both slots equal, so configurations that fill all 4 run better.

Daisy-chain, on the other hand, runs traces directly to the first slot in a channel then from that to the second. This makes the traces as short as possible, and minimises electrical issues like reflections for the second (outer) slot. The practical effect is that a 2-DIMM setup using the outer slots (“2 and 4”) will run better, at the cost of 4-DIMM setups.

A less common setup is 1 DIMM per channel (2 channels, 2 slots). Servicing just one slot gives the shortest traces, least electrical issues, and best performance. The downside is half the capacity. Hardcore overclocking boards like the limited-run GA-Z97X-SOC Force LN2 favour this layout for the very best memory overclocks.

GIGABYTE’s Memory Layout for Comet Lake

Usually, GIGABYTE gravitate towards T-topology. All their Z370 and Z390 boards used it, as did X370/B350 and X470/B450 offerings for AMD CPUs. This time around though, things are different. GIGABYTE are highlighting a daisy-chain layout for their Z490 comet lake boards. A strong memory controller means that a 4-DIMM setup should still run reasonably well on daisy-chain, but 2 DIMMs will run even better. GIGABYTE highlight the ability to run up to 32GB per DIMM, and likely expect even high capacity setups to be served by 2x32GB rather than 4x16GB.

For the performance enthusiast, daisy-chain means extreme 2x8GB kits. The Z490 AORUS XTREME memory QVL claims support for 2x8GB setups up to DDR4-5000, listing kits made by HyperX and in-house at AORUS. GIGABYTE are also trumpeting ground layers shielding the traces, and even SMT DIMM slots on the Z490 AORUS XTREME – an expensive option that gives a small extra bump to signal integrity.

Caps: Tantalum Polymer Capacitors Array Promises Smoother Power

Bear with us, because this gets a little nerdy even by Play3r standards. What GIGABYTE are doing here is very cool though. There’s also a story behind it, going back to the AMD X570 launch.

The Story

Back when the AMD X570 chipset came out, it was joined by a new VRM controller chip. The snappily titled XDPE132G5C, made by Infineon, is a true 16-phase. More phases means less ripple and faster response, and GIGABYTE implemented this in a 14+2 configuration on their top-end X570 board. However, when VRM enthusiast Buildzoid of Youtube channel Actually Hardcore Overclocking tested it, the performance wasn’t as good as it could have been. The star of his testing was actually Gigabyte’s X570 ITX board, which had a much lower phase count.

Gigabyte’s marketing for the 16-phase design on the X570 AORUS XTREME, released last year.

Obviously the 14+2-phase X570 Xtreme could still deliver far more total power, but why would the 6+2-phase X570 I AORUS PRO WIFI have tighter regulation? The reason seems to be the capacitors. GIGABYTE were using mostly can-style capacitors on the Xtreme, which can be a bit slow. The ITX board used “Surface Mount Device” (SMD) capacitors, which are smaller and solder directly to the board. This puts the capacitance right up against where it’s needed. As a result, spikes are soaked up faster and dips filled in faster. Technically speaking, SMD capacitors have a lower Equivalent Series Inductance (ESL – yes, inductance is “L”).

The Result

GIGABYTE’s engineers are smart people, and don’t need a youtuber to tell them SMD caps are better. Marketing, however, can be a different story. The cost has to be justified, and it seems an endorsement from an “influencer” helps make the case. Now the engineers have been let loose. Buildzoid is excited, and so are we.

So, what’s come out of all of this? GIGABYTE are equipping many of their Z490 boards with what they call a “Tantalum Polymer Capacitors Array”. Tantalum polymer is a particular type of SMD capacitor that uses the rare metal tantalum. Consequently they maintain their performance better for longer, compared to aluminium alternatives – as long as they stay in spec. In addition, being in the SMD form helps give them the low ESL that really boosts performance. Overall, GIGABYTE are using top tier capacitors that on paper should massively decrease the electrical noise your comet lake chip has to deal with. And, well, just look at them;

This is the array on the XTREME – cheaper models are less overkill.

This is where “Array” comes from. That’s a *lot* of caps, and good ones. Obviously there’s a lot more to VRM performance than just caps, and it takes testing in hand to know if a board is good. This is really exciting though.

Pricing and Availability

GIGABYTE LGA1200 motherboards for Comet Lake have started showing up for pre-orders, including on Newegg in the US and Overclockers UK in the UK. According to Newegg, the availability date is the 20th of May.

Key prices are as follows:

GIGABYTE Z490 AORUS XTREME: £749.99/$799.99

GIGABYTE Z490 AORUS MASTER: £389.99/$389.99

GIGABYTE Z490 AORUS PRO AX: £299.99/$269.99

GIGABYTE Z490I AORUS ULTRA (mini ITX): £264.95/$269.99

GIGBYTE Z490 VISION G: £229.99/$199.99

GIGABYTE Z490M GAMING X (Micro ATX): £159.99/$159.99

GIGABYTE Z490-UD: £154.99

GIGABYTE Z490M (Micro ATX): £139.99

Note: UK pricing includes VAT. US pricing excludes sales tax.

Highlighting their Z490 options for Comet Lake, GIGABYTE have drawn attention to an improved "Fins-Array II" heatsink and Daisy Chain memory routing. GIGABYTE have detailed their LGA1200 motherboards for Intel Comet Lake desktop chips. Highlighting the Z490 options, GIGABYTE have drawn attention to an improved "Fins-Array II" heatsink and Daisy Chain memory routing.

For many enthusiasts, new CPU generation launches are every bit as exciting for the new motherboards coming out as they are for the chips themselves. I mean, what good is a new flagship CPU if you don’t have an awesome motherboard to put it in? ASUS has quite the lineup in store for Intel’s upcoming 10th gen chips with a slew of new boards from your favorite ROG, STRIX, TUF, and Prime product families. If you care a little more about productivity, you might also be excited to see the new ProART family which replaces the WS series workstation oriented boards. No matter your needs or budget, ASUS has you covered!

Intel 10th Generation ‘Comet Lake-S’

Before we get Into the new boards, we first need to cover what we know of the upcoming generation of chips these boards are meant for. Intel’s Comet Lake-S is the mainstream desktop version of the already released Intel 10th Gen mobile processors. Based on the highly refined 14nm process, it is expected to be the last such generation to use 14nm before Intel transitions to a 10nm node.

While the overall block diagram hasn’t changed much from the last few generations, there are a few notable updates. The first is the actual socket. Intel 10th gen will be based on the new LGA1200 socket with 49 more pins. Physical keying prevents backward compatibility as does electrical changes. The Z490 chipset supports Intel Wi-Fi 6 Gig+ 802.11AX over the optional CNVi interface and Asus has opted to use this on most of its upcoming boards for maximum wireless performance.

While many enthusiast boards, like the ones we are about to cover below, are built far beyond minimum spec, Intel is planning on TDP’s of 125W with this generation, and for good reason. 10th gen chips hit the street with 10 cores, up from 8 last generation.

With today’s creation heavy workloads, from at-home professionals to content creators to E-sports players streaming their latest matches, the need for more and more cores is apparent. Gaming, along with many other workloads, is still heavily dependent on raw clock speed. Intel still holds a decisive edge here and isn’t interested in giving this up to team red just yet and that shows in single and lightly threaded workloads, like most games.

We’ll have more detailed coverage of Intel’s upcoming chips soon, so let’s get back to the main feature here, all that ASUS goodness! Asus is planning a staggered launch with six boards landing launch day and the rest following afterward.

Boards Available at Launch:

ROG Maximus XII HERO (Wi-Fi)

ROG STRIX Z490 E-Gaming

TUF GAMING Z490 PLUS (Wi-Fi)

PRIME Z490-A

PRIME Z490-P

ProArt Z490 Creator 10G

Boards Coming Soon:

ROG MAXIMUS XII FORMULA

ROG MAXIMUS XII EXTREME

ROG MAXIMUS XII APEX

ROG STRIX Z490-H GAMING

ROG STRIX Z490-G GAMING

ROG STRIX Z490-G GAMING (WiFi)

ROG STRIX Z490-A Gaming

ROG STRIX Z490-I Gaming

ROG STRIX Z490-F Gaming

TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS

Let’s take a closer look at each family’s offerings! ROG Maximus XII ROG Strix TUF Gaming Prime ProART

ASUS ROG MAXIMUS XII

In the updated ASUS ROG Maximus XII family, we see the 4 products we expect, the Extreme, Formula, Hero, and Apex, but we see a hint of a new ‘Glacial’ version of the Maximus XII Extreme. I’ve you’ve been watching ASUS’s recent push of all-white versions and dreaming of a new all-white build, keep an eye on this one.

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With up to TEN very fast cores available, you’re going to need some beefy power delivery. Asus is up to the task and can not only handle it, but leaves a LOT of room for heavy overclocking. High-current teamed power phases improve stability without the normal latency from phase doublers to provide better transient response. ProCool II power connectors with solid pins ensure you can get every watt you need into the board without worrying about hot spots and melted connectors.

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Premium thermal pads, Large diameter heatpipes and aluminum heatsinks keep the ROG Maximus XII boards cool under pressure. If that isn’t enough for you, The ROG Maximus XII Formula employs a hybrid cooling solution with Cooling legends EK Waterblocks.

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ASUS’s OptiMEM III and proprietary memory layout using daisy-chain topology enables maximum performance in all scenarios. Whether pushing for extreme speeds of 4700MHz+ or massive 128GB memory kits to be used at full speeds and low latencies.

Besides massive amounts of memory, you can also use massive amounts of storage. All ROG Maximus XII boards support at least THREE M.2 slots.

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Network connectivity is the best of the best across the board. Every board in the ROG Maximus XII family supports at least 2.5Gbps Wired LAN with Gig+ WiFi 6 AX201.

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You’ll never want for USB ports with the ROG Maximus XII family with up to a staggering 22 USB ports and speeds up to 20gbps.

ASUS ROG Maximus XII Extreme:

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Standout features include LiveDASH OLED Display, USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 20Gbps, Included Thunderbolt 3-TR card, and Fan Extension Card 2.

ASUS ROG Maximus XII Formula:

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Standout features include LiveDASH OLED Display, Full Coverage ROG Armor, and EK Waterblocks designed hybrid cooling solution.

ASUS ROG Maximus XII Apex:

Standout features include Non-square PCB design, Sub-ambient cooling optimizations such as on-board Condensation Detection, and voltage test points. Built to break records and chew bubblegum, and it’s all out of bubblegum.

ASUS ROG Maximus XII Hero:

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ASUS ROG STRIX

ASUS’s ROG Strix family targets gamers with a smorgasbord of features at a more friendly price point. The STRIX family includes no less than 7 members from the pint-sized Strix Z490-I Gaming mini-ITX up to the full-featured Strix Z490-E Gaming, although only the latter will be available from day one.

Similar to the ROG Maximus family, the ROG Strix boards have very capable digital power delivery systems to cope with the upcoming higher core count chips.

To go along with this, you also need good cooling and the ROG Strix family has optional active cooling included for the VRM and heatsinks for your M.2 drives. An embedded Heatpipe helps distribute the thermal load around the board to the aluminum heatsinks for increased cooling surface area.

ROG STRIX Z490-E GAMING

ROG STRIX Z490-H GAMING

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ROG STRIX Z490-G GAMING

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ROG STRIX Z490-A Gaming

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ROG STRIX Z490-I Gaming

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ROG STRIX Z490-F Gaming

ASUS TUF Gaming

Designed with military-grade components, Heavy-duty power delivery and extensive cooling options, TUF gaming boards are designed for rock-solid performance.

More than just a motherboard, ASUS has partnered with 20+ industry partners to build an entire TUF Gaming Ecosystem.

The first two TUF Z490 boards to hit the street are the ASUS TUF Gaming Z490-PLus and it’s WI-FI equipped sibling.

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Both sport the same 12+2 VRM with DrMOS on a 6-layer heavy-duty 2oz Copper PCB with military-grade components for maximum reliability.

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TUF Gaming includes the latest in connection from USB 3.2 Gen2 10Gbps front panel connections to support for Thunderbolt 3 AiC’s to Intel Gig+ WiFi 6 802.11AX (on the TUF Z490-Plus Wi-Fi only).

ASUS TUF Gaming Z490-Plus (Wi-Fi)

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ASUS Prime Z490

ASUS Prime series is expertly engineered to unleash the full potential of 10th Gen Intel Core processors. Boasting a robust power design, comprehensive cooling solutions and intelligent tuning options, Prime Z490 series motherboards provide daily users and DIY PC builders a range of performance tuning options via intuitive software and firmware features.

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Robust Power delivery, a heavy-duty PCB, and massive VRM heatsinks combine with Ai-powered automatic overclocking for maximum performance with the touch of a button.

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The latest in connectivity includes Intel 2.5Gb LAN, USB 3.2 Gen2 10gbps, and support for Thunderbolt 3.

PRIME Z490-A

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PRIME Z490-P

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Prime Z490M-Plus

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ASUS ProART Z490

With everything seemingly gaming related, it’s easy to forget that a good many users actually do work on the PC. Whether it’s a hobby or your profession, sometimes you need the latest hardware to help you get more accomplished in a shorter period of time. Asus’s ProART Z490 board combines the can-do attitude of past WS (Workstation) family boards with the features creative professionals’ demand.

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Creative users need the very best in connectivity and the ProART Z490-Creator 10G delivers. It includes onboard Intel 2.5Gb LAN as well as an included 10Gb LAN card, as well as DUAL on-board Thunderbolt 3 ports with display pass through.

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A slew of intuitive programs helps optimize your experience. Creation first optimizes network traffic, CreationFirst prioritizes traffic based on your current tasks, and ProART Creator Hub tunes the rest of your system. Add in Ai-powered automatic overclocking and you can get your job done faster!

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ASUS Launches New Intel Z490 Motherboards Ahead of Upcoming Intel 10th Gen CPU Launch For many enthusiasts, new CPU generation launches are every bit as exciting for the new motherboards coming out as they are for the chips themselves.

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