Z690 Aorus Master motherboard review: 10GbE at last

A great board for a premium Intel 12th Gen Core build.

Test Methodology

Intel LGA1700 DDR4 platform

MotherboardASRock B660 Pro RS (6.03 BIOS)
ASRock Z690 Extreme (1.17 BIOS)
MemoryG.Skill Trident Z DDR4-3200
Capacity and speed32GB (2x16GB) 14-14-14-34

Intel LGA1700 DDR5 platform

MotherboardASRock Z690 Taichi (6.04 BIOS)
Asus Z690 ROG Maximus Hero (0702 BIOS)
Z690 Aorus Master (F8a BIOS)
MSI MEG Z690 Unify (1.14 BIOS)
MemoryCrucial DDR5-4800
Capacity and speed32GB (2x16GB) 40-40-40-76

Common Components

CPUIntel Core i9-12900K at 241W
Graphics cardNvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition (496.13)
SSDCorsair MP600 Pro XT NVMe 1TB
Power supplybe quiet! Dark Power Pro 11 (1,000W)
CoolingCorsair H100i Elite LCD
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows 11 64-bit

Software

AIDA 6.60.5900 memory analysis
Cinebench R23 single- and multi-core
Keyshot Viewer 10.2.113
CrystalDiskMark 8.04
3DMark Time Spy default test
PCMark 10 default test
Borderlands 3 – FHD – Badass quality
Far Cry 6 – FHD – Ultra quality with HD textures on
Final Fantasy Endwalker – FHD – Maximum quality
Forza Horizon 4 – FHD – Maximum quality

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