ASUS ROG STRIX X570-E Gaming Motherboard Review

Peter Donnell / 5 years ago

How Much Does it Cost?

Unfortunately, we don’t have any pricing information on almost any of the X570 motherboards we have to review this week. However, you should be able to check up dated pricing information in the UK here and in the US here once these reviews are published. Regardless, we expect the ASUS ROG STRIX X570-E Gaming to be fairly expensive. It’s not the flagship for ASUS, but it’s certainly up there in terms of hardware, so expect the price to reflect that.

Overview

The STRIX series has long been a fan favourite, and it’s very easy to see why. ASUS are well known for making very attractive gamer focused products. The STRIX series is often tuned to the enthusiast PC gamer market, so you get slick designs, and a fist full of high-end hardware to help you maximise you experience. Of course, the ROG STRIX X570-E Gaming is right on the money for all of that.

Build Quality

There’s a lot of style to this motherboard, but certainly not lacking in substance. The huge heatsinks over that powerful VRM phase design are far more practical than they are aesthetically pleasing. There is still an active fan for the X570 chipset, but some of that is offset with a huge heatsink, which also forms into a pair of M.2 heatsinks. It flows nicely, and it feels as durable as it looks.

Everything else is picked from quality components too. Such as the Dual Op Amplifiers for the SupremeFX audio with gold capacitors, or the more robust PCB design.

Performance

ASUS are dominating our 3DMark top scores, with the X570-Pro hitting the #1 score of 24155, and this ROG STRIX X570-E came in second with a remarkable 24150. Admittedly our gaming results don’t look great, but I think the games are too old to really benefit from the newer CPUs; we’ll be updating those in the near future. Overall though, it performed strongly in CPU heavy tests such as PCMark 10, WPrime, CineBench R15 and Handbrake.

Added Value

I’ve said this a few times with this X570 launch, the added value isn’t so much added as it is paid for. The new chipset is coming in at a premium from what we understand. As such, the ROG STRIX X570-E isn’t going to be cheap, but you do get a lot in return. The networking is impressive, with dual LAN, and WiFi 6 built-in, as well as ROG GameFirst V. Staggering audio hardware with the S1220A codec, and Dual Op Amps. Plus, there’s a huge amount of RGB built into the motherboard, with a bunch of ARGB and RGB headers to play around with too. Of course, with plenty of PCIe 4.0 lanes, and dual M.2 mounts, you’re not left short of high-end GPU and storage connections.

Should I Buy One

While ASUS make cheaper and more expensive models, I think the ROG STRIX X570-E Gaming is going to be one of their biggest sellers. Sure, it’ll cost more, but it’s got a lot of very usable features for overclocking, cooling, and connectivity that are sure to appeal to the enthusiast PC gamers out there.