GIGABYTE GA-AX370-GAMING 5 X370 SOCKET AM4 MOTHERBOARD

We don’t have much to go on in the world of Ryzen but we can show the performance scores relative to Intel’s Core i7 processors. We don’t go into excessive overclocking tweaks but use the automatic settings where possible.

We performed all tests at the stock 3.6GHz of the Ryzen 1800x and again at 4.0GHz which was easily obtained using the RyzenMaster tweaking app – you just slide a slider to the desired speed. With this setup we could run stably at 4GHz – it crashed at 4.1GHz almost certainly because of the modest cooling on offer.

With the rev. F5b BIOS installed it scored a stock run of 4,010 in PC Mark which is slightly behind a 4GHz Intel Core i7 Skylake’s 4,040 and a long way behind a 4.2GHz Core i7 7700K Kaby Lake’s 4,448. While the Intel chips overclock quite comfortably on the Designare (albeit with better cooling from a Corsair liquid cooler) we couldn’t easily boost this score dramatically on the AM4 board.

• Supports New Generation AMD Ryzen™ Processors
• Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 4 DIMMs
• Fast 4 USB 3.1 Gen 2 with USB Type-C™ and Type-A
• 2-Way Graphics Support with Dual Armor and Ultra Durable™ Design
• NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 U.2 Connector
• Ultra-Fast PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2 with PCIe NVMe & SATA mode support
• Creative® Sound Blaster X-Fi MB5 support
• Dual ALC 1220 with Front & Rear 120dB SNR HD Audio with Dual Smart Headphone Amps
• Killer™ E2500 Gaming Network + Intel® Gigabit LAN
• USB DAC-UP 2 & 4 Front USB 3.0 Ports with Adjustable Voltage
• RGB FUSION with Multi-Zone LED Light Show design
• Swappable Overlay for Accent LED
• Smart Fan 5 features 9 Temperature Sensors and 8 Hybrid Fan Headers
• 2 External Thermistors Headers with 2 Included Thermistors
• GIGABYTE UEFI DualBIOS™
• APP Center Including EasyTune™ and Cloud Station™ Utilities