Asus TUF Gaming B760-PLUS WIFI D4 Mainboard Review – Z690/DDR5 or B760/DDR4?

Test System

Test System Specs
Reference Mainboard Asus TUF Gaming B760-PLUS WIFI D4
or
Asus Prime Z690-A
CPU Intel i9-12900KF
GPU Asus Rog Strix Gaming OC RTX 4090
or
AMD Radeon RX 6900XT
NVMe WD BLACK SN850 1TB
RAM Crucial Ballistix (2 x 8GB) 4000MHz
or
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR5 32GB (2 x 16GB) 5200MHz
Power Supply Seasonic Vertex 1200W
(Cybenetics Platinum)
CPU Cooler NH-D15S chromax.black
Case DimasTech Bench
Ambient Temperature 21°C ±3°C
Drivers NVIDIA: 531.18 WHQL

I compared the mainboard with a previous generation, Asus Prime Z690-A, which uses DDR5 RAM. It has a close price, currently at $240, so some users might opt to get a z690 mainboard, allowing for overclocking, which is compatible with the newest CPUs, instead of a B760 mainboard.

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2 thoughts on “Asus TUF Gaming B760-PLUS WIFI D4 Mainboard Review – Z690/DDR5 or B760/DDR4?

  1. Sorry, but those numbers cannot be correct. B760 has no OC, enforced power limits, thus 241W to the CPU for a max of 56 seconds.
    That would explain the VRM and CPU temps, because with that VRM, that cooler, and 350+W into the CPU, the VRM and CPU temps would not be that low even on Mars.

    1. I have powenetics measuring CPU power consumption in real-time, throughout all tests. In gaming, the PSU doesn’t have to go full power, while in apps the difference is 10%! So the numbers are correct, yes.

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