SuperO C9Z590-CGW Motherboard Review

1. Introducing SuperO C9Z590-CGW2. The Hardware, BIOS and Test Setup3. CPU Testing - Time Spy and Blender4. CPU Testing - Cinebench R15 and R235. Gaming Tests6. Testing: Power and Temperatures7. Closing Thoughts8. View All Pages

CPU Testing – Cinebench

In Cinebench R15 Multi-Core the SuperO shows what might have been as this test is very short, and runs with the CPU in its faster PL2 boost state.

Cinebench R15 Single Core requires very little power for the CPU and once again we see the SuperO performing well.

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core highlights our issues with the SuperO. In the 125W Auto mode the Core i9 CPU is starved of power and as a result the motherboard performs very poorly. Increasing the power limit manually allows the SuperO to stretch its legs to a certain extent. If SuperO can implement Intel Adaptive Boost  effectively, we have every hope the C9Z590-CGW will perform reasonably well.

In Cinebench R23 Single Core we once again see the SuperO doing a decent job.

CPU Testing – Cinebench Overview

When the SuperO C9Z590-CGW limits the CPU to PL1 of 125W the system performs very poorly compared to any other Z590 motherboard we have seen. You can make the argument that Asus, Gigabyte, MSI and the others are pushing the limits but the fact is that SuperO ends up being the odd one out and it really is time that SuperO came to their senses and delivered more performance on Auto settings.

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