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ASUS TUF Z390-Pro Gaming Review
Audio Quality »Finished Looks
The ASUS TUF Z390-Pro Gaming is a great-looking board, though the color scheme is a poor match for my dominantly red components. The advantage of TUF Gaming Alliance components is an easily matched theme, so I of course had to show off the ASUS TUF Z390-Pro Gaming with two other TUF products I have tested: the Team Group T-Force Delta TUF Gaming RGB and Ballistix Sport AT. These also serve to show how there is still some room for aesthetic flexibility even within the TUF brand.
With a single zone around the chipset, the RGB implementation is simple. There are also two RGB headers for expansion, and many peripherals are compatible with the ASUS AURA Sync software.
Test System
| Test System | |
|---|---|
| Processor: | Intel Core i9-9900K 5.0 GHz (Max Boost Clock), 16 MB Cache |
| Memory: | 2x 8 GB DDR4 3866 MHz G.SKILL TridentZ F4-3866C18D-16GTZ |
| Cooling: | Alphacool Eisbaer 240 |
| BIOS Version: | 0805 |
| Graphics Card: | MSI GTX 980 GAMING 4 GB |
| Harddisk: | 1x Crucial M4 128 GB SATA 6 Gb/s SSD (OS) 1x Crucial BX200 256 GB SATA 6 Gb/s SSD (Data) 1x Samsung 950 PRO M.2 (NVMe) |
| Power Supply: | Seasonic Prime Titanium 1000 W |
| Case: | Lian Li T60 test bench |
| Software: | Windows 10 Pro 64-bit, NVIDIA GeForce 376.33 WHQL |
The ASUS TUF Z390-Pro Gaming follows standard clock profiles.
Jul 28th, 2024 09:15 EDT
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