EVGA X570 Darkish Motherboard Assessment

Introduction, Specs, and Pricing

There isn’t any denying EVGA is aware of their means round a motherboard. They’ve been cranking out Intel platforms for a decade or extra, and their current Z590 platform is on the high of my listing. In our final evaluation of the Crosshair Excessive, we had a phrase with AMD to make clear their place on the X570S chipset. The return reply we obtained was this:

“AMD is worked up to see our ODM companions deliver new and revolutionary X570 motherboards to market. These new motherboards deliver much more choices to the AMD Socket AM4 ecosystem for fanatics, players, and content material creators. Whereas our ODM companions could select to model their motherboards with a suffix corresponding to -P, -X, -F, -M, or -S, this doesn’t point out a change to the AMD X570 chipset itself.“

So, it seems distributors have simply found out the right way to cool this chipset passively, or maybe the lively cooling was by no means wanted. That mentioned, the EVGA X570 Darkish is technically an -S platform passively cooled with a big aluminum plate that additionally reaches the M.2 slots.

{Hardware}-wise, the X570 Darkish is appropriate with all Ryzen CPUs again to the 3000 collection. It helps 64GB of DDR4 reminiscence over two DIMM channels with help as much as 4800MHz. Storage consists of two M.2 slots and 6 SATA ports whereas networking is dealt with by twin 2.5Gbe controllers and the Intel AX200 Wi-Fi 6.

A full lineup of USB 3.2 is on the market with inside headers providing three ports and the rear I/O a further two Gen 1 and 4 Gen 2. Audio is a 7.1 channel setup utilizing the Realtek ALC1220.

Pricing

The EVGA X570 Darkish carries an MSRP of $689.99. Guarantee is listed at three years.

Packaging, Equipment, and Overview

Packaging and Equipment

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Packaging is the standard black field with the EVGA emblem high left, motherboard branding within the heart and chipset, CPU help alongside the underside.

Equipment for the X570 Darkish are similar to the Z590 platform. We have now a clean PCB with included stand-offs that acts as a makeshift bench. We even have SATA cables and the Wi-Fi antenna together with voltage measuring leads and drivers on USB.

The board itself has the same design to the Z590 however goes for an all-black colorway. We nonetheless have the massive warmth sinks masking the VRMs, and the CPU socket has been rotated to make room for the reminiscence slot up high. The PCIe format leaves room for an SLI setup, and that’s the place you will see that each m.2 slots.

EVGA X570 Darkish Overview

Making our means across the board, the Darkish begins with a supplemental energy enter, adopted by a bunch of RGB connections.

Working down the remainder of the underside, now we have USB connections and entrance panel headers adopted up by fan ports.

Up the aspect of the board, now we have the SATA ports and the interior headers for USB 3.2 Gen 2 and Gen 1.

This leads us to the eight-pin CPU energy connections and the 24pin motherboard energy.

On the high of the board, now we have a USB for BIOS updates and the ability and reset buttons.

To the top, now we have voltage measuring factors.

Rear I/O begins us with PS2 and USB 3.2 connections for mouse and keyboard. Additional down, we run into the Wi-Fi antenna connections and one other set of USB 3.2 ports in pink. Above these, now we have twin 2.5Gbe ports adopted by a 10Gbps USB-C port and audio outputs.

UEFI, Software program and Take a look at System

UEFI

EVGA has carried out a outstanding job on its X570 BIOS, and it does seem like based mostly on its Z590 design. The preliminary display provides you many choices, together with Gamer Mode. You can even select OC Robotic to have the board mechanically overclock your CPU. Then you may have default and superior modes for these eager to tune themselves.

BIOS format is incredible, the principle menu providing all the data wanted in regards to the put in CPU, reminiscence, and storage. The OC menu wastes no time letting you tune your CPU with in depth clock and voltage controls, the reminiscence having its personal tab to the best.

The superior menu gives all of the platform controls we’re used to seeing, together with energy controls for the CPU, graphics configuration, and onboard gadgets like SATA, USB, and NVMe.

Motherboard Software program

Software program is EVGA E-Leet and the identical Software program we used on the Z590 Darkish. This permits you management for overclocking and monitoring your motherboard in home windows.

Motherboard Testing Supporters

Thermaltake has come onboard with their Toughram XG for all evaluations.

TweakTown AMD Motherboard Take a look at System

Storage Efficiency

CrystalDiskMark and CDI

CrystalDiskMark 8

The Crosshair Excessive is our first board to be examined with Home windows 11. We run the most recent beta construct in testing to attenuate the prospect of bugs. It is also our first to undergo our new testing regiment that features begins with storage.

We start with SATA efficiency testing with our WD Blue 1TB. This drive gave us 551 MB/s reads, and 473 MB/s write on the X570 Darkish.

Subsequent, we transfer to NVMe testing with our SN850. This drive provided 7009 MB/s reads, and 5251 MB/s write.

USB 3.2 Gen 2 was examined with our WD P50. This drive introduced in 1029 MB/s learn and 943 MB/s writes.

Our final metric is how effectively the built-in warmth sinks cool the SN850 throughout testing. In the midst of testing, we refreshed CDI to see a temp of 37c on our drive.

System Efficiency Benchmarks

AIDA64,Cinebench and WPrime

AIDA64

We begin AIDA64 with a reminiscence efficiency bench. With our Toughram working at 3800MHz and a synced material, we see 47K learn 28K write and 45K copy. Latency runs at 73.7ns.

AES gave us 144952 in testing.

SHA3 got here in at 3745.

Cinebench R23

R23 gave us a single-core results of 1557 for the Excessive and nT rating of 14830.

WPrime

Our WPrime instances are 5.1 seconds for 32M and 91 seconds for 1024M.

PCMark 10, Crossmark, Last Ideas

PCMark 10 and Crossmark

PCMark 10

Working via PCMark, the general rating ended at 7922. The breakdown was 10346 for necessities, 10617 for productiveness, and 12283 for content material creation.

3DMark

3DMark CPU Profile turned in a peak rating of 7531 at 16 threads.

Crossmark

Crossmark provides us an general rating of 1626. That is damaged down with 1641 to productiveness, 1626 for creativity, and 1586 for a response.

Last Ideas

EVGA has timed its first AMD motherboard launch fantastically, nearing the EOL level for X570. It introduced life to the platform and rejuvenated overclocking with Zen 3 CPUs. In testing, I used to be in a position to get a a lot increased reminiscence velocity when overclocking our Toughram on this board, upwards of 4800MHz; we’ve not discovered a board outdoors of the Darkish that was ready to do this with our 5800X. CPU overclocking was barely higher; we usually attain 4.7GHz at 1.29v with slightly vdroop when testing boards, and the EVGA truly allowed us 4.8GHz at 1.32v with no droop in any respect.

EFI and Software program for this platform are carried out up very well. EFI is laid out completely for overclocking, all management proper at your fingertips the minute you enter BIOS. EVGA Eleet permits close to full management of the motherboard from Home windows, a plus for me when tuning.

Connectivity is nice however not nice; the board does have twin 2.5Gbe and WiFi6 however lacks USB 3.2 Gen2x2, Thunderbolt 4, and 10Gbe with Wi-Fi 6e; one thing the marginally increased priced Crosshair Excessive has. That mentioned, this board is not essentially designed for players or fanatics however somewhat an all-out overclocking platform, and it has been confirmed with some incredible numbers put up by Kingpin himself.

What We Like

Design: Improbable board format and aesthetic.

Overclocking: OC was higher in our modest testing.

What Might Be Higher

Connectivity: Missing higher-end connectivity.

Value: $689 is on the higher-end based mostly on options.