Performance – Part 1
All tests were performed on the ASRock Z790 PG-ITX/TB4 motherboard, Intel i7-13600 processor, Colorful RTX4080 Advanced OC graphics card, 32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-7000 CL34 memory kit, and Silicon Power XS70 PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 SSD. For the tests has been used Win11 x64 environment with the latest updates. Everything else will be mentioned during the tests.
As you can see below, the motherboard has no problems boosting the CPU up to its maximum ratio. It’s an i5 13600, but the mechanics are similar for all modern Intel CPUs.
Memory performance
The motherboard has no problem booting with memory up to DDR5-6800, so exactly as specified. However, with the used CPU, we could stabilize it only at DDR5-6600. It’s still more than enough for most users, and the performance is pretty high for the settings based only on the XMP profile with almost no adjustments.
Processor performance and mixed load tests
Results in compressing and decompressing tests like 7-Zip built-in benchmark are also about as high as on other Z790 motherboards, or even slightly better
There is no surprise in rendering benchmarks like Cinebench R23.
Also, Blender shows some nice numbers.
PCMark 10
PCMark results are essential as they show how all components work with each other in a mixed-load environment. It can be translated into regular daily work, so what we all do and expect good results. The Z790 PG-ITX/TB4 performs well in all PCMark 10 tests. Below are our results in the Applications benchmark, which is focusing on popular Microsoft applications.
Storage performance
The same as on most other Z790 motherboards, we can’t count on more than slightly above 7GB/s bandwidth using M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD. It’s a chipset limitation, so if we wish for anything higher, then we have to use AMD motherboards like the previously reviewed ASRock B650E PG-ITX.
A Full System Drive benchmark in PCMark 10 confirms the high performance of the M.2 SSD. In this test, random operations count much more, so we are not limited like in sequential bandwidth.
USB controller handles external SSD well. We could reach 1036MB/s on a Patriot SSD, which is rated at 1000MB/s, so the result is clearly high.
