X570 aorus pro review in Spanish (full analysis)

X570 AORUS Pro is one of those boards that we should always recommend. It was the next in our test bench and its performance is excellent, without forgetting that its price is around 290 euros. Thanks to a 12 + 2 phase VRM, and excellent heatsinks, we will have a pretty hardware system and a cool chipset. And the aesthetics is also more than worked, with three RGB lighting zones, folding heatsinks in M.2 and also two available versions, with and without Wi-Fi.

Well, without further ado, we will begin this analysis, but not before thanking AORUS for their trust and collaboration with us for temporarily giving us this and other X570 boards for analysis.

X570 AORUS Pro technical characteristics

Unboxing

We start the review as always by unboxing the X570 AORUS Pro. A plate of medium-high range if we place ourselves in the context of the AMD platform that has come to us in a single thick cardboard box with a case-type opening.

In this box we have the usual more or less, with a color print on a black background of the AORUS falcon logo and the main characteristics of the plate on its main face. Behind, we can see a lot of information supported by photographs of the different components, as well as in a table.

Leaving this behind, we open it and you should find a plate placed on a cardboard mold with a thick antistatic bag and just below the accessory compartment. In total, the bundle consists of the following elements:

• X570 AORUS Pro motherboard 2x SATA Gbps cables 1x 4pin RGB cable Adapter for F_Panel Screws for SSD installation User manual Warranty card Support DVD

Included on this DVD are Norton Internet Security (OEM Version), cFosSpeed ​​and XSplit with a 12-month license. As you can see it is not bad, a content quite useful for content creators and details such as the lighting cable.

Design and Specifications

X570 AORUS Pro presents a design in true AORUS style, extremely similar to what was once given to Intel platform boards. This is how we see a plate entirely painted in matt black with white lines as decoration. This time you don't see a plate that is too loaded with aluminum and heatsinks, since here what you are looking for is a balance between price and quality.

In any case, an aluminum heatsink has been installed in each of the M.2 slots, which in fact are perfectly removable with a hinge system. For my taste it is exactly what a user needs, ease of use and installation with complicated integral heatsinks that must be completely unscrewed in order to fit an M.2. What's more, we can choose whether to use the M.2's own heatsink or the one that comes with the board, which on the other hand come with their respective silicone thermal pads.

Similarly, we have a fairly large heatsink in the chipset area, consisting of an aluminum block and a turbine fan. This time it does not have LED lighting in the block. Finally we have the VRM heatsinks, which are blocks joined by a copper heat pipe. They are two aluminum blocks and finned, although much more the one located in the vertical area, under the EMI protector on the rear panel which is also made of aluminum.

And now let's see where we can find lighting elements in this X570 AORUS Pro. We will have a band in the same EMI protector, and further down, next to the sound card we will have another small area. And if we turn the motherboard over, we will have a fairly wide band on the left side. In all cases, it is compatible with Gigabyte RGB Fusion 2.0, as are the four internal headers, two 4-pin for RGB, and two other 3-pin functional for Addressable RGB.

VRM and power phases

As we always do, we are going to see in more detail the power system that the X570 AORUS Pro has, which we already anticipate is of a great quality. We then have a 12 + 2 phase power system that draws its power from a double solid 8-pin, 8-pin EPS connector.

The system is made up of three stages, in addition to a digital PWM controller or EPU that is in charge of intelligently controlling voltage and frequency modulation with adjustments directly in the BIOS that allow for more secure and stable overclocking.

In the first stage we have the DC-DC MOSFETS converters whose function is to generate the ideal voltage and intensity for the CPU. In this case we have a main configuration for vCore of MOSFETS IR3553 PowlRstage built by Infineon. They are not the highest performance of the brand, but they do have the latest technology available for 3rd generation AMD Ryzen. They support a maximum of 40A each, reaching up to 480A for the CPU voltage, with an output voltage between 0.25V and 2.5V at an efficiency of 93.2%.

In the second and third stage we have the corresponding solid CHOKES to throttle the current delivery and power supply, and the respective solid capacitors to stabilize the DC signal as much as possible. The LAIRD thermal pads 1.5 mm thick and 5 W / mK thermal conductivity. With all this, the manufacturer ensures us absolute stability in overclocking (when possible) for the new 3rd generation Ryzen CPUs.

Socket, chipset and RAM memory

In this section we do not have too many news regarding other boards from this and other manufacturers. Starting with the socket, you already know that it is a PGA AM4 that is already an old acquaintance since the first Ryzen came onto the market. It is a great detail for the brand to maintain compatibility with most Ryzen CPUs until the current generation. This supports 2nd and 3rd generation AMD Ryzen processors , and 2nd generation Ryzen APUs with integrated Radeon Vega graphics. In any case, on the board support page, we will have all the CPUs that this X570 AORUS Pro supports .

Regarding the configuration of the AMD X570 chipset, throughout the review we will see how its 20 PCIe 4.0 lanes will be distributed. A big improvement over previous chipsets, with much greater ability to connect high-speed storage peripherals and support for the new PCIe bus on desktops that supports up to 2000 MB / s upload and download.

So we can only talk about RAM memory, which in this case we obviously have 4 DIMM slots that are reinforced with steel plates. Supports JEDEC profiles with overclocking in the factory modules, up to a maximum speed of 4400 MHz. Although in our review of the BIOS, we have seen that the multiplier supports up to 5000 MHz, perhaps for possible future updates. As you may already suppose, if we install a 3rd generation Ryzen CPU it will support a maximum of 128 GB of memory, while on Ryzen2nd Gen CPU it will support 64 GB at 3600 MHz and on APU 64 GB at 3200 MHz. This is exactly the same in all new generation plates.

Storage and PCI slots

So we started to see the PCIe lane distribution as always talking about storage and slots on this X570 AORUS Pro board. In this model we have suffered some cuts compared to the AORU MASTER as normal, although still superior to the AORUS ELITE model.

We start with storage, which in this case consists of a total of 2 64 Gbps M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4 slots that are compatible with sizes 2242, 2260, 2280 and 22110. Similarly, they have a heatsink in both slots. The slot located under the CPU is directly connected to the CPU rails, and is only compatible with the PCIe 4.0 / 3.0 x4 interface. The second slot is the one that is connected to the X570 chipset and in this case it does support the SATA 6 Gbps interface. Along with this we have a total of 6 SATA III ports compatible with RAID 0, 1 and 10.

Now let's look at the configuration of PCIe slots, which are also spread between chipset and CPU. We start as always by providing information from the two PCIe 4.0 x16 slots connected to the CPU, which will work as follows:

• With 3rd Gen Ryzen CPUs the slots will work in 4.0 mode at x16 / x0 or x8 / x8 With 2nd Gen Ryzen CPUs the slots will work in 3.0 mode at x16 / x0 or x8 / x8 With 2nd Gen Ryzen APUs and Radeon Vega graphics will work in 3.0 to x8 / x0 mode. So second PCIe x16 slot will be disabled for AP PCIe slots and CPU M.2 slot do not share any lanes.

These two grooves are easily identifiable because they have a steel encapsulation to provide greater durability. These two slots support multiGPU configuration with AMD CrossFire 2-way and Nvidia SLI 2-way as long as we have 3rd-party Ryzen installed in it.

Now let's look at the slots connected to the X570 chipset, which will be two PCIe x1 and one PCIe x16:

• The PCIe x16 slot will work in 4.0 to x4 mode, so you will only have 4 lanes available. The 2 PCIe x1 slots will be able to work in 3.0 or 4.0 with only one available lane. We haven't seen anything about it in the instructions, but we can almost guarantee that one of the PCIe x1 slots shares a bus with the M.2 slot or with the other PCIe x1.

Network connectivity and sound card

As usually happens with the boards in this price range of the new platform, X570 AORUS Pro does not have too many new features to show when it comes to connectivity. Since it only has an RJ-45 port that is controlled by a 10/100/1000 Mbps Intel I211-AT chip. AORUS provides us with support with the cFosSpeed ​​software that basically distributes network packets as optimally as possible through a QoT oriented to gaming, multimedia and P2P.

It should be noted that an X570 AORUS Pro Wi-Fi board that has an integrated Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 M.2 network card is also available.

In the sound section we have the best performance chip available by Realtek, with the ALC1220-VB codec geared towards gaming. It offers a high fidelity output at 120 dBA SNR with Smart Headphone Amp, and an input of up to 114 dBA SNR for microphones. In addition, it supports 32-bit and 192 kHz playback as long as all 8 channels are not being used simultaneously. This chip is accompanied by WIMA FKP2 capacitors and Chemicon capacitors to generate the highest possible audio quality, undoubtedly the best in its segment.

I / O ports and internal connections

Let's now see what ports are found on the X570 AORUS Pro I / O panel:

• 1x HDMI 2.0b (3840 × 2160 @ 60Hz) 4x USB 2.0 (black) 3x USB 3.1 Gen1 (blue and white) 2x USB 3.1 Gen2 (red) 1x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C1x RJ-45S / PDIF for digital audio 5x Jack of 3.5mm for audio

Enough colors for the USB that we have in this panel. We just have to keep in mind that the USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A that is right next to the network port (red) will only work at 10 Gbps with Ryzen of 3rd gen, for the rest of cases it will reach 5 Gbps.

And the main internal ports will be the following:

• 2x USB 2.0 (with up to 4 ports) 2x USB 3.1 Gen1 (with up to 2 ports) 1x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C Front audio connector 7x ventilation headers (compatible with water pump and fan) TPM4x connector RGB LED headers (2 for RGB 4-pin and 2 A-RGB 3-pin operating) Q-Flash Plus button

We have everything we could ask for in this section of internal connectivity, with up to 4 external USB headers and the button that allows us to update the BIOS directly from a USB without having a CPU / memory / GPU installed.

In addition to the 7 connectors for ventilation, we also have a total of 7 internal temperature sensors: for socket, VRM, PCIe x16 slots, chipset, chassis, and two heads for external thermistors. All this can be easily managed with the Smart Fan 5 technology of the Gigabyte and AORUS boards.

The distribution of USB ports that Asus has made between chipset and CPU are as follows:

• X570 chipset: USB Type-C internal and I / O panel, USB 3.1 Gen2 I / O panel, 2 internal USB 3.1 Gen1 headers and all available USB 2.0 on board. CPU: 3 USB 3.1 Gen1 I / O panel and USB 3.1 Gen2 (low red RJ-45) I / O panel

Backup software

In this section we will see above the most interesting programs that support this X570 AORUS Pro, and many other AORUS.

Let's start with the EasyTune and Smart Fan 5 software, which have a practically identical interface, although they take care of different things. The former is primarily used to interface with BIOS overclocking options, both CPU and RAM, as well as voltage and current parameters.

The second, we will use it entirely to control the ventilation system of our equipment, provided that we have the fans directly connected on board. We will be able to create RPM profiles, alerts for temperature thresholds, and many other things.

Then we have a medley of applications in which we can highlight the App Center, for the simple fact that it is partially necessary to be able to install the rest of the applications that the manufacturer makes available to us. From it we can update the rest of the utilities and install the ones that we lack.

Two others that could not be missing are the RGB Fusion 2.0 to manage the board lighting and peripherals connected to it, and the application to update the BIOS. Others that we also see interesting, are those of the network adapter and sFosSpeed, although the latter we have not installed. Do not forget to install the chipset drivers so that the Operating System is integrated into the platform.

testing bench

Our test bench with the X570 AORUS Pro, consists of the following components:

TESTING BENCH
Processor:	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Base plate:	X570 AORUS Pro
Memory:	16GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB Royal DDR4 3600MHz
Heatsink	Stock
HDD	ADATA SU750
Graphic card	Asus ROG Strix GTX 1660 Ti
Power supply	Be Quiet Dark Pro 11 1000W

BIOS

AORUS has one of the most intuitive and simple BIOSes of today, with an interface where everything is perfectly arranged between basic and advanced mode. The first one, only shows us the most relevant information about the installed hardware, while in advanced mode we will have all the tools for more expert users. With a section specially dedicated to overclocking, memory control, CPU, storage devices, etc.

Likewise, we will have access from here to the Smart Fan 5 utility with all the sensors and connectors on the board available. likewise, we can update the BIOS using Q-Flash from here or simply by placing a USB in the specific port on the board. Many of these functions we have already seen are available from the operating system itself, although we recommend doing them from the BIOS itself.

Temperatures

As in other cases, we have not been able to upload the Ryzen 3600X processor at a faster speed than what it offers in stock, it is something that we have already discussed in the review of the processors and the rest of the boards. We have decided to do a 12-hour test with Prime95 to test the 12 + 2 phases of powering this board with the 6-core CPU and its stock heatsink.

We have taken thermal captures with our Flir One PRO to measure the temperature of the VRM externally. In the following table you will have the results that have been measured in the system about the chipset and the VRM during the stress process.

X570 AORUS Pro	Relaxed Stock	Full Stock
VRM	35ºC	47ºC
Chipset	39 ° C	48 ° C

In this case, we see quite low temperatures for the VRM, although it is possible that they will rise a few degrees if we put a 3950X, since it needs more power. In any case, know that the temperatures in the table are measured from inside the components, with HWiNFO.

Final words and conclusion about X570 AORUS Pro

After this intense sheet of information, it is time to summarize and tell the feelings that this X570 AORUS Pro brings us. We know that the X570 platform is quite expensive, and boards like this make the difference, with a cost much closer to what the user asks for and with excellent features, for example, its excellent 12 + 2-phase VRM with MOSFETS Infineon PowlRstage, the best of this new generation.

The performance it has offered us with this 6/12 core CPU and the GTX 1660 Ti has been excellent, forming a great team with memories of +3600 MHz speed. We have observed that the ventilation profile is not too polished, with sudden increases and decreases in RPM. We recommend each user adjust it to your needs

The design seemed very successful, especially for the excellent slightly finned heatsink of the chipset, and especially the two thick heatsinks with thermal pads for the M.2, very easy to remove and those of the VRM with intermediate heatpipe.

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The BIOS is very easy to use, stable, dual and with everything necessary for enthusiastic users. Although aspects of voltage management and especially the overclocking capacity of these CPUs, not available at the moment, beyond the predefined frequencies and voltages in a list, still have to be polished.

The price of this X570 AORUS Pro is around 280-295 euros, and a version with Wi-Fi 6 is also available for those who want extra connectivity. Like others in this price range, we must recommend it for the quality of its components and the great manufacturer behind it.

ADVANTAGE	DISADVANTAGES
+ DESIGN + RGB LIGHTING	- FAN PROFILE RPM IS NOT VERY POLISHED
+ QUALITY COMPONENTS	- PRETTY HIGH PRICES FOR THESE X570
+ VRM POWLRSTAGE AND EXCELLENT TEMPERATURES
+ DOUBLE M.2 PCIE 4.0 WITH HEATSINKS
+ OWN FEATURES OF A HIGHER RANGE

The Professional Review team awards you the gold medal and recommended product:

X570 AORUS Pro

COMPONENT QUALITY - 83%

DISSIPATION - 82%

GAMING EXPERIENCE - 80%

SOUND - 83%

PRICE - 82%

82%