ASRock Z590 Extreme (Intel 1200)

Gerade die jüngere Generation wird sich wohl kaum noch an die zahlreichen Extreme-Mainboards von ASRock vergangener Tage erinnern. Von dem Extreme4 über das Extreme6 und Extreme7 bis hin zum Extreme9 war über einige Generationen vieles vertreten. Hat das neue Z590 Extreme ASRock noch viele Gemeinsamkeiten von damals? Wir gehen in unserem Test auf die Suche.

If you are looking for an extreme good motherboard for current high-end Intel processors with unlocked or locked multiplier, you will get an excellent platform with great features and numerous overclocking possibilities with the ASRock Z590 Extreme, which even earns our OCinside.de Overclocking Dream Award 04/2021.

Extrem gutes LGA1200 Mainboard! Heute testen wir auf OCinside.de das brandneue ASRock Z590 Extreme Mainboard für Intel LGA1200 Prozessoren der 11ten und 10ten Generation. Neben Hyper M.2 und Ultra M.2 Slots bietet es 2,5 Gigabit LAN und 1 Gigabit LAN, USB 3.2 Gen2, ALC1220 Audio Codec sowie 14 Phasen für aktuelle Intel Prozessoren. Wie das Mainboard im Vergleich zu vorigen Z490, H470 und B460 Mainboards abschneidet und ob es überzeugen kann, zeigen wir jetzt in folgendem Test.

I think that at 200 USD, this board is a fair offering. Yes, you do not receive the beefiest VRM, but 14 phases backed by 50A power stages still is plenty enough, even for a mild tweak. You will, however, forfeit on Thunderbolt 4, one M2 slot, and AX WIFI. But that is a fair tradeoff. I also find it fascinating that this board is substantially lower in power consumption, which's for two reasons. The first being, this board follows pretty strict reference settings,e socially on multi-threading on long-duration load, it'll clock down to reference values. And that saves energy. Next to that, missing chips like AX WIFI and Thunderbolt all normally need power; there's not present and in edile that immediately shaves of say 15 Watts. This board also consumes 25 Watts less than the premium board on the top end of the spectrum with all-core loads. Trivial, we know. But it's noticeable and measurable. Overall, you'll get most basics covered, very decent performance, three M.2 slots with heatsink, sic SATA3 slots, and a handful of USB 3 connectors. In the end, the new ASRock Z590 Extreme really isn't extreme, but certainly potent enough for what it needs to be at that 200 USD pricing. We had no stability issue either. We popped on the memory, flashed the BIOS to the latest available, and (as)rocked onwards. So while this board is a bit more baseline, we can also state there's nothing wrong with that.