Gigabyte X299 Aorus Gaming 3 Motherboard Review

We will be outlining the Gigabyte X299 Aorus Gaming 3 motherboard’s performance with the Intel Core i9-7900X CPU and 32GB of 3200MHz G.Skill Trident Z DDR4 memory.

Stock voltage hovered around 1.1V under Cinebench load. This was using the latest F6c BIOS.

X299 Motherboard Test System:

• Processor: Intel Core i9-7900X.
• Memory: 32GB (4x8GB) G.Skill Trident Z 3200MHz 14-14-14-34 DDR4 @ 1.35V.
• Graphics Card: Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti Founder's Edition (custom fan curve to eliminate thermal throttling).
• System Drive: 500GB Samsung 840 SATA 6Gbps SSD.
• Games Drive: 960GB SK Hynix SE3010 SATA 6Gbps SSD.
• CPU Cooler: Alphacool Eisbaer 360 3x120mm All-in-One liquid cooler.
• Power Supply: Seasonic Platinum 1000W.
• Case: Corsair Air 540.
• Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (Creators' Edition).

Comparison X299 Motherboards:

• ASUS X299-Deluxe.

Software:

• Gigabyte X299 Aorus Gaming 3 BIOS F6c (latest).
• GeForce 382.33 VGA drivers.

Tests:

• Cinebench R15 – All-core CPU benchmark (CPU)
• 7-Zip – Built-in 7-Zip benchmark test (CPU & Memory)
• SiSoft Sandra – Memory Bandwidth Test (Memory).
• AIDA64 Engineer – Memory latency (Memory)
• 3DMark Time Spy – CPU score (Gaming)
• Ashes of the Singularity Escalation – Built-in benchmark tool CPU-Focused test, 1920 x 1080, Extreme quality preset, DX12 version (Gaming)
• Metro: Last Light Redux – Built-in benchmark tool, 1920 x 1080, Very High quality, SSAA, AF 16X, Tessellation: High (Gaming)
• ATTO – M.2, USB 3.0, USB 3.1, and SATA 6Gbps transfer rates (Motherboard)
• RightMark Audio Analyzer – Record and playback test using a line-in to line-out loopback with a 3.5mm audio cable (Motherboard)

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