Gigabyte Z690 AORUS Master Review 40

Gigabyte Z690 AORUS Master Review

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Finished Looks


The Gigabyte Z690 AORUS Master aesthetic is the common neutral black and gray scheme. This is in direct contrast to Gigabyte's Aorus previously standard orange and black color mix. When powered on, the I/O and chipset sections have full RGB support, allowing the user to change it to anything they desire.

Test System

Test System
Processor:Intel Core i9-12900K
5.0 GHz (maximum Boost clock)
Thermal Paste:Arctic MX-5 Thermal Compound
Memory:2x 16 GB DDR5-6000
Teamgroup T-Force Delta RGB
Cooling:Custom loop: EKWB Quantum Velocity2,
D5 pump, 380/480 mm radiator
BIOS Version:F7a
Graphics Card:NVIDIA RTX 3080 Founder Edition
Harddisk:1x Neo Forza NFS01 480GB SATA 6 Gb/s SSD (OS)
1x Neo Forza eSPORTS 1TB NVMe M.2 (data)
Power Supply:Corsair HX1200 Platinum 1200 W
Case:Primochill Praxis Wetbench
Software:Windows 11 Pro 64-bit
NVIDIA GeForce 471.96 WHQL

Supporting Hardware





Testing is performed with the newest available version of the BIOS at the time. All BIOS settings related to the CPU are left untouched. XMP is enabled for the memory. However, if the primary, secondary, or tertiary memory timings are incorrectly set by the BIOS, it is tested as-is to mimic a standard user. The same goes for the CPU. Unless it is a bug in the current BIOS—i.e., not present in other versions—any and all CPU boost parameters are left alone.


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