Aorus X870E Elite X3D Ice Motherboard Review
Author: Dennis Garcia
Benchmark Configuration
X870E Aorus Elite X3D – X870E Chipset
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X (4.3Ghz) Sixteen Core 16 x 1MB L2 Cache 2 x 32MB L3 Cache
Noctua NH-D12L
1x nVidia RTX 4070 Ti
2x Patriot Viper Venom PC5-57600 DDR5 32GB (40-40-40-77)
Patriot P200 512GB SSD
Thermaltake Toughpower PF3 1050 Watt PSU
Windows 11 Pro 64bit
MSI MEG X870E ACE Max – X870E Chipset
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X (4.3Ghz) Sixteen Core 16 x 1MB L2 Cache 2 x 32MB L3 Cache
beQuiet Pure Loop 3 LX
1x nVidia RTX 4070
2x Patriot Viper Venom PC5-57600 DDR5 32GB (40-40-40-77)
Patriot P200 512GB SSD
Thermaltake Toughpower PF3 1050 Watt PSU
Windows 11 Pro 64bit
MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max Wifi – B850 Chipset
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X (4.3Ghz) Sixteen Core 16 x 1MB L2 Cache 2 x 32MB L3 Cache
Noctua NH-D12L
1x nVidia RTX 4070
2x Patriot Viper Venom PC5-57600 DDR5 32GB (40-40-40-77)
Patriot P200 512GB SSD
Thermaltake Toughpower PF3 1050 Watt PSU
Windows 11 Pro 64bit
Our motherboard testing suite has been compiled to subject the system to a variety of different scenarios that help uncover some of the subtle differences in motherboard design. Normally these differences are driven by the processor and BIOS programming but with the advent of an IMC and PCI Express moving to the CPU we have discovered that raw performance numbers are virtually identical across most systems using the same processor.
Our new approach is to look at total system performance and minimize the variances. The results will tell us how the system responded as a total package and also give us something to use in our comparisons.
As with most new processor and chipset releases, we will be comparing the current system to previous products not only to see how they stack up but, to better understand how much of an increase we are getting by upgrading.
Our motherboard testing suite has been compiled to subject the system to a variety of different scenarios that help uncover some of the subtle differences in motherboard design. Normally these differences are driven by the processor and BIOS programming but with the advent of an IMC and PCI Express moving to the CPU we have discovered that raw performance numbers are virtually identical across most systems using the same processor.
Our new approach is to look at total system performance and minimize the variances. The results will tell us how the system responded as a total package and also give us something to use in our comparisons.
