(Gigabyte) Z890 Aorus Elite WiFi7 in test with Core Ultra 9 285K

Extra tests, Motherboards | | Ľubomír Samák

We’re kicking off a round of Z890 motherboard tests loaded with the most powerful CPU for the LGA 1851 platform – the Core Ultra 9 285K. We’re doing this with Gigabyte – the Z890 Aorus Elite WiFi7 from the mid-range, or the upper mid-range, if you like… There will be competing models in a similar category later on, but now to the motherboard, which has undergone many changes from the Z790 Aorus Elite AX of the previous generation.

Test setup

The Intel Core Ultra 9 285K CPU
The Alphacool Eisbaer Aurora 360 liquid cooler w/ a 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 are tested with Kingston Fury Beast (2×16 GB, 5200 MHz/CL40)
The MSI RTX 3080 Gaming X Trio graphics card
Patriot Viper VP4100 (1 TB) and Patriot Viper VPN100 (2 TB) SSDs
The 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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