The 12th generation Intel Core has been a hot seller for some time. According to the feedback from players, everyone is very satisfied with the powerful performance of the 12th generation Intel Core. Moreover, due to the new Intel 7 manufacturing process, the six 12th generation Core K series products launched for the first time have all demonstrated good overclocking capabilities, further improving their cost performance. However, for extreme enthusiasts, a flagship Z690 motherboard is necessary to fully tap the overclocking potential of a top flagship like the Core i9 12900K. As the flagship of the Z690 family, Super Sculpture Z690 AORUS MASTER is naturally one of the best choices. What kind of black technology does Super Sculptor Z690 AORUS MASTER have in terms of overclocking? Let's have a look.
Luxury Stacking King Z690 Shows Hard Power of Overfrequency
In order to tap the overclocking capability of the 12th generation Core flagship, the mainboard power supply must be strong, so Super Sculpture Z690 AORUS MASTER is equipped with 19+1+2 phase direct out digital power supply and 105A MOSFET chips, which is a luxury configuration
We know that once the power wall limit is unlocked for a top flagship like the Core i9 12900K, the power supply requirements will increase significantly after overclocking, so it is a severe challenge for the power supply capability of the motherboard. While Super Sculpture Z690 AORUS MASTER has carried out luxury stacking in terms of power supply. It uses a combination of 19 phase CPU power supply+1 phase core display power supply+2 phase PCIe/Memory controller power supply, and is equipped with MOSFET of the highest 105A standard. Compared with the previous flagship 90A standard, it has significantly improved. In addition, Super Eagle Z690 AORUS MASTER also adopts a direct out power supply scheme, equipped with high-quality tantalum polymer capacitors, which is more efficient than traditional power supply design, has lower output ripple and operating temperature, and has more reliable power supply stability and better dynamic response performance under the overload state, providing stable power output for the 12th generation of Core overclocking.
The memory socket adopts SMD chip process, and is equipped with alloy armored shield to reduce signal interference, so that the memory can be easily overclocked to a higher level
A major upgrade of the Z690 motherboard is to support DDR5 memory, which is much higher in operating frequency than DDR4. Therefore, the motherboard is required to have better electrical performance to ensure its stable operation. The DDR5 memory socket of Super Sculpting Z690 AORUS MASTER, in addition to installing an alloy shield, also uses the SMD chip process. After the pins connected to the PCB are removed, the ability to resist electrical interference can be greatly improved, and the stability of high-speed operation of high-frequency DDR5 memory can be fully guaranteed.
In addition, the new generation of DDR5 memory uses the design of its own PMIC power supply chip, while Super Eagle Z690 AORUS MASTER unlocks the security mode of the DDR5 PMIC power supply chip to the programmable mode, so as to achieve a wider range of native regulation of DDR5 voltage, which means that Super Eagle Z690 AORUS MASTER's DDR5 overclocking capability becomes more powerful, With the multiple DDR5 memory XMP schemes preset in BIOS by Super Sculpture Z690 AORUS MASTER, enthusiasts can easily squeeze out the ultimate potential of DDR5 memory in their hands.
Equipped with the third generation stack fin and the second generation direct contact heat pipe, the power supply circuit operates at a lower temperature after overclocking
In order to cope with the increase of heating caused by the high load operation of the power supply circuit after overclocking, the super eagle Z690 AORUS MASTER has also been upgraded in terms of heat dissipation design. Its VRM armor is equipped with the third generation stack fin and the thicker second generation 8mm direct contact heat pipe, and the nano carbon coating is sprayed on the armor surface, bringing an additional 10% cooling effect. For the active cooling part, the Super Sculpture Z690 AORUS MASTER board carries 10 hybrid fan sockets and 9 temperature sensors. When players install the machine, they can build a flagship cooling system to find a perfect balance between cooling performance and noise control.
In addition, the super carved Z690 AORUS MASTER also uses an 8-layer 2-ounce copper circuit board. Compared with the 6-layer board of the ordinary Z690 motherboard, the super carved Z690 AORUS MASTER has better interference handling and heat dissipation capabilities, which is also very helpful for overclocking. Then let's enter the link of actual combat overclocking!
The software and hardware design are in place, and the super carving Z690 overclocking is easy enough
Test platform
Processor: Intel Core i9 12900K
Main board: Z690 AORUS MASTER
Memory: AORUS DDR5 6200 16GB × 2
Graphics card: Magic Eagle RTX 3090 GAMING OC 24G
Hard disk: Golden Eagle Gen4 1TB
Power supply: Zhansheng II 1000W
Operating system: Windows 11 Professional Edition
The default voltage can easily exceed the full core 5.2 GHz, and the single core can even reach 5.5 GHz
From the previous evaluation results, we found that the E-core overclocking revenue of the Core i9 12900K is far less than that of the P-core, which is of little significance for improving the player's experience. Therefore, we still focus on the super P-core in this overclocking test. First, we directly pulled the full load RF frequency of 8 P cores to 5.2 GHz without changing the voltage on the Z690 AORUS MASTER, which perfectly passed the machine test; When we tried a higher frequency, we found that the integrated water cooling could not hold the Core i9 12900K in the "frenzy" state, so we decided not to apply voltage, but to challenge the upper limit of single core frequency by default. After a simple attempt, the single core frequency finally stabilized at 5.5 GHz, and the CPU-Z single core score reached 878, which was further improved compared with the default maximum of 5.2 GHz, about 820. In a word, the electrical performance and power supply stability of the Z690 AORUS MASTER are very good when overclocking. It can easily support the 5.5 GHz high frequency, and can easily hold the power demand of the processor with power consumption up to 300W after overclocking.
The power consumption of the full core 5GHz test machine is about 285 W, and the maximum VRM MOS temperature is 60 ℃ half an hour after the test machine
The monitoring image of the thermal imager shows that the maximum temperature of the VRM area is only 64 ℃, and the maximum temperature of the heat sink is 54.6 ℃
To cope with the high heat of the power supply circuit after overclocking, the heat dissipation design of the motherboard must be qualified. From our actual measurement, the Core i9 12900K is set to the full core 5 GHz on the Super Eagle Z690 AORUS MASTER, and the power consumption is 285 W. With the Cinebench R23 test machine for 30 minutes, the maximum VRM MOS temperature is only 60 ℃. It can be seen from the picture taken by the thermal imager that the maximum temperature in the VRM area is only 64 ℃, while the maximum temperature of the heat sink is only 54.6 ℃. It can be seen that the Super Sculpture Z690 AORUS MASTER's VRM cooling armor equipped with the third generation of stack fins and the second generation of direct contact heat pipes is really excellent.
The memory overclocking capability of Super Sculpture Z690 AORUS MASTER is also quite strong, easily supporting DDR5 6400 high frequency
The surface temperature of memory heat sink does not exceed 48 ℃
We try to overclock the AORUS DDR5 6200 16GB × 2 memory package on the Z690 AORUS MASTER. This memory can be said to be one of the DDR5 memory with the highest frequency on the market. From the XMP option of the BIOS, we can see that this AORUS DDR5 6200 memory even has a built-in DDR5 6400 configuration scheme. We decided to try more aggressive timing parameters, so we manually set it to DDR5 in the BIOS 6400@38-38-38-76 1.45V, and successfully passed the stability test. It can also be seen from the thermal image that the maximum temperature of the memory surface does not exceed 48 ℃. It can be seen that the power consumption control and heat dissipation design of the memory itself are also very good, and the support of the Z690 AORUS MASTER for DDR5 memory overclocking is also very powerful.
From the test results, the read bandwidth of AORUS DDR5 after overclocking to 6400 MHz has finally broken the 10GB/s threshold. Compared with ordinary DDR4, it has doubled the bandwidth. At the same time, due to the increase in frequency, its latency is also lower than that of 6200 MHz. Therefore, feverish players can safely choose the combination of Super Sculpture Z690 AORUS MASTER and DDR5 memory to experience the fun of extreme overclocking and enjoy the ultra-high bandwidth brought by high-frequency DDR5 memory in one step.
Conclusion: The power supply and heat dissipation are super strong, and the 12th generation Core is very reliable in playing overclocking and selecting Super Sculpture Z690!
From the previous test, we can see that the Super Eagle Z690 AORUS MASTER can easily overclock the eight P cores of the Core i9 12900K to the full core 5.2 GHz level, and the single core frequency can even exceed 5.5 GHz, with excellent power supply capacity and electrical performance. At the same time, the VRM MOS temperature did not exceed 60 ℃ for 30 minutes under the full load of 285W. It can be seen that the VRM heat dissipation armor of the Z690 AORUS MASTER is also very powerful. In terms of memory overclocking, you can also see that Super Sculpture Z690 AORUS MASTER can easily support DDR5 6200 memory, and can stably overclock to DDR5 6400 frequency, with a reading speed exceeding 10GB/s, providing extremely powerful memory performance. In a word, for enthusiasts, choosing Super Sculpture Z690 AORUS MASTER means that they can easily enjoy the extreme overclocking fun of the 12th generation Core and DDR5 memory and experience the current top performance.
