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Asus ROG Crosshair VIII Extreme X570 Motherboard Review

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While AMD does a great job with its algorithms getting the most out of every chip, we like to see if there is any more left on the table.

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One of the first things we always do is to test any automatic overclocking tools. ASUS has done well with these for several generations now. After a reboot, the Ai Suite will start stepping the clock up a little bit at a time and then running a stress test.

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After a few reboots, we end up with a 9% boost in all-core clock speeds, up to 4.15GHz.

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This gives us a significant boost in multi-core testing, from 6603 points to 7315 points. Single-core testing pretty much stays the same.

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We can do a little manual overclocking right from the desktop as well. We ultimately ended up with 4.25GHz all core which is pretty good for our CPU sample.

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This gives us another decent jump in the score, up more than 13% from our stock run.

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