MSI MEG X570 ACE Review

Name: MSI MEG X570 ACE
Brand: MSI

Nate

on Jul 29th, 2019,

in Motherboards.

Manufacturer: MSI

CPU Performance »

Storage Interfaces

Storage Support
SATA:	6x 6 Gb/s	AMD X570
M.2 (32 Gb/s):	2x PCIe 4.0 x4, SATA	AMD X570
USB: (rear)	3x USB 3.0 Gen1 4x USB 2.0 3x USB 3.1 Gen2, Type-A, 10 Gb/s 1x USB 3.1 Gen2, Type-C, 10 Gb/s	AMD X570 AMD X570 AMD X570 AMD X570
USB: (internal)	4x USB 3.1 Gen1 4x USB 2.0 1x USB 3.1 Gen2	AMD X570 AMD X570 AMD X570

Storage Performance

The MEG X570 ACE has a fair assortment of storage options. The M.2 slots feature PCIe 4.0 x4 support for a theoretical bandwidth of 64 Gb/s, which my single Samsung drive can't even dream of. I would have liked to see a couple more SATA ports and another M.2 slot.

With that said, storage performance was quite good for the MEG X570 ACE.

Special note: the USB 3.2 Gen1 result looks like a Gen2 score because of a strange issue I am investigating with my Ryzen 5 3600X. This bug affects at least one Gen1 port on every board I have tested (including an X470 board) and is not present when testing with my Ryzen 5 2600X. Because both Gen1 ports on the ACE are affected, I have to use the result I have until I get another Zen 2 sample to test.