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Gigabyte X870E AORUS Master ICE X3D Motherboard Review: AMD X3D Keeps On Getting Faster With AORUS’s Top-Class Design

Hassan Mujtaba

Test Setup

For testing, I used the Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU, which was sent to us by AMD, on a range of X870E and X870 motherboards.

AMD 800-series "AM5" Motherboard Test Platform:

ProcessorsAMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
MotherboardMSI MPG X870E Carbon MAX WIFI (7E49v2A10)
Gigabyte X870E AERO X3D Wood (13F7)
MSI MEG X870E ACE MAX (7E85v1A20)
ASRock X870E Taichi OCF (v1.03)
MSI MAG X870E Tomahawk MAX WIFI (7E84v1A10)
Gigabyte X870E AORUS Master X3D ICE (F4)
ASRock X870 Taichi Creator (3.40)
ASRock PG X870 Nova WIFI (3.30)
ASRock X870 Livemixer WIFI (3.31)
Colorful CVN X870 ARK Frozen V14 (BIOS 1011)
MSI MAG X870E Tomahawk WIFI (7E51v1A24)
MSI MAG X870 Tomahawk WIFI (7E59v2A3)
MSI MPG X870E EDGE TI WIFI (7E59v1A2)
MSI MPG X870E Carbon WIFI (7E49v1A12 AGESA 1.2.0.2)
ASRock X870E Taichi (3.08 AGESA 1.2.0.2)
ASRock X870E Taichi LITE (3.08 AGESA 1.2.0.2)
ASRock X870 Steel Legend WiFi (3.08 AGESA 1.2.0.2)
AORUS X870 ELITE WIFI7 ICE (F3B AGESA 1.2.0.2)
Power SupplyFSP Hydro G 1200W PSU
Solid State DriveCrucial T700 2 TB Gen5 SSD
MemoryT-Force Delta RGB DDR5-7200 (CL34 2 x 16 GB)
Video CardsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
Cooling SolutionsArctic Liquid Freezer III 420mm AIO
OSWindows 11 64-bit

Our test rig includes the Crucial T700 2 TB Gen5 SSD that boots up our main OS. In addition to these, we are running an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition graphics card and an FSP Hydro G 1200W PSU. For this specific review, we used the T-Force  Delta RGB DDR5-7200 memory kit running at CL34 timings.

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About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.

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