Ultra 7 265K+RTX 5080 frames are soaring! Gigabyte e-sports host test

Foreword

With the continued popularity of the domestic e-sports industry in recent years, many players have come up with the idea of ​​DIYing a set of e-sports consoles. In today's high-performance PC hardware field, Gigabyte AORUS series has become the first choice for many e-sports players and event leagues with its solid technology. Not only did it jointly build the wonderful "PUBG" PCL event, but it also joined forces with Gigabyte AORUS star promoter - Eggplant to continuously select a set of e-sports equipment for players. This time we ordered the download hardware group to receive this set of Gigabyte Z890 AORUS MASTER super carved motherboard, GeForce RTX 5080 GAMING OC Magic Eagle 16G graphics card, plus Ultra 7 265K processor to form a board U card set, and use the hardware in our hands to DIY out a flagship e-sports host. Finally, from multiple dimensions such as hardware design, cooling efficiency, performance performance, and actual gaming experience, we will comprehensively analyze this fantasy combination that can meet the ultimate 4K picture quality and high refresh rate e-sports needs.

The configuration is good and the combat power is full!

In terms of main configuration, this Gigabyte Z890 AORUS MASTER super carved motherboard continues the consistent tough style of Gigabyte high-end motherboard in terms of appearance design, while integrating more modern e-sports elements. The motherboard adopts a standard ATX version, with the overall color of black, and is paired with a large area of ​​metal heat dissipation armor, showing a calm and technological visual effect. The surface of the cooling armor adopts a large number of beveled stripes to enhance the three-dimensional sense. Gigabyte's iconic AORUS head logo is engraved on the chipset heat sink. The upper right corner is also laser engraved, and the details are exquisite, bringing players a lot of visual impact.

And the most eye-catching thing is the 18+1+2 phase power supply design equipped on the motherboard, of which 18 phases are specially powered for the CPU core, each phase supports up to 110A current, and the total output power easily exceeds the 1000W mark. It is also stress-free to run this 8P+12E and a maximum turbo frequency of 5.5GHz Ultra 7 265K with full load is also free of pressure. The solid power supply scale not only ensures the stable operation of the processor under extreme loads, but also provides sufficient room for overclocking enthusiasts to play. The motherboard VRM area adopts aluminum extruded heat dissipation armor, which is connected to the top heat dissipation module with the embedded heat pipe, achieves an excellent heat even-allocated effect, and can maintain the low temperature state of the power supply module even under long-term high load operation.

In terms of memory support, the Z890 AORUS MASTER Super Engraving demonstrates Gigabyte's deep accumulation in the field of memory tuning. The motherboard is equipped with four DDR5 slots, which supports up to 9500+MHz ultra-high frequency memory. It can increase bandwidth by 10% with one click through the "High Bandwidth" and "Low Latency" modes in BIOS and reduce latency by 10%, which is significantly helpful for frame rate stability in e-sports games, especially large competitive games that are sensitive to memory latency such as "PUBG".

In terms of extended performance, the Z890 AORUS MASTER provides 2 Thunderbolt 4 interfaces, 2 PCIe 5.0 M.2 slots and 3 PCIe 4.0 M.2 interfaces to fully meet users' needs for high-speed storage. It is particularly worth mentioning that the motherboard's PCIe 5.0 x16 graphics card slot adopts a new generation of ultra-durable design, and the zinc alloy shell provides effective electromagnetic shielding. At the same time, the innovative quick-removal linkage architecture makes the graphics card installation and disassembly extremely easy. This design details reflect Gigabyte's thoughtful consideration of user experience.

It is paired with the Z890 AORUS MASTER Super Carving is the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 GAMING OC Magic Eagle 16G graphics card, built on the Blackwell architecture, and is equipped with 16GB 256bit GDDR7 graphics memory and the latest DLSS 4 technology. In addition, the graphics card adopts an all-black design and is equipped with Gigabyte's exclusive Wind Power cooling system. The three bionic cooling fans are inspired by the wings of the eagle. The wind pressure is increased by 53.6% and the air volume is increased by 12.5%. It achieves excellent heat dissipation while maintaining low noise. At the same time, the back of the graphics card adopts a large-area hollow design, and the dense internal heat dissipation fins can be clearly seen through the grille, which not only enhances the heat dissipation efficiency, but also gives the graphics card a stronger visual sense of layering. The black line coating on the back panel further reinforces the technological aesthetics, allowing it to be the focus of attention in the chassis.

The top design is also exquisite. The GEFORCE RTX logo is printed on the left, and the GIGABYTE LOGO with RGB lighting effect on the right. It supports custom lighting effects and can be adjusted synchronously through the Gigabyte Intelligent Butler (GCC) software, providing a variety of lighting effects modes such as brightness, waves, and cycles to enhance the RGB lighting atmosphere of the entire machine. In addition, the power supply interface is equipped with a power indicator, which intuitively feedbacks the power connection through the light when it is turned off/on-flare/fizzy, avoiding hardware failures caused by abnormal power supply.

In the I/O bezel part, the graphics card provides 3 DP 2.1b and 1 HDMI 2.1b interface, supports up to 8K/165Hz output, meeting the high resolution and high refresh rate display needs. Overall, Gigabyte RTX 5080 GAMING OC Magic Eagle 16G not only focuses on functionality in appearance, but also improves the user experience through detailed design, making it a flagship graphics card with both performance and aesthetics.

Installation display

In order to highlight the exquisite design of the motherboard and graphics card, we chose this 270° panoramic glass side-transparent black samurai-style chassis. This design not only allows players to fully appreciate the beauty of the details of the internal components, but also greatly enhances the visual impact and technological sense of the entire device.

Grill test

Of course, in order to test the heat dissipation performance of the whole machine, it is naturally inseparable from the roasting machine. We also tested the 30-minute double baking test of the whole machine in AIDA64 and FurMark at room temperature 26℃. From the results, thanks to the solid heat dissipation stack of the motherboard and the wind-power cooling system of the graphics card, the motherboard temperature during the oven process is always below 44℃, and the maximum graphics card is only 70℃. The heat dissipation performance of the whole machine is quite excellent.

3DMark Theoretical Performance Test

After the whole machine was installed and equipped, we naturally conducted a round of 3DMark theoretical performance tests. In the classic ray tracing and rasterization performance evaluation, this e-sports console has shown excellent results. With its solid hardware configuration and super strong cooling design, the overall scores of the entire machine surpassed the average level of the 3DMark test list. Not only does it prove its powerful ability when dealing with complex graphics, it also shows its stability and reliability under long and high load operations. For users who are keen on pursuing the ultimate gaming experience and engaged in professional graphics, this performance is undoubtedly very attractive.

In the CPU Profile testing process that focuses on evaluating CPU performance, the performance of the Ultra 7 265K processor is perfectly released thanks to the luxurious power supply configuration and solid heat dissipation stacking of the Z890 AORUS MASTER super carved motherboard. The results show that under such a high-end hardware combination, this e-sports host has no performance bottleneck at all, and the performance of the core hardware can be reasonably utilized. This high-performance performance not only improves the gaming experience, but also provides strong support for content creators. Whether it is video editing or 3D rendering, it can be completed quickly, greatly improving work efficiency. In addition, the stability and expansion of the system also leave enough room for future upgrades, ensuring that users can gradually improve system performance with the development of technology without replacing the motherboard, and have full of future attributes.

Competitive game test

For such a host specially designed for e-sports, we can't wait to start testing its performance in various competitive games. The first test was "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", which jointly held the wonderful e-sports event with Gigabyte. We also tested the classic 8×8 island map in the game - Ellenger.

From the results, at 1080P resolution, this e-sports host can run smoothly at a frame rate of nearly 400, and at the same time, 1% Low frame also has 165 frames, so there is no need to worry about sudden frame drops.The smoothness of the game. Even at 2K resolution, the game can run stably at an ultra-high frame rate of around 252 frames. Even in 4K resolution, the game frame rate exceeds the entry-level high-refresh 144 frames, with a frame rate level of nearly 150 frames. And this is the result tested when the image quality is fully opened. If the image quality in the game is reduced, the game frame rate of the entire machine will be further improved. It is perfect to form such a set of e-sports consoles with superb performance to play "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds".

In addition, we also tested several currently popular online competitive games. Under the preset of 4K picture quality, each game can run smoothly and smoothly at over 100 frames. Ensure that players do not miss any key moments in the most intense confrontation, so as to fully exert their strength and make the winning rate rise step by step.

Large 3A game test

After testing online games, 3A games are naturally indispensable. We also selected three representative 3As that support DLSS 4, namely "Cyberpunk 2077", "Black Myth: Wukong", and "Legend of Hogwarts".

From the results, although the native rendered frames in "Cyberpunk 2077" and "Black Myth: Wukong" with the whole machine with 4K resolution and full picture quality are not satisfactory, but fortunately, this GeForce RTX 5080 GAMING OC Magic Eagle 16G Magic Eagle supports powerful DLSS 4 and multi-frame generation technology. After turning on the 4X level, the frame rates of the two directly reach more than 100 frames. Compared with the native rendered frames, the improvement is very exaggerated.

As for "The Legacy of Hogwarts", which has relatively mild performance requirements, it is excellent in both native rendering and DLSS 4 4X mode, and the frame rate is even close to the threshold of 300 frames at one point. It can be seen that this console platform that focuses on e-sports performance also has the ability to be at ease when facing today's top 3A games.

End

In general, this flagship platform composed of Gigabyte Z890 AORUS MASTER and GeForceRTX 5080 GAMING OC proves what it is with its strength. Whether it is the frame rate rush in 4K ray tracing games or the cool cooling performance under the double baking test, it is like an e-sports teammate who never loses its chain, allowing players to focus on operations and leave the rest to the hardware to conquer.

And this is an e-sports machine that perfectly incorporates professional elements of the Gigabyte AORUS Star Promotion Program. As a star promoter of Gigabyte AORUS, Eggplant has extremely strict requirements on hardware performance, especially in core indicators such as frame rate stability and thermal efficiency. He emphasized many times during the live broadcast: "This wave, this wave is really not a joke!" This classic line aptly describes the hard verification of this configuration, especially in high resolution and ultimate image quality environments, which can bring players a revolutionary gaming experience. For players who pursue extreme frame rates and visual enjoyment, this configuration is undoubtedly an ideal choice.