[Material evaluation] Asustek ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FORMULA motherboard evaluation uses the color of Yueyao white for the first time

FORMULA Yes ASUS ROG player's national service a main board The special one in the series, in addition to the conventional hard core material design, the biggest feature of each generation of FORMULA motherboard is that it will be equipped with air water cooling hybrid heat dissipation module. After the release of the 12th generation Core last month, ASUS also brought ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FORMULA The iconic CrossChillEK III hybrid cooling module, a new product on the motherboard, is still present. However, this motherboard is different from the previous generation of FORMULA series of ROG. For the first time, the appearance of this motherboard uses the white color matching of Moonlight, which marks ASUS's high-end white motherboard.

01 Introduction to ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FORMULA motherboard

ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FORMULA motherboard adopts standard ATX board type, which can be compatible with most chassis except some small ones. The front of this motherboard adopts full coverage armor, and the armor coating is the color matching of the moon shining white we mentioned earlier, while the PCB still maintains the black coating.

The backplane also uses all metal heat dissipation, which can not only strengthen the PCB, so that the PCB is not easy to bend and deform, but also because it is made of metal, it can help heat dissipation to a certain extent.

The ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FORMULA motherboard has two light effects, which are located on the heat sink above the Nanqiao chipset and VRM. AURA SYNC light synchronization can be achieved through the three ARGB light effect connectors on the board.

This motherboard has four memory sockets and supports DDR5 6400+(XMP) technology, with a maximum capacity of 128GB. Note that DDR5 and DDR4 have different anti stuck ports and cannot be mixed by force.

This motherboard mainly has three PCIe x16 long slots, which are directly connected to the CPU. It supports PCIe 5.0, has a bandwidth of x16 or 8/x8, and is equipped with metal armor reinforcement. The remaining slot supports PCIe 4.0 with a bandwidth of X16.

ASUS ROG Player Country All Z600 mainboards are equipped with the easy to remove key of the ROG graphics card. After pressing the key, the video card buckle will open automatically. It is very helpful for users who need to remove the graphics card. There is no need to find tools to poke the buckle, so as to reduce the chance of war damage.

The ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FORMULA motherboard provides a total of five M.2 slots, three of which are located on the motherboard, under the thick armor, and support PCIe 4.0.

  The other two M.2 slots are on the ROG M.2 expansion card of the accessory. One of the marked slots supports PCIe 5.0. In order to echo the color matching of ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FORMULA, the ROG M.2 expansion card of this motherboard also uses the same appearance design as the motherboard white system.

The M.2 slots on this motherboard are all screw free installation design, and the main M.2 solid state can be easily fixed by turning the buckle, which is also the current Asus motherboard Standard configuration design.

The M.2 slot armor near the CPU is special. It is not only a heat sink, but also a 2-inch LiveDash OLED system display screen, which can display important system information and custom images or GIFs. It also supports custom GIF animations, making the host more personalized.  

There are 6 SATA interfaces in total, located near the chipset.

The ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FORMULA motherboard is pre installed with an integrated I/O backplane, which provides one HDMI interface, three USB 2.0 interfaces, and six USB 3.2 Gen 2Type-A interfaces. One of them supports BIOS FlashBack, and with the shortcut button beside it, it can achieve CPU free and memory upgrade BIOS. This motherboard has three Type-C ports in total, one of which is USB 3.2 Gen 2, and the other two are more powerful. They are two Thunderbolt 4 interfaces. The Type-C with Thunderbolt logo is them. It is obviously different from other C ports, and the interface bandwidth has reached 40Gbps.

This motherboard I/O office also provides a 10 Gigabit wired network interface and a Wi Fi module, which uses the latest Wi Fi 6E protocol. Finally, there are 5 gold-plated audio jacks left.

02 ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FORMULA Detail Material

Asustek ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FORMULA armor is very thick and fully covered, so it is not easy to disassemble, so disassembly is generally not recommended.

This motherboard is very luxurious in power supply. It has 20+1 power supply module, PWM controller RAA229131, Dr. Mos design, model RAA22010540, single-phase current energy output 105A, total core power supply of 2100A, and EK CrossChill III hybrid cooling module, which can meet the advanced overclocking needs of the 12th generation of Core, and is suitable for users who pursue extreme performance.

The Thunderbolt 4 controller is X120H529.

CYPD6227-9 chip is specially prepared for PD fast charging. The USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 front interface, located next to the power supply of the motherboard, supports QC 4+fast charging technology. There is an additional 6Pin power interface next to it. Plug in the PCIe power cable to provide 60W high-power fast charging.

Sound card is the current flagship ALC 4082 chip, which is a new product launched this year and is the standard configuration of high-end flagship motherboard.

Finally, there are accessories. In addition to the aforementioned M.2 expansion card, ASUS has also prepared an additional WIFI antenna and video card bracket.

03 BIOS Introduction

The 12th generation Core adopts a hybrid architecture design, and the DDR5 memory voltage has also changed. Asustek's BIOS has also optimized the design for the 12th generation Core and DDR5 memory, which can adjust the size of the core. The memory voltage can also exceed the 1.1v limit of the DDR5 memory PMIC through the special circuit built by Asustek, and it is easier to conduct overclocking operations when using the top platform.

EZ Mode Main Menu

outline

Overfrequency

advanced setting

In addition to the excellent BIOS design, the ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FORMULA motherboard also supports AI intelligent optimization 2.0 technology, which is an intelligent optimization technology that ASUS has upgraded from the previous generation to make the host more intelligent and smarter.

AI intelligent optimization 2.0 technology includes AI intelligent overclocking, AI intelligent cooling, AI intelligent network and two-way AI noise reduction black technology, which can also be seen from the naming CPU overclocking , heat dissipation, network and audio. Through ROG specific optimization Software , you can optimize the host computer without tedious operations, so that the computer performance can be further improved.

04 Practical test

Next, let's take a look at the test platform.

Test platform

CINEBENCH R20：

First, let's take a look at the test results of CINEBENCH R20.

We have used two top DDR5 memories. On the ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FORMULA motherboard, in cooperation with the Core i9-12900K processor CINEBENCH R20, the score of single thread has reached 776. The single thread performance is far superior to other processors, and the multi-core performance is also stronger than the Reeloon 9 5950X.

3D Mark：

Next, we will test 3D Mark. The test items include Fire Strike and Time Spy.

Time Spy

Fire Strike

  In these two tests RTX The performance of 3080 and Core i9-12900K was fully released, and the CPU score of Core i9-12900K in Time Spy broke a new high again, reaching 18862.

Memory test:

This time, the overall performance of the 12th generation Core has increased significantly, which is inseparable from the improvement of DDR5 memory. The default frequency of DDR5 memory starts at 4800MHz, which is much higher than DDR4. It also supports single two-way, dual four-way. Let's test it with AIDIA 64.

At 4800MHz, the DDR5 memory read/write reaches 74392MB/s, and the write reaches 72471MB/s. The ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FORMULA motherboard can support DDR5 6400+frequency memory at most, which is enough for everyone to experience overclocking.

Game test:

Now let's test the game. We choose《 Assassin's Creed : Odyssey, Tomb Raider: Shadow, these two AAA masterpieces and《 CS : GO This online game has a resolution of 2K BENCHMARK Test.

Tomb Raider: Shadow

Assassin's Creed: Odyssey

《CS：GO》

The Core i9-12900K is the strongest game processor at present, and its game performance is quite impressive. When you compare the 2K and 1080p resolutions of the CPU, you will feel that the performance has improved more significantly. CS: GO has reached 550 frames, and Assassin's Creed: Odyssey has 94 frames.

Copying test:

Finally, we use AIDI64 to test the copying machine, and use the FPU with the highest pressure to copy the single copy to see how ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FORMULA performs.

Copying machine

The power consumption of the Core i9-12900K is really terrible, but thanks to the luxurious power supply design of the ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FORMULA motherboard, the powerful cooling system easily suppresses the temperature of the power supply area. The single copy of the Core i9-12900K on the FPU with the greatest pressure is only 87 degrees Celsius, and the whole machine does not show any adverse reactions, so it is very firm.

05 White general

The ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FORMULA motherboard is really very powerful. This is a rare white high-end motherboard, or a new product with the 12th generation of cool Z690 motherboard. It is undoubtedly attractive to users who want to build a top white host.

The strength of ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FORMULA motherboard is that the materials and detail design are in place. It has a 20+1 phase top motherboard power supply module, and the characteristic EK CrossChill III hybrid cooling module is still robust. The direct on-board lightning 4 interfaces provide 10 Gigabit network cards, WIFI 6E wireless network card, with five M.2 slots and flagship ROG SupremeFX ALC4082 audio chip, is impeccable in terms of expansion, network and sound effects.

The ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FORMULA motherboard is currently priced at 5999 yuan, which is expensive. The only processors suitable for this motherboard are Core i9-12900K or Core i9-12900KF. Other processors with this motherboard are overqualified. If you want to use it, you should use it better. Otherwise, you might as well choose other ASUS motherboards that support DDR4.

ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FORMULA motherboard names of previous generations of ROG players will be marked in Roman characters, but this generation has canceled the Roman characters, so it is impossible to abbreviate the name of ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FORMULA motherboard. Recently, ASUS also held a "ROG motherboard name order", and you can participate in it to help the ROG players in the national series of EXTREME Four motherboards, FORMULA, APEX and HERO, are shorthand named. Just like the MXXF before, if you are interested, you can use parameters. Asustek will also send Z690 motherboards. Asustek ROG MAXIMUS Z690 FORMULA motherboards are also among them. If you want to go whoring, go ahead. The event ends on December 20.

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