Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Pro X: White for Raptor Lake Refresh

Extra tests, Motherboards | | Ľubomír Samák

We tested the first Z790 motherboard primarily designed for use with the 14th generation Intel Core (Raptor Lake) processors. The chipset’s features haven’t changed, but there’s a lot of new, noteworthy stuff around it. That includes upgraded network connectivity headed by WiFi 7 and, finally, 5-gigabit Ethernet. And in the year that it’s been at it, Gigabyte has worked on a lot of details too. Some were more successful, others less so.

Test setup

Note: To be able to compare results with older Z790 motherboard models, the tests are not run with an Intel Raptor Lake Refresh processor, but with the Intel Core i9-13900K (Raptor Lake).
Intel Core i9-13900K CPU
Alphacool Eisbaer Aurora 360 liquid cooler w/ the metal backplate
G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo memory (2×16 GB, 6000 MHz/CL30). Motherboards with DDR4 memory support are tested with Patriot Blackout (4×8 GB, 3600 MHz/CL18) and Z690/B660 motherboards with DDR5 memory support were tested with Kingston Fury Beast (2×16 GB, 5200 MHz/CL40)
MSI RTX 3080 Gaming X Trio graphics card
Patriot Viper VP4100 (1 TB) and Patriot Viper VPN100 (2 TB) SSDs
BeQuiet! Dark Power Pro 12 1200W PSU

Note.: Graphics drivers used at the time of testing: Nvidia GeForce 466.77 and OS Windows 10 build 19045.


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