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Firmware

Asus’ BIOS on the X870E-E Gaming looks the same, sporting the black, red, easy-to-read ROG theme we’re all familiar with. Asus starts in an Easy Mode that displays high-level information, including CPU and memory clock speeds, temperatures, fan speeds, storage information, etc. Advanced Mode has several headers across the top that drop down additional options. The new Q-Dashboard shows all the integrated connectivity. When hardware is connected, there’s a green circle next to it. The BIOS is one of my favorites, as any option you need is there, and anything you need frequently isn’t buried deep within menus.

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Asus ROG Strix X870E-E Gaming Wifi — (Image credit: Tom's Hardware)

Software

Armoury Crate for the X870E-E Gaming follows the ROG-inspired theme. Several applications exist for various functions, ranging from RGB lighting control, audio, system monitoring, and overclocking etc. It's also worth mentioning the included software. When purchasing Asus motherboards, you receive a sixty-day AIDA64 license - a useful application for stress and performance testing. Asus’ Driver Hub (get your updated drivers here!) and a custom version of Hwinfo for real-time monitoring are also helpful applications. We’ve captured a few screenshots of the applications below.

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Test System / Comparison Products

We’ve updated our test system to Windows 11 (23H2) 64-bit OS with all updates applied as of late September 2024 (this includes the Branch Prediction Optimizations for AMD). Hardware-wise, we’ve updated the RAM kits (matching our Intel test system), cooling, storage, and video card. Unless otherwise noted, we use the latest non-beta motherboard BIOS available to the public. Thanks to Asus for providing the RTX 4080 TUF graphics card and Crucial for the 2TB T705 SSDs. The hardware we used is as follows:

Test System Components

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CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420
Storage	Crucial 2TB T705 M.2 PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD
RAM	Kingston Fury Beast DDR5-6000 CL36 (KF560C36BBEAK2-32)
RAM	Teamgroup T-Froce Delta DDR5-7200 CL34 (FF3D518G7200HC34ABK)
RAM	Klevv Cras XR5 RGB DDR5-8000 (KD5AGUA80-80R380S)
GPU	Asus TUF RTX 4080 16G
PSU	EVGA Supernova 850W P6
Software	Windows 11 64-bit (23H2 - 22631.4169)
Display Driver	NVIDIA Driver 561.09
Sound	Integrated HD audio
Network	Integrated Networking (GbE to 10 GbE)
Graphics Driver	GeForce 561.09

Benchmark Settings

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Synthetic Benchmarks and Settings	Row 0 - Cell 1
Procyon	Version 2.8.1352 64
Row 2 - Cell 0	Office 365, Video Editing (Premiere Pro 24.6.1), Photo Editing (Photoshop 25.1.2, Lightroom Classic 13.5.1)
3DMark	Version 2.29.8294.0 64
Row 4 - Cell 0	Speed Way and Steel Nomad (Default)
Cinebench R24	Version 2024.1.0
Row 6 - Cell 0	Open GL Rendering Benchmark - Single and Multi-threaded
Blender	Version 4.2.0
Row 8 - Cell 0	Full benchmark (all 3 tests)
Application Tests and Settings	Row 9 - Cell 1
LAME MP3	Version SSE2_2019
Row 11 - Cell 0	Mixed 271MB WAV to mp3: Command: -b 160 --nores (160Kb/s)
HandBrake CLI	Version: 1.8.2
Row 13 - Cell 0	Sintel Open Movie Project: 4.19GB 4K mkv to x264 (light AVX) and x265 (heavy AVX)
Corona 1.4	Version 1.4
Row 15 - Cell 0	Custom benchmark
7-Zip	Version 24.08
Row 17 - Cell 0	Integrated benchmark (Command Line)
Game Tests and Settings	Row 18 - Cell 1
Cyberpunk 2077	Ultra RT: - 1920 x 1080, DLSS - Balanced.
F1 2024	Ultra High Preset - 1920 x 1080, 16xAF/TAA, Great Britain (Clear/Dry), FPS Counter ON

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9 Comments Comment from the forums

emike09

Just got mine last night! Paired with the 9950x3D, 64GB 6000 CL28, and moving my 4090 over. Building it out today after work. Super excited to upgrade from X299.
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dimar

Great motherboard, I'm running 9950X3D with Corsair CMK64GX5M2X6800C32 at 6000 CL26, fast and stable 0 issues.
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Dknell

Asrock x870e Nova is cheaper and has 5 M.2 sockets, none of which share gpu pcie lanes.
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ProjectV

Do not buy. Asus support and RMA is non existent. They have to be taught a lesson.

I have a Rog Strix X670E-E that recently failed inside warranty and Asus do not care. You can't even start the RMA their site is broken and even if you can it won't be sorted in your lifetime. I had to buy a new board to get the machine working and haven't heard a thing from Asus.

Buy anything else. The Asrock Nova, Gigabyte, MSI Carbon. Whatever. Not this.
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JayGau

I bought this board 4 months ago. I see reviews from September 2024. Why is this review so late? Better late than never though.
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Dknell

ProjectV said:
Do not buy. Asus support and RMA is non existent. They have to be taught a lesson.

I have a Rog Strix X670E-E that recently failed inside warranty and Asus do not care. You can't even start the RMA their site is broken and even if you can it won't be sorted in your lifetime. I had to buy a new board to get the machine working and haven't heard a thing from Asus.

Buy anything else. The Asrock Nova, Gigabyte, MSI Carbon. Whatever. Not this.
Try sending email to executivecare@asus.com, if you get no response then send email to gamers nexus support@gamersnexus.net
I'm sure Steve would love to know Asus are still screwing around with RMA's
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HardwiredWireless

ProjectV said:
Do not buy. Asus support and RMA is non existent. They have to be taught a lesson.

I have a Rog Strix X670E-E that recently failed inside warranty and Asus do not care. You can't even start the RMA their site is broken and even if you can it won't be sorted in your lifetime. I had to buy a new board to get the machine working and haven't heard a thing from Asus.

Buy anything else. The Asrock Nova, Gigabyte, MSI Carbon. Whatever. No their products just suck

ProjectV said:
Do not buy. Asus support and RMA is non existent. They have to be taught a lesson.

I have a Rog Strix X670E-E that recently failed inside warranty and Asus do not care. You can't even start the RMA their site is broken and even if you can it won't be sorted in your lifetime. I had to buy a new board to get the machine working and haven't heard a thing from Asus.

Buy anything else. The Asrock Nova, Gigabyte, MSI Carbon. Whatever. Not this.
Plus their products just suck.
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dan_L

ProjectV said:
Do not buy. Asus support and RMA is non existent. They have to be taught a lesson.

I have a Rog Strix X670E-E that recently failed inside warranty and Asus do not care. You can't even start the RMA their site is broken and even if you can it won't be sorted in your lifetime. I had to buy a new board to get the machine working and haven't heard a thing from Asus.

Buy anything else. The Asrock Nova, Gigabyte, MSI Carbon. Whatever. Not this.
My experience with Asus support has been the complete opposite of ProjectV's. In about 30 years of building PCs using Asus motherboards, I've had two go bad during warranty and had no problem submitting an RMA and getting the board replaced or repaired within 2 weeks. The most recent one was a ROG Strix X670E-E this winter. In 30 years I've had one Asus graphics card go bad during warranty, and they actually sent me a replacement via cross shipping (they sent me a new card before I sent back to them the defective one). I don't know where things went wrong in ProjectV's case, but I thought it only fair to share my much better track record with Asus support - not to mention pretty solid Asus reliability.
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DonnyAppleseed

ProjectV said:
Do not buy. Asus support and RMA is non existent. They have to be taught a lesson.

I have a Rog Strix X670E-E that recently failed inside warranty and Asus do not care. You can't even start the RMA their site is broken and even if you can it won't be sorted in your lifetime. I had to buy a new board to get the machine working and haven't heard a thing from Asus.

Buy anything else. The Asrock Nova, Gigabyte, MSI Carbon. Whatever. Not this.
The cat profile pic has taught me to be skeptical of such bold negative reviews.

Could have been the cat that posted this.

Need more details.
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