Editor's comments: Asus Xuewu Zhan Ji has always been a representative of appearance and strength, and this time the ROG Blowing Snow Z690 motherboard is no exception, and your "wife" is really top.
Since the launch of its own two-dimensional avatar RO Ji, ASUS ROG Player Kingdom has become more and more playing in the collection of products and two-dimensional elements. The ROG Snow Warrior (Blowing Snow Series) is the best embodiment of Asus ROG's complete integration of the two-dimensional theme and the ROG hardware system.
ROG STRIX Z690 D4 Snow Blowing Product Appreciation
The biggest feature of asus ROG snow blowing series In addition to the fusion series into the secondary element elements, the silver and white theme color matching is also its unique and iconic pole feature. This series of features is fully displayed on the outer box packaging of the ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI D4 snow blowing motherboard.
The front seal of the outer packaging of the motherboard is ice and snow as the background of the sealing, which is similar to the previous generation of Z590 snow blowing motherboard, but this time the scene design of the Z690 is more dynamic, and the blue-green ROG character text of the oblique attack state is added, and the visual effect is added a lot.
In addition, the two-dimensional image of the battle form of Yukitake Warrior and the ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI D4 snow blowing motherboard are integrated into the entire painting, which simply and directly integrates the things of the two different fields.
With the blue and yellow gradient color design of the product model name "ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI D4 Snow Blowing ASUS Gaming Motherboard" can present different colors under different light angles, in the snow background can easily see the full model name, and there will be no problems with the visual effect of the entire design.
ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI D4 snow blowing motherboard plate body design also continues the consistent style of the snow blowing system, black component substrate with a new style of design of silver and white covered armor heat dissipation system, black and silver white high contrast can make the motherboard appearance has a clearer outline effect at the same time, but also added to the power mech's sense of science and technology.
In the ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI D4 snow blowing motherboard backboard continues to retain the design of the motherboard drawing, Asus ROG text LOGO strip drag and mesh + sphere line draft of the double pattern design, this time the motherboard drawing wants to express the meaning is a little difficult to guess, I don't know what netizens can interpret what it means?
As with the Z590 snow blowing motherboard previously evaluated, the accessory configuration of the motherboard is quite rich, the conventional product manual, driver installation CD, cable pack, ROG key chain and themed ROG Strix stickers are essential, and it is also equipped with four SATA 6Gb/s data cables, an external Wi-Fi mobile antenna, and an M.2 Q-Latch package/backplane M.2 Q-Latch package/M.2 rubber cushion bag. The specially designed ROG trend cable belt with the image of blowing snow is also a feature of this motherboard design, and we will also talk about the details below.
ROG STRIX Z690 D4 snow blow detailing
ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI D4 snow blowing motherboard in the motherboard version is a relatively large standard ATX form factor design, so in the hardware installation compatibility and functional layout scalability have a good performance, but also for the overall application experience of the motherboard and the use of the effect to bring better support.
The most eye-catching thing about the whole motherboard is the integrated I/O+VRM heat dissipation module armor of the motherboard, which covers the entire power supply module area of the motherboard and the back I/O interface, and the silver-white metal cooling armor of the new shape design can quickly and effectively guide away the heat generated when the power supply module works, and also effectively protects the interface security of the back interface area of the motherboard.
At the same time, as the mainstream game motherboard, the color light system is also indispensable. ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI D4 snow blowing motherboard in the heat dissipation armor above the addition of the Aura effect area can be linked with other equipment, and this time the display area of the light effect is larger, and after careful light display layout design, can allow the lantern light through the newly designed ROG faith totem light guide, to create a more layered three-dimensional effect, bringing more outstanding visual effects.
After we separate the integrated I/O+ VRM cooling module armor on the motherboard, we can see that the metal cooling modules inside the heat dissipation armor are connected by splicing, and the thermal silicone covering the component area of the motherboard power supply module is attached. The light-emitting area of aura lighting effects also has its own light control cable connected to the motherboard, and the entire structure can achieve a balance in functional presentation and shape appearance.
At the same time, we can see the combination of ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI D4 blowing motherboard power supply module, 16+1 power supply module is the symbol of high-end motherboard, in addition to meeting the 12th generation of Core processors in the power supply demand of the improvement, high-specification power supply module can provide stable power supply for CPU and other core hardware when the platform is running, so as to obtain more stable work efficiency and overclocking space.
The power supply module adopts the combination of capacitance + inductor + integrated MOSFET, of which the MOSFET adopts Visha's new generation of SIC659, which has a nexFET integrated design that integrates the upper and lower bridges, and can carry 80A current per unit, which can provide sufficient current supply.
Since the mounting socket pin of the 12th generation Smart Core processor is the new IntelLGA 1700 base, the LGA 1700 used in the ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI D4 snow blowing motherboard is fully compatible with the 12th generation Of Core processor series, but not backward compatible with other older Smart Core series processors.
In addition, the detailed creative design of the board can also be seen in the CPU base of the motherboard, and the heatsink installation position of the motherboard can also see that there are two size specification fixing holes, which also shows that the motherboard is compatible with the heatsink equipment of two size specifications.
For the Z690 motherboard chip support specifications of the netizens who know, we all know that the 12th generation of smart Core can support DDR4 and DDR5 two different frequency specification parameters of the memory, so the current Z690 motherboard is also divided into support DDR4 and DDR5 two versions of the classification, and ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI D4 snow blowing motherboard in the model name in the model name is to indicate that the motherboard is the version of the installation of DDR4 memory, Supports overclocking up to DDR4-5333MHz.
2) PCI board and storage device area
After looking at the power supply module, CPU interface socket and memory socket of the motherboard, we next look at the most design-inspired and new function technology application area in the ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI D4 snow blowing motherboard - PCI board and storage device installation area.
As with the power supply module area of the motherboard, the silver and white thermal armor made of metal is also set in some areas of the PCI board and storage device installation area to enhance the thermal efficiency of the area, and the covered functional area also covers the motherboard chip and M.2 interface area.
In addition, with the heat dissipation armor also integrated into the new set of features of the convenient function design, of which the "graphics card easy to disassemble key" button can be more convenient to disassemble the larger graphics card can be more convenient to unlock the main PCI-E graphics card slot end of the fixed lock, reduce the difficulty of disassembly and cumbersome, for DIY players, especially novice xiaobai users are quite practical auxiliary function buttons.
Another feature is the trend ROG cable management belt adjacent to the easy-to-detach key of the graphics card, which can provide a motherboard with a motherboard cable guidance function that connects to the lower area of the motherboard interface cable or power supply line, especially for some wire lengths that are not enough to meet the needs of the chassis backplane wiring, this cable management belt can also play a very good wire management guidance effect.
Removing the thermal armor of the PCI board and storage device installation area can give a clearer understanding of the interface layout in this area. The board slot section provides two PCI-E x16 interfaces and a PCI-E x1, of which the main PCI-E graphics card slot near the CPU side adopts the new generation of PCIe 5.0 x16 specifications, and has an interface metal reinforcement design, which also supports the above-mentioned motherboard feature design - graphics card easy-to-detach keys.
The M.2 slot part provides up to 4 M.2 interfaces that can support full-size installation, all of which support PCI-E4.0 x4 specifications, and also configure a convenient tool-free lock fixing design, with the heat dissipation enhancement of the thermal armor, which can directly build a large-capacity high-speed storage space on the motherboard.
In addition, the motherboard also provides six SATA hard disk interfaces, which can be connected to six external SATA hard disks, which can further expand the total storage capacity of the computer platform.
3) Backplane I/O interface area
The I/O interface area of the motherboard, thanks to the motherboard in the power supply module using an integrated I/O + VRM cooling armor, so the I / O interface area of the panel is also integrated in it, no need to install I / O interface bezel, plus the integrated design also improves the motherboard this area of the interface dust resistance to the effect of external force extrusion.
The I/O interface area provides a very rich set of interface types, and basically covers the types of interfaces involved in the daily applications of mainstream mass users, including providing 8 USB Type-A interfaces, 2 USB Type-C interfaces, including 1 20 Gbps and 1 10Gbps and HDMI 2.1 and DP 1.4 video output interfaces and other highly used conventional application interfaces.
It is also equipped with CMOS one-click clear and BIOS one-click upgrade buttons, which is convenient for professional players to use when upgrading or overclocking need to modify the BIOS settings.
The network interface part includes RJ45 network cable interface and external mobile WiFi antenna interface, which is supported by the intel i225-v 2.5GB network card built into the motherboard, which can realize wired 2.5G networks, especially wireless networks also support Wi-Fi 6 specifications. Of course, there is also the AI intelligent network technology developed by ASUS ROG, which provides players with higher network transmission speeds and lower network latency.
The audio part is to provide 7.1 channel output of five 3.5mm audio interface, through the motherboard onboard ROG SupremeFX 7.1 channel high-fidelity audio encoder CODEC ALC4080 + Savitech SV3H712 AMP to achieve high-precision audio parsing and sound quality restoration, and the motherboard can also support the acclaimed two-way AI noise reduction, for the now very popular live or in-game voice communication to provide a good noise reduction and noise reduction clear communication effect.
ROG STRIX Z690 D4 snow blowing performance
We first make a general understanding of the information of the entire platform through CPU-Z, such as the basic specifications of the CPU processor, graphics card and memory, whether they are correctly identified and operating properly on the ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI D4 snow blowing motherboard, and also make the test results obtained by the whole test have reference value.
AIDA64Cache & Memory test
Platform default memory frequency: DDR4-2666
The AIDA64 memory test was tested to read 41519MB/s, 39510MB/s written, 39727MB/s copied, and 79.8ns delay.
Memory standard operating frequency: DDR4-4000
In the memory standard working frequency of the memory test again, the test out of the score, read 62223MB/s, write 58315MB/s, copy 58382MB/s, latency of 62.5ns, you can see that under the memory standard working frequency, the memory read and write replication performance presented by the entire platform is close to 50% improvement, and the delay is also shortened by 17.3ns, it can be said that the motherboard can play the performance of the memory well
Due to the improved performance of the 12th generation Smart Core, coupled with the optimized design of the Asus ROG motherboard for hardware overclocking, the memory package easily increased the frequency to DDR4-4800, and we also tested how the performance can be obtained in the overclocking state.
Memory overclocking operating frequency: DDR4-4800
The test results are, read 75199MB/s, write 70310MB/s, copy 65199MB/s, delay of 68.3ns, you can see that in this memory overclocking state, memory read and write replication performance compared to the standard frequency has an increase of about 11-20%, although the memory latency has a growth of 5.8ns, but the increase in the three core parameters of read and write replication compared to the growth of latency, the impact on the application is still within a reasonable and acceptable range
PCMark10 machine test
PCMark10 is a simulation of real-world applications to test the performance of the entire platform, we chose the PCMark10 Extended test as a reference, through the daily basic functions, simulated productivity applications, simulated digital content creation applications, simulated game applications and other different scenarios to test.
Relying on the ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI D4 snow blowing motherboard platform, the 12th generation Core i5 with RTX3090 has an overall test score of 11645, a general application score of 11090, a productivity score of 10662 and a digital content creation test score of 14519, while the game part relies on the strong performance of the RTX3090 to reach 28963. Compared with the same test item of the Z690 motherboard with DDR4 memory, the score is higher, which also shows that the performance of the motherboard is quite good.
UL Procyon benchmark
The UL Procyon Benchmark Suite provides hardware manufacturers and their suppliers with a range of accurate, relevant and unbiased benchmarks. Each Procyon benchmark is designed for a specific use case and uses real-world applications where possible. For the test option, we chose image processing and video processing, two simulation test scenarios that are fairly common for applications.
Picture and video processing considers the comprehensive performance of the entire computer platform, and the ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI D4 snow blowing motherboard platform in the two simulated application test scores are: picture test score 9456, video test score 7511, the overall score is also in the forefront of the same type of motherboard, and in the performance load curve can also see the performance of each core hardware to reach full load operation, is the performance of the hardware itself is fully exerted.
3DMark application testing
3DMark is a software designed to measure graphics card performance, but with the continuous iterative update of application technology, it has gradually transformed into a software that measures the performance of the whole machine. , mainly to test the performance of the platform's core hardware in 3D rendering and game scene load
3DMark's test selected the Time SPY subdivision test, and the test data was obtained from the Time SP test to get 19041, while the graphics card received a test score of 20496 and the CPU test of 13580, reflecting the performance of the platform as a whole with its own high-specification hardware.
Platform stability testing
The platform stability test part is mainly for the memory stability test, after all, the most likely to cause the platform stability problem is whether the memory part can run stably when loaded. RunMemtestPro and AIDA64 built-in stability tests will be selected for platform stability testing as well as load stress testing when routinely and memory overclocked.
1) RunMemtestPro stability test
RunMemtestPro is a powerful, professional and practical memory burning software, the software can bring computer hardware test optimization function, support the customization of different configuration requirements, can meet the user's various stress test and copy machine test needs.
Memory standard operating frequency:
Memory overclocking operating frequency:
With RunMemtestPro load testing at two different operating frequencies, the ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI D4 snow blowing motherboard provides efficient and excellent stability support, as well as a smooth experience for the entire PC platform.
2) AIDA64 stability test
AIDA64 is a comprehensive and feature-rich computer inspection tool that monitors, detects and even tests the performance of hardware and related parameter data for computer users under different conditions.
The overall test performance of the ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI D4 snow blowing motherboard is quite stable when the overall platform is loaded, whether it is memory at a regular standard operating frequency or in an overclocking state. In the test, not only can there be stable and non-stuttering and blue screen performance, but the overall temperature control of the motherboard, especially the temperature control of the power supply area that is prone to high temperature, is quite excellent.
Review Summary:
Through the above series of product introductions and practical tests, I believe that everyone has a certain understanding of the ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI D4 snow blowing motherboard. As one of the masterpieces launched by ASUS ROG to break through the dimensional boundaries, the snow blowing series products are loved by users because of their outstanding design and innovative functions, and the ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI D4 snow blowing motherboard also completely inherits the characteristics of the series.
The newly designed silver and white heat dissipation armor and aura lighting effect area integrate the appearance and personality, and the powerful hardware equipment and many humanized designs show a different trend of fashion. Relying on the new performance support brought by the new generation of 12 generation intelligent Core, it can maximize the strength potential of hardware, so that players who choose it can get a smooth and stable experience, for players who want to experience 12 generations of intelligent Core or face control users who have certain requirements for platform performance, ROG STRIX Z690-A GAMING WIFI D4 snow blowing motherboard is a good choice.