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Asus ROG Maximus IX Hero (Z270) Motherboard Review

Test Setup

For our tests, we used a test rig which included the Asus ROG Maximus XI Hero motherboard, along with an Intel Core i5-7600K (Kaby Lake) at turbo clock speed of 4.2GHz, as well as 8GB of G.Skill Trident-Z DDR4-3200 ram in dual channel mode.

All tests were conducted at turbo clock speeds of 4.2GHz at a resolution of 1920×1080. High or Ultra settings enabled.

CPU Intel Core i5-7600K (Kaby Lake) @ 3.8GHz / Turbo @ 4.2GHz
Cooling Cooler Master MasterLiquid Pro 240
Motherboard Asus ROG Maximus XI Hero
Ram 2 x 4GB G.Skill Trident-Z DDR4-3200
XMP 2.0 profiles Memory timings : 15-15-15-35 @1.2v
HDD Crucial MX300 – 750GB
PSU Thermaltake Toughpower RGB 750W
VGA card Zotac GeForce GTX 1070 AMP Edition 8GB GDDR5
Nvidia Drivers Latest GeForce Drivers v.378.49 – WHQL
OS Windows 10

 

AIDA64 Chipset Information

 

AIDA64 Motherboard Information

 

CPU-Z Information

We decided to use “Optimized” BIOS settings in our tests, which naturally turns on the turbo speed to 4.2GHz. All tests were conducted using this setting.

 

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1 comment

Megan Davis 7 April 2017 at 22:32

Finally, something somewhat in my price range. Best for gaming and enhance the gaming experience.

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