OVERCLOCKING PERFORMANCE
CPU
I was able to hit an easy 5.0Ghz on all cores with ease and the temps were pretty high while running Cinebench20. I will note 5.1 was not stable with 1.4v and half the time it would go into a boot loop. And the temps at 5.0GHz speak for themselves.
RAM (OC)
Better than my results with the Z490 but still a no go when simply trying to use the 4800MHz XMP profile. I had to enable XMP, manually change to 4600 and then set VCCIO to 1.3v, System Agent Voltage to 1.5v, and set the RAM Voltage to 1.5. If I waivered from those values what so ever it would not boot. And because this board has no CMOS button, shorting the jumper became no fun, fast.
Benchmarks
The gaming benchmarks were almost negligible when I was overclocked. The CPU score was higher but the over score was not really impacted.
The Cinebench20 score was higher at 6149 vs a 5814 vs stock settings.
The USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 Type-C connector on the Motherboard
This quite simply the best thing about this board. These are speeds just as fast as using the expansion card that came with the Vision Drive 1TB kit. This port on the motherboard eliminates the need of having to use anything extra. Simply plug it in and you are flying at amazing transfer speeds. On this particular mother board it is the USB-C plug that is in line with the ethernet jack. The other USB-C port does not offer these speeds.
Now lets move and see the Conclusion and Verdict!
