The Aorus X570 motherboard may technically belong to a generation of CPUs released over 4 years ago, but the chipset on this board is still very widely used today. The X570 is the best chipset you can get on the AM4 platform and features the most up-to-date tech available (4 or so years ago). So it’s a little further back in the old tech department compared to some of the options we have nowadays.
- Socket: AM4
- Chipset: X570
- Form Factor : ATX
- PCIe Version : PCIe 4.0
- Memory speed : 2933MHz + OC
- Memory capacity : 128GB (4 x 32GB)
This motherboard allows Ryzen 5000 CPUs to soar to their full potential, this chipset may be old, but it’s still the best that AM4 has to offer. And it’s still more than capable of a few surprises today.
- Cheap enough on sale
- Amazing Zen 3 performance
- Efficient
- Sometimes rare to find new
- Revisions can cause confusion with BIOS update
- Old platform, can invest in newer technology for similar money
If you’re still on the AM4 platform, it’s more than enough, however, the connectivity and internal speeds this motherboard could facilitate were pretty capable for the time. The only consideration you have to make is bottlenecking your GPU if you go too crazy with the selection.
We’ve put this motherboard through its paces and designed hands-on tests to measure the efficiency of this motherboard against the others we have, after all, one of the motherboard’s most important jobs is power delivery.
Design
The Aorus X570 motherboard is fantastic at drawing the eye. The orange lights and sweeping eagle logos make it a marvel to behold. It looks very “gamey”, so I guess that’s points deducted if you’re not into that sort of thing. You can turn off the RGB to make it seem less Gamer-focused, which does help a lot, however, I believe that this motherboard will suit any aesthetic, maybe apart from a white build.
The X570 features an installed I/O shield, which was something reserved for only the most high-end motherboards at the time. Very nice of Giagabyte to want to save your fingers. There is a somewhat lack of armor on this motherboard, but for its price range that is to be expected. There is a degree of therm armor on the M.2 Heatsinks though, aiming to keep those M.2 NVME drives nice and cool.
Specifications
| Socket | AM4 |
| Chipset | X570 |
| Form Factor | ATX |
| RAM | 4 x DDR4 @2933+(OC up to 4400), 128GB Capacity |
| VRM | 12+1 |
| PCIe | 1 x PCIe 4.0 x 16 1 x PCIe 4.0 x 8 |
| Storage | 1 x PCIe 4.0 M.2 1 x PCIe 3.0 M.2 |
| Fan Headers | 2 x system fan/water cooling pump headers |
| Connectivity | 1 x HDMI port 1 x USB Type-C™ port, with USB 3.2 Gen 2 support 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2/Gen 1 Type-A port (red) 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port (red) 3 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports 1 x RJ-45 port 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector 5 x audio jacks |
You might look at things like power phases and different RAM speeds and consider this all very overwhelming, but it can all be simplified. On paper, this motherboard seems very capable of playing host to the Ryzen 5000 series. And it’s easy to see why this motherboard is still pretty popular as we get into the rest of the review.
The X570 Aorus has a power phase of 12+2, which means it has 2 layers of power filtering. 12 MOS VRMs on one layer and 2 on the second layer. Power phases can be explained by using the filter analogy, imagine that VRMs are filters, the cleaner and more stable the power is, the better it can be utilized for overclocking. CPUs love clean stable power.
If you want to know more about power phases, we explained them more thoroughly in our review of the X670 Hero.
PCIe and GPU specifications
The Aorus X570 has two PCIe GPU slots, the top one being the main one, and the secondary one being, well, secondary. The primary of which is the full X16 range, meaning the GPU placed in this slot will get the full attention of all 16 PCI lanes your CPU can offer. You wouldn’t necessarily use this motherboard for SLI, though if you were to, the configuration would resolve to X8/X8.
The secondary PCIe slot was probably intended as more of a PCIe storage slot, or for an add-in card that needs the full extended slot for the extra bandwidth. Although the motherboard does indeed support AMD Crossfire.
Performance and efficiency
We tested this motherboard using the one and only Ryzen 7 5800X3D, because why not, it seemed fitting that we use one of the best CPUs on the platform to put this motherboard through its paces. We treated this motherboard in 5 different synthetic loads, these being Blender, Cinebench, and Geekbench. We measured the efficiency and CPU performance scores as we went.
The idea is to measure the CPU PPT (Power Package Tracking) which is the amount of power the motherboard allows through the voltage rails to the CPU and the CPU Package Power. Which is the amount of power that the entire CPU package uses. Subtracting one from the other should give us the amount of power that we lost, giving us the efficiency value. We also make sure to note down CU performance so we can get an idea of performance across chipsets.
Results
| Metric | Blender Monster | Blender Junkyard | Blender Classroom | CB R23 Multi | Geekbench 6 Multi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 92 spm | 66 spm | 44 spm | 14424 points | 10641 points |
| PPT Max (Watts) | 111.83W | 106.66W | 112.08W | 116.46W | 103.05W |
| Max Package Power (Watts) | 109.11W | 104.09W | 109.37W | 113.72W | 100.57W |
| Power lost (Watts) | 2.72W | 2.57W | 2.71W | 2.74W | 2.48W |
| Max VRM Temp (°C) | 43°C | 45°C | 47°C | 47°C | 47°C |
| Max Mobo Temp (°C) | 52°C | 52°C | 52°C | 53°C | 53°C |
As you can see, the 5800X3D is not specifically built for synthetic benchmarks, as it shines primarily in gaming workloads thanks it its X3D cache. Thankfully, this will be the same across all of our motherboard benchmarks because we’re going to use this CPU for fairness. Besides, we’re measuring efficiency and the performance impact of the motherboard.
These cores are pretty much on par with what you would expect to see out of the 5800X3D, so we can see the motherboard isn’t doing too much to hinder performance in this case. We do have some RAM on the slow side @3200MHz, so that could be impacting performance quite significantly. Since the 5000 series core communication speed is tied to RAM speed.
Speaking of, our crude efficiency calculations show us that we have a maximum loss of 2.7W which isn’t too much if you think about it. There’s always an electrical power loss in every system, this is just the way of the world, if we had 100% efficiency we’d have cracked the world energy crisis by now. Compare this to the X670 motherboard we tested and this is pretty much half of the losses that faced.
Temperature
The X570 manages to stay pretty cool throughout all of our testing, despite not having a dedicated VRM heatsink, everything is pretty open. We were monitoring the VRM temps and the temperature of the motherboard chipset since we couldn’t find a general motherboard sensor on this older board.
With this in mind, we saw the VRMs peak at 47°C, which in reality will likely be cooler for you, especially if you have some air passing over the VRMs. We tested on an open-air test bench with very little airflow, so the VRMs were probably not cooling as efficiently as they should be. Even at 47°C, everything is fine though, this won’t cause any disruption or damage for any long period.
If you’d like to check out more about how we test the components we get in, you can check out our PC Guide testing labs page. Here we document how we test components and how we come to the conclusions we do.
Installation
Installation of this motherboard is as smooth as any other, and very unremarkable, which is probably what you want from a motherboard. All of the connections felt solid and robust, despite the lack of armor, the motherboard didn’t feel flimsy at all. You just need to remember that this motherboard is an ATX format, so it can’t fit in smaller cases. It’s always best to do your research when it comes to motherboard sizes so you don’t end up with something that doesn’t fit.
Remember, selecting the right PC case really makes building a PC easy, so if there’s ever a consideration needs to be made when building a PC for the first time, the case is a good place to start.
CPUs that pair well with this motherboard
Although this motherboard is old now, it’s still pretty much at the top of its class. Outranked by only the toughest and most expensive X570 motherboards. As this is the case, we felt fit to pair it with the best of the best that the Ryzen 5000 series has to offer.
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AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
- Cores: 8
- Threads: 16
- Boost speed : Up to 4.5 GHz
- Base speed: 3.4 GHz
- L3 Cache: 96 MB
- TDP: 105W
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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
- Cores: 16
- Threads: 32
- Base clock speed: 3.4 GHz
- Boost clock speed: 4.9 GHz
- L3 Cache: 64 MB
- TDP: 105 W
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
- Cores: 12
- Threads: 24
- Boost clock speed: 4.8 GHz
- Base clock speed: 3.7 GHz
- L3 Cache: 63 MB
- TDP: 105 W
These CPUs will be perfect for use on the Aorus X570 PRO – but in truth, any Ryzen 5000 series will work on the X570 chipset, so you’re safe whatever Zen 3 CPU you choose. If you’re a gamer looking for a motherboard and CPU combo, the X570 with the X3D is a fantastic place to start.
BIOS and usability
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Gigabyte Aorus X570 Bios EZ mode
The BIOS on the Aorus X570 is relatively simple with a very comprehensive advanced mode. The only reason many users go into the UEFI is to change the boot media, enable D.O.C.P, or update the BIOS. Luckily, all of the above are very simple to do inside this board. You will have to be mindful of the revisions, as there are two versions of this motherboard, revision 1.0, 1.1, and revision 1.2. These denote the versions of the motherboard that are released to accommodate different processes.
If you need to update the BIOS, you can do so by connecting a USB to the port on the back of the motherboard marked BIOS, and booting into the BIOS. You can use the Q-Flash utility that finds the BIOS file on the USB and installs it for you. Bear in mind, that the version of the motherboard needs to be matched with the version of the BIOS you download. You can find the version of your motherboard written on it physically in the bottom left corner.
Conclusion
If you’re looking for a motherboard with a decent set of bells and whistles, then this motherboard is certainly one to consider. The Aurus X570 belongs to the Zen 3 CPU on the platform AM4, which has aged quite significantly now, but is still in use by many AMD users today. If you like the gamer aesthetic, then you’ll probably like this motherboard, but you can turn off the RGB if you want to dampen that effect.
- Socket: AM4
- Chipset: X570
- Form Factor : ATX
- PCIe Version : PCIe 4.0
- Memory speed : 2933MHz + OC
- Memory capacity : 128GB (4 x 32GB)
This motherboard allows Ryzen 5000 CPUs to soar to their full potential, this chipset may be old, but it’s still the best that AM4 has to offer. And it’s still more than capable of a few surprises today.
- Cheap enough on sale
- Amazing Zen 3 performance
- Efficient
- Sometimes rare to find new
- Revisions can cause confusion with BIOS update
- Old platform, can invest in newer technology for similar money
The performance this motherboard facilitates is great, and really allows the 5800X3D to stretch its… cores? It will do so with any other AM4 CPU you place upon it, and it will do so with relatively good efficiency. The X570 also runs pretty cool despite not having any direct active VRM cooling. The temperatures that we reported will likely be a lot lower in a system with a lot of airflow.
AM4 is very much alive and well, AMD plans to keep it in support at least for the near future, while we can’t recommend exclusively a full build into AM4, This motherboard is a fantastic choice if you need an X570 for a more capable Zen 3 CPU.
