ASUS ROG Z590 Motherboard Round-Up

1. Introduction2. ASUS ROG STRIX Z590-I Gaming WiFi3. ASUS ROG STRIX Z590-E Gaming WiFi4. ASUS ROG Maximus XIII Hero5. Testing Methodology6. Tests: CPU Related7. Tests: Gaming Related8. Tests: VRM Temps & Power Consumption9. Closing Thoughts10. View All Pages

Z590 is still fresh to the market and may appeal to users who have reason to buy the Intel platform. As such, we are taking a look at three ASUS ROG Z590 motherboards in the premium end of the market – the ROG STRIX Z590-I Gaming WiFi, the ROG STRIX Z590-E Gaming WiFi, and the ROG Maximus XIII Hero.

The three specific motherboards that we are examining are the ROG STRIX Z590-I Gaming WiFi, the ROG STRIX Z590-E Gaming WiFi, and the ROG Maximus XIII Hero.

ASUS' ROG STRIX Z590-I Gaming WiFi is a premium mini-ITX motherboard that comes in at around £320 in the UK. The ROG STRIX Z590-E Gaming WiFi is an upper-mid range ATX board with many enthusiast features and costs around £340 typically. And the roughly £460 Maximus XIII Hero effectively sits in enthusiast territory as we have seen from ASUS’ recent promotion of the Hero SKU up the product stack.

Let's take a closer look at each of these ROG Z590 motherboards.

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