The BIOSTAR B550GTQ offers an unusual package, both in design and form factor. Micro ATX motherboards have been increasingly hard to find in recent years, and it is good to see they have not died out completely. The design is also unique, dedicating a total of four power stages to the SOC/IGPU for up to 360 A of total current handling capability. The BIOSTAR B550GTQ features high end ISL99390 power stages for all ten stages.

Out of the box, performance was quite good for the BIOSTAR B550GTQ. For CPU overclocking, I was able to achieve 4.425 GHz on all cores, though only for short burst workloads. Memory overclocking proved decent as well, reaching 4000 MHz CL16 stable with my Trident Z Neo kit. However, I was unsuccessful in my tight timings test.

The B550GTQ did fall short in my VRM torture test and couldn't maintain stability at the usual 4.2 GHz for extended testing. Ultimately, I ran my Prime95 torture test at stock settings, and the VRM still peaked at over 95 °C. These high temperatures are the unfortunate downside of the unique VRM configuration.

If you are looking to build a budget system Micro-ATX system, the BIOSTAR Racing B550GTQ is well suited for 65 Watt Ryzen Processors like the Ryzen 5 3600. However, if you want a board for overclocking a high-end Ryzen CPU, there are better options available.