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Recently, AMD updated its desktop-level CPU product line and launched the Ruilong 7000 series of processors. This generation has finally upgraded the CPU interface from the previous BGA to the AM5 interface based on the more mainstream LGA, so the motherboard must be replaced accordingly. If you want to get on the Ruilong 7000 series processor, then a solid material, full-featured X670 motherboard is very necessary.

At the time of the launch of the Ruilong 7000 series processor, gigabyte also launched a new high-end X670 board-the gigabyte X670 AORUS ELITE AX. In this article, the author will use the R5-7600X processor to test it for everyone. The test platform is as follows:

Appearance gigabyte carved X670 AORUS ELITE AX motherboard is a standard size ATX version motherboard, the whole is quite thick and solid, it seems that the configuration is quite luxurious. Although it is a small sculpture, but the configuration is not lax, as a high-end motherboard, the heat dissipation armor in key areas is naturally indispensable, even in the small chassis with poor air duct, it can provide stable heat dissipation for the core chip.

As the CPU interface part of the core interface, gigabyte X670 AORUS ELITE AX uses a new AM5 interface, the new LGA design makes the CPU less vulnerable to damage, and the reinforced interface also provides a guarantee for the security of CPU. Of course, due to the replacement of the interface, CPU can only be compatible with the Ruilong 7000 series processors. In this article, we will continue to test with the R5-7600X that matches the positioning of this motherboard.

Not only in the visible place under the big news, in the invisible backplane can not be shrunk. The technical carving X670 AORUS ELITE AX body is equipped with an enhanced design of eight layers of 2 ounces of copper, which not only enhances the strength of the board, but also quickly derives the waste heat caused by the work of the motherboard, thus ensuring that the CPU overclocking requires additional power to the motherboard.

In terms of power supply, the gigabyte X670 AORUS ELITE AX motherboard has 20-phase power supply, including 16-phase power supply for the processor, 2-phase power supply for the PCIe and memory controller directly connected to the CPU, and 2-phase independent nuclear display power supply. All these provide stable power guarantee for the equipment in the core area of the motherboard and provide a stable environment for overclocking in scenarios such as processors and memory.

AMD from the 7000 series sharp dragon began to fully switch to DDR5 memory, gigabyte X670 AORUS ELITE AX motherboard also provides four memory slots, bringing more possibilities for large memory combinations.

As a new generation motherboard, the gigabyte X670 AORUS ELITE AX motherboard also supports the M.2 hard drive of PCIe 5.0 4 and provides up to 4 M.2 hard drive interfaces. PCIe 5.0 4 directly connected CPU to achieve ultra-fast transmission speed, as the PCIe 5.0 4 hard disk heat is generally serious, gigabyte carving X670 AORUS ELITE AX is also equipped with the third generation of cooling armor, independent cooling performance is better, can meet the cooling needs of the hard drive.

The giga carving X670 AORUS ELITE AX has 3 PCIe slots that support PCIe 4.0 and 3.0 standard No.1 slots wrapped in alloy armor to prevent the graphics card from being bent because the graphics card is too heavy.

In the IO panel area, the gigabyte X670 AORUS ELITE AX provides 1 USB-C 3.2 Gen2x2 interface, 2 USB-A 3.2 Gen2 interface, 6 USB-A 3.2Gen1 interface, 4 USB 2.0 interface as well as a set of audio interface, 1 HDMI interface, a 2.5G wired network port and a Wi-Fi 6e wireless network port. This expansibility is very strong and can meet the vast majority of expansion needs.

Network performance is also an important part of the motherboard performance. Gigabyte X670 AORUS ELITE AX provides a 2.5G network port for faster connection. Gigabyte X670 AORUS ELITE AX also supports Wi-Fi 6e network and Bluetooth 5.2. the built-in network card is MediaTek's RZ616. Because the Wi-Fi 6e network uses a special 6GHz band, it can bring network speed as high as 2.4Gbps with less interference, effectively enhancing the e-sports experience.

In addition, the IO panel for BIOS updates and Q-Flash Plus quick update buttons, just put the BIOS upgrade file on the U disk, and insert the USB slot, press the Q-Flash Plus button to quickly complete the BIOS update, no need to install CPU, memory to refresh and upgrade BIOS, this function will be particularly useful when CPU is updated.

BIOS experience gigabyte X670 AORUS ELITE AX motherboard BIOS continues the classic orange-black color matching of the AORUS brand and supports Chinese. After entering BIOS, what still comes into view is the system information in simple mode, including CPU fundamental frequency, memory frequency, temperature and so on. The memory frequency can be quickly adjusted through the configuration of EXPO.

After pressing F2 to enter the advanced mode, the gigabyte X670 AORUS ELITE AX provides many adjustment options, including memory and CPU overclocking, and users can adjust the relevant BIOS settings according to their actual needs. Since this is a high-end X670 motherboard, it also provides a lot of additional advanced overclocking options for enthusiasts to play with. It doesn't matter if you can't turn on the machine, the motherboard has built-in BIOS emptying keys and fault indicators to provide enthusiasts with the most intimate help.

If you do not want to carry out complex overclocking, you can also turn on AMD's own PBO technology in BIOS to achieve automatic overclocking. This switch is hidden in the setting-AMD CBS-NBIO Common Options.

In addition to overclocking and regular information options, the gigabyte X670 AORUS ELITE AX also supports Smart Fan 5 intelligent fan adjustment technology, which will not be discussed here. Let's take a look at its actual performance.

First of all, let's test its performance release performance. We directly use AIDA64 for single-bake FPU and Furamrk single-bake RTX 4090. After 15 minutes of baking machine test, gigabyte X670 AORUS ELITE AX does not show overheating power outage or blue screen, CPU power consumption is always stable at about 95W, temperature is stable at 87.8 ℃, frequency is stable around 5.25GHz, this performance release is quite excellent. But the heat accumulation of this generation of Rui dragon is also really serious.

We took such a set of temperature pictures with an infrared temperature gun, and we can see that the temperature of each power supply is also very low, and the heat dissipation is absolutely stable.

Next, let's take a look at the theoretical performance of R5-7600X on the gigabyte X670 AORUS ELITE AX. We first use Cinebench R20, which has a single core score of 753pts, a multi-core score of 6013 pts, a single core equal to about i7-12700K and a multi-core equal to i9-11900K.

In Cinebench R23, the single core score is 1941 pts, and the multi-core score is 15311 pts. The powerful single core can meet the needs of the game, but the multi-core six cores and twelve threads still suffer. Throughout the testing process, gigabyte X670 AORUS ELITE AX motherboard performance is stable.

Memory testing is also a very important link. The 4800MHz DDR5 memory runs in the default state as shown in the figure, and the read and write performance is more than double that of the traditional DDR4 memory. The eagle also has a built-in memory automatic overclocking function, and the qualified memory can be automatically overclocked from 4800MHz to 5000MHz as needed, thus further improving performance.

Because the gigabyte X670 AORUS ELITE AX motherboard supports the high-speed M.2 hard drive of PCIe 4.0, we also chose a hard drive that supports this protocol for read and write testing. It can be seen that its speed can be completely full, the motherboard will not constitute any performance bottleneck, and it is more appropriate to make a system disk.

At the end of the game test, we run several games that eat CPU and try to see the performance in the actual use environment. At 1920 to 1080p resolution + high quality, "CS:GO" can run at about 797 frames, and the powerful single-core performance does help a lot.

In Total War: three Kingdoms, the R5-7600X can also reach an average of 209 frames, and the game experience is still excellent, with overall game performance between 12-generation i5 and 13-generation i5.

Don't forget that one of the major upgrade points of the 7000 series Ruilong is the standard nuclear display of the whole department. Although the performance of this nuclear display is average, it is not a complete RDNA2, but it is good to use it to light up the machine and play the entry-level game. Gifted small carving X670 AORUS ELITE AX

It is also equipped with HDMI interface and 2-phase independent nuclear display power supply, and the measured 3DMark TimeSpy score is 695, which is almost the same as that of GTX 760.

The "League of Legends" used to play 1080p can reach more than 250 frames, and there is no problem for the 7000 series sharp dragon to be used as a non-unique transition host. The author is more looking forward to the back of 7600G and 7800G, filled with blood RDNA2 nuclear display and gigabyte sculpture X670 AORUS ELITE AX together what sparks will come out?

Summary in the price inquiry, the author was surprised to find that gigabyte carved X670 AORUS ELITE AX board U set price is actually very low, JD.com currently 7600X + gigabyte carved X670 AORUS ELITE AX price from 4689 yuan. One of the most cost-effective is the 7900X + technical carving X670 AORUS ELITE AX set, only 5499 yuan, the X670 sold the price of B650, this performance-to-price ratio is not high.

If you want to buy a 7000 series sharp dragon high-end processor, it is necessary to choose an X670 motherboard with excellent power supply and heat dissipation. As a high-end X670 motherboard, gigabyte X670 AORUS ELITE AX obviously meets the requirements of this positioning. Its stable power supply, luxurious heat dissipation and rich expansion interfaces make it a good choice for high-end players.

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