Product Comparison: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO vs ASUS Prime Z390-A

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Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO Motherbard

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General Specifications

Brand

Gigabyte

ASUS

Model

Z390 AORUS PRO

Prime Z390-A

Origin

China

About the Product

The Z390 AORUS Platform supports Intel's latest Optane technology. Optane fuels storage performance by acting as a cache drive giving users a significant boost compared to traditional mechanical drives.

Designed for 9th generation Intel Core processors, the Prime Z390 A delivers maximum performance with customizable style. 5 Way Optimization provides AI overclocking and dynamic fan calibration.

Key Specs

Form Factor

ATX

Socket

LGA1151

Chipset

Intel Z390 Express

Intel Z390

Supported Processors

Supports 9th and 8th Gen Intel Core Processors

Memory Slot Type

288 pin

What customers say about "Key Specs"

Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO Motherbard

Excellent Z390 board, quality, well made, feature rich and good layout.
Replacing my old Z77 system with a Z390 platform. Motherboard looks great and supports everything I need.
Aorus Z390 AORUS PRO is a great motherboard for intel Processors.
This motherboard supports intel I9 intel core processors and I love it.
Great motherboard with lot of features for intel processors.

ASUS Prime Z390-A Motherboard

I used this motherboard for gaming/everyday use with an i7-9700KF processor. It works like a charm.
Extremely excited about this product, since it was a high end motherboard with intel processors support.
Supports 9th gen Intel CPUs so I'm set for future upgrades.
Built a PC around new 9th gen Intel cpu, so far this is working great!
Got this motherboard to support my new i5-9600k processor but it doesn't work.

Size & Weight

Height

12 in.

12.91 in.

Width

9.6 in.

10.35 in.

Depth

1 in.

2.68 in.

Weight

3 lbs.

2.23 lbs.

Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO

ASUS Prime Z390-A

Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO

ASUS Prime Z390-A

Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO

ASUS Prime Z390-A

Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO

ASUS Prime Z390-A

Memory

Memory Type

DDR4

Maximum Speed

4400 MHz

4266 MHz

Number Of Memory Slots

Max. Memory Supported

128 GB

Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO

ASUS Prime Z390-A

Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO

ASUS Prime Z390-A

Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO

ASUS Prime Z390-A

What customers say about "Memory"

Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO Motherbard

Memory is 2 x CORSAIR VENGEANCE RGB PRO 32GB which works great.
Running it with 64GB DDR4 Corsair and everything works well.
Very good motherboard, m2 drives, 128GB DDR4 support.
I had zero coil whine, no issues with the ram at XMP and ASUS bios are amazing.
Not working with ram that’s on the QVL list is baffling, and the stupid amounts of coil whine.

ASUS Prime Z390-A Motherboard

Huge stability boost for DDR4 ram, it's absolutely necessary to those higher speeds.
32GB RAM DDR4 3200MHZ Corsair RAM works flawlessly.
Easily connecting 4 x 8GB RAM with this motherboard.
There are huge memory stability issues with this motherboard.
I have Corsair Vengeance 3200 DDR4 32GB that would only work on stock 2133 hz setting, there are some issue with motherboard.

Connectivity

PCI

PCI-E

3x PCIe 3.0 x16, 3x PCIe 3.0 x1

3x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16, 3x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x1

HDMI

USB

2x USB 3.1 Gen2, 5x USB 3.1 Gen1, 2x USB Type-C, 8x USB 2.0/1.1

4x USB 3.1 Gen2, 6x USB 2.0, 5x USB 3.1 Gen1

SATA

Other Interfaces

2x M.2, Optical S/PDIF out, RJ-45, 5x audio jacks

PS/2, Optical S/PDIF out, 5 x audio jacks, RJ-45, 2x M.2

Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO

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What customers say about "Connectivity"

Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO Motherbard

Optane and the other M.2 drive work well and there are tons of fan headers.
There are USB Type-C port and this is make this great board.
The connectors are fairly well laid out around the board, so it's easy to get things looking neat.
The board layout isn't great either and it's not a good fit for the Corsair 400C either as you can't put the plastic PSU cover back on.
Access to One M.2 slot and all SATA ports are blocked by graphic card.

ASUS Prime Z390-A Motherboard

This is a great board with huge connections for everything.
Supports all the current fast speeds, mostly, including four Gen2 USB ports.
The High-speed USB work as expected, the board is well equipped for daily use.
I am very pleased over all with this Motherboard. It has plenty of USB ports, it supports PCIe 3.0, and with the right processor will get up and fly.
Very nice board with USB 3.1 support. User friendly bios.

Features

Native Audio

Realtek ALC1220-VB

Realtek ALC S1220A

Additional Accessories Included

4x SATA cables, 2x M.2 Screw, Driver disk

ASUS Q-Shield, 3x SATA cables, M.2 Screw, Q-connector, SCD

Extras

Intel Optane Memory Ready, Advanced Thermal Design, RGB FUSION 2.0, Smart Fan 5

AI overclocking, OptiMem II, Premium components provide better power efficiency, ASUS Aura Sync

What customers say about "Features"

Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO Motherbard

I was impressed with the temperature sensors.
This motherboard using a very good sound card.
Thermal guard for both M.2 slots with massive quantity of fans connections.
The BIOS is ugly, poorly organised and non-intuitive.
Unfortunately, there is improvement in BIOS but still not enough.

ASUS Prime Z390-A Motherboard

Everything you could think of to do in the BIOS is available and easy to do.
Bios is easy to navigate with easy over clocking features.
Individual fan controls allowed me to isolate a particular fan that was making an unsettling noise.
My first impression is that the board is very stable, haven't had any random blue-screens.
There's very noticeable noise when no sound is playing.

Power

Power Connectors

24-pin ATX, 8-pin ATX 12V, 4-pin ATX 12V

24-pin EATX, 8-pin ATX 12V

Warranty / Certifications

Manufacturer Warranty

1 year(s)

3 year(s)

Certifications

FCC, CE

CE, FCC

Other Information