The Gigabyte Z590 ITX Aorus Ultra - Revisiting the 11600K Benchmarks

Z590 vs Z490 for Rocket Lake? At least at this early stage, there is a notable difference in the two boards I tested with the 11600K. I’ll review the Gigabyte Z590 ITX board, talk about memory latency and gear modes... let’s take a look at the improvement in chip performance. Note: Due to the original cooler not being available, the test was not 100% like for like against the initial Z490 test, however cooling was not a factor since the NF-A12x25 fan speeds were locked to a low level, purposely done to result in max operational temps under load to match the previous push/pull U9S Chromax. As an Amazon Associate I earn commission from qualifying purchases, thank you for your support of the channel. Test board: Gigabyte Z590 ITX Aorus Ultra: vs. MSI Unify Z490 ITX: running the: Intel i5-11600K: cooled with: U12A: in: NR200 Test System: Check out Epidemic Sound if you are looking fo