Motherboard Tier List (EOL)

[LukeSavenije]

newer version can be found here:

 

Credit to: @Jurrunio @GoldenLag

 

The following list is based on facts, ranked on power delivery and known problems. The list will include modern motherboards for both Intel and AMD chips From Asus, Asrock, Biostar EVGA, Gigabyte, MSI, NZXT and Supermicro (chipsets will be listed). We’ll include the recommended chips we would do with the boards.

 

For advanced users: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Smj5dh97n32wJqm5dkdDcQt8ID7vH52-lKzaaXUUQx8/edit?usp=sharing

 

AMD (AM4 Althlon 2xx, Ryzen 3, Ryzen 5, Ryzen 7, Ryzen 9)

All current draw figures are based on Prime95 small FFT with AVX unless otherwise specified, in other words the worst case scenario. Only the top end SKU of CPUs in the same generation and core/thread count configuration is named, others share the same rating. Zen scales down frequency and voltage according to EDC (current limit) and TDC (thermal limit) settings of the motherboard so in theory you won’t cook the VRM of any board at stock, you just lose frequency.

 

AM4 (Athlon 2xx, Ryzen 3, Ryzen 5, Ryzen 7, Ryzen 9)

Tier S 300A current draw on little ambient airflow (i.e below a big air cooler in a well-ventilated case), maxed out 3950X on liquid nitrogen (LN2) overclocking

Asus: X570 Hero

Gigabyte: X570 Aorus Xtreme

MSI: X570 Godlike

 

Tier S- 250A current draw on little ambient airflow, maxed out 3900X on liquid nitrogen (LN2) overclocking

Asus: X570 Strix-E, Pro WS Ace, Impact, ITX

Asrock: X570 Taichi, Phantom Gaming X, Creator

Gigabyte: X570 Aorus Master

MSI: X570 Creation, Ace, Unify

 

Tier A 200A current draw on little ambient airflow, maxed out 3950X on ambient cooling, 2700x on LN2

Asus: X570 Strix-F, TUF Plus, Prime Pro, Prime-P, X470 Crosshair VII Hero, X370 Crosshair VI Extreme

Asrock: X570 ITX/TB3, X470 Taichi (Ultimate), X370 Taichi, Professional Gaming

Gigabyte: X570 Aorus Ultra, Pro (ATX), X470 Gaming 7

MSI: X470 M7 AC

 

Tier B 160A current draw on little ambient airflow, maxed out 3900X, 3950x at 1.3V on ambient cooling, maxed out 1800X on LN2

Asus: X470 Strix-F, X370 Crosshair VI Hero, Strix-F

Biostar: X570 GT8, X470 GT8, X370 GT7

Gigabyte: X570 Aorus Elite, ITX

 

Tier C 125A current draw on little ambient airflow, maxed out 2700X, 3900x at 1.3V on ambient cooling (P95)

Asus: X470 Strix-I, B450 Strix-I, X370 Prime Pro

Asrock: X570 Extreme4, Steel Legend, Pro4 (ATX & mATX), Phantom K4

Gigabyte: X570 UD, Gaming X, X370 Gaming K7, Gaming 5

MSI: X570 Gaming Pro Carbon, !X470 Gaming Pro Carbon, !B450 Gaming Pro Carbon, Tomahawk (& Max), Gaming Plus ATX (& Max), A Pro (& Max), Mortar (& Max), Gaming Plus mATX, Bazooka Plus, Gaming Plus ITX, X370 M7 ACK, XPower Titanium

 

Tier D 100A current draw on little ambient airflow, maxed out 1800X and 3700X, a tad more than maxed out 2600X, maxed out 2700X in ambient cooling (Cinebench R15)

Asus: X470 Prime Pro, B450 TUF Pro, Strix-E, X370 Strix-I, B350 Strix-I

Asrock: X470 Master SLI, K4, ITX, !B450 K4, Steel Legend, ITX

Gigabyte: X470 Gaming 5, Ultra Gaming, B450 Aorus Pro (ATX), Aorus Elite

MSI: X570 A-Pro, Gaming Plus, Edge, !X470 Gaming Plus, Gaming Pro, B450 Pro-VDH (& Max & V2), Bazooka (& V2), X370 Gaming Pro Carbon, Krait Gaming, SLI Plus, Gaming Plus, Gaming Pro, B350 Gaming Pro Carbon, Krait Gaming

 

Tier E 75A current draw on little ambient airflow, maxed out 1600X and 3600X, a bit more than maxed out 2500X

Asus: X470 TUF Plus, B450 Strix-F, TUF Plus, Prime Plus, X370 Prime-A, B350 Strix-F, Prime Plus, TUF Plus

Asrock: X470 Master SLI, K4, B450 K4, Steel Legend, Pro4, M/AC, HDV, X370 Gaming X, Killer SLI, mITX, K4, Pro4, B350 mITX, Pro4, K4, HDV, AB350M

Biostar: X470 GTA, GTQ, GTN, X370 GT5, GT3, B350 GT5, GT3, GTN

Gigabyte: B450 Aorus M, Gaming X, DS3H, ITX X370 Gaming K5, K3, 3, Gaming, DS3H, !B350 Gaming 3, Gaming, DASH, DS3H, AB350N Gaming-WiFi

MSI: B450 Pro-M2 (& Max) B350 Gaming Plus, Tomahawk, PC Mate, Bazooka, Mortar, Pro-VDH, Pro-VH Plus, Pro-VD Plus

 

Tier F 50A current draw on little ambient airflow, maxed out 1300X

Asus: B450 Prime-K, Prime-A, B350 Prime-A, Prime-E, Prime-K

Asrock: B450 HDV R4.0, B350 HDV R3.0, HDV R4.0

Biostar: X570GT, B350 B45M2, HiFi B350S1, ET2

Gigabyte: B350 D3H, D3V, HD3, DS2

MSI: B450 Pro-M2 V2, B350 Gaming Pro

 

Tier H2O Liquid cooled only VRM, terrible if cooled only with air, tier S if liquid cooled

Asus: X570 Crosshair VIII Formula

Asrock: X570 Aqua

 

Tier W Workstation features, can appear here and above tiers

Asus: X570 Pro WS Ace (ECC certification)

Asrock rack: X570 D2I, D4U-2L2T, X470 D4U (ECC cert + KVM switch), D4U2-2T (ECC cert + KVM switch)

 

AMD (TR4, Threadripper)

 

Tier LN2 700A current draw under mist of liquid nitrogen and high RPM fan (ambient air? unrealistic), maxed out 2990WX under an awful lot of liquid nitrogen

Asus: Zenith Extreme Alpha

MSI: Creation

 

Tier S 500A current draw on little ambient airflow, maxed out (1.35v) 2990WX on ambient cooling (P95), 2970WX on liquid nitrogen

Asus: Zenith Extreme Alpha

MSI: Creation

 

Tier A 350A current draw on little ambient airflow, maxed out 2970WX on ambient cooling (P95), 2990WX limited to 1.175v (P95)

Gigabyte: Aorus Xtreme

 

Tier B 300A current draw on little ambient airflow, maxed out 2970WX on ambient cooling (Cinebench R20)

Asus: Zenith Extreme with cooling kit

 

Tier C 250A current draw on little ambient airflow, maxed out 2950X on ambient cooling, 2970WX limited to 1.15v (P95)

Asus: Zenith Extreme

MSI: Gaming Pro Carbon AC, SLI Plus

 

Tier D 200A current draw on little ambient airflow, maxed out 2920X and 1950X on ambient cooling

Asus: Strix-E, Prime-A

Asrock: Taichi (mATX & ATX), Professional Gaming

Gigabyte: Gaming 7, Designare EX, Aorus Pro

 

Tier E 150A current draw on little ambient airflow, maxed out 1920X on ambient cooling

Asrock: Phantom 6

 

Intel (1151 v2, 2066)
 

Tier S Extreme overclocking (i7oc, i9oc)

Asus: Maximus XI extreme, Maximus X extreme, Rampage VI Apex, Rampage VI, Maximus XI Gene, Maximus X Apex, Maximus XI Apex

EVGA: Dark

Gigabyte: Aorus Xtreme (WaterForce), x299-aorus gaming 9

MSI: MEG Godlike, MEG creation

 

Tier A High-end gaming (i5oc, i7oc, i9oc)

Asrock: Taichi (ultimate) (xe), x299-Extreme4, Phantom Gaming 9, x299-fatal1ty (xe)

EVGA: FTW, Classified K, Micro

Gigabyte: Designare, Aorus Master, z390-Aorus Ultra, z390-Aorus Pro, z390-Aorus Elite, Aorus Gaming 7, x299-gaming 7 (pro)

MSI: M7, MEG ACE

 

Tier B Mainstream gaming (i5oc, i7oc)

Asus: zxxx-Strix, x299-strix, Maximus XI Formula/Hero/Code, Maximus X Formula/Hero/Code, zxxx-Prime-A, X299-TUF, X299-Prime Deluxe

Asrock: Phantom Gaming ITX/6/atx-ac/, zxxx-Fatal1ty, z370/z390-Extreme4
Biostar: Z370GT6

Gigabyte: z390-Gaming SLI/plus/m gaming, Gaming 5, x299-aorus gaming 3 (pro), x299-aorus ultra gaming, x299-aorus ultra gaming pro

MSI: zzxx-Pro Carbon, Edge, MPG, M5, Krait, x299-sli plus

NZXT: N7

 

Tier C Value gaming (i3, i5, i7)

Asus: hxxx-Strix, bxxx-Strix

Asrock: zxxx-Pro4, Phantom Gaming 4, ATX/ac, Killer/SLI, hxxx-fatal1ty, bxxx-fatal1ty, Bxxx-Pro4

Gigabyte: Gaming 3, UD4, z390-UD

MSI: Tomahawk, Mortar, Gaming Pro, bazooka, hxxx-pro carbon, Gaming Pro, Raider, zxxx-SLI plus

 

Tier D Basic (pentium, celeron, i3, i5)

Asus: TUF, Prime-P, Prime-Plus, Prime-C

Asrock: hxxx-Pro4, HDV, DGS, HDVP

EVGA: Stinger

Gigabyte: D3, XP, HD3, DS3H, N-wifi, s2p, n, m h, d3, S2, DS2V, HD2

MSI: A-Pro, PC-pro, Gaming Plus, Pro-VDH, Pro-VD, Pro-VH, Pro-D, Pro-VHL, Pro-VL

 

Tier W: Workstation (i7, i9)

Asus: WS Pro, WS Sage

Supermicro: CGW-O

 

notes

Spoiler

(by @fasauceome)

 

Sources:

Spoiler

art Sources:

Hardwareluxx.de: VRM parts table (AM4 B350/X370/B450/X470)

 

/u/CR1318 on reddit: Motherboard Tier List

 

Tweaktown: biostar x370gt7; biostar x370gtn gaming; biostar a320mh pro gaming

 

Buildzoid: Gigabyte's Z390 lineup; Asrock X470 Master SLI; Asrock AB350M Pro 4, AB350 Pro 4 and AB350 Gaming K4; ASUS Prime X470-Pro; Asrock X370 Taichi; MSI X470 Gaming Plus; MSI B450M Mortar Titanium; Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Xtreme; ASUS Maximus XI Apex; Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Ultra; MSI MEG X399 Creation; Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro Wifi; ASUS TUF B450M-Pro Gaming; ASUS TUF B450M-Pro Gaming; Asrock X470 Master SLI / Gaming K4; "Asrock X470 Master SLI VRM temperature sensing is broken"; EVGA Z370 Micro; Gigabyte B450M Gaming; EVGA Z390 FTW; Gigabyte X370 Gaming K5; Asrock X570 Pro4; Asus X570 Strix-E; Gigabyte x570; MSI x570; Asrock x570; Asus x570; Asus X570 Prime-P; Asus X570 Strix-F; Gigabyte X570 Aorus Ultra; Gigabyte X570 Gaming X;

 

GN (Buidzoid): Best Motherboards for AMD Ryzen 2018 - AM4 X470 & B450; Best Z390 Motherboards for VRMs, 10Gb LAN, Mini-ITX, Micro-ATX (2018); Best AM4 Motherboards for Overclocking (X370 & B350); EVGA X299 DARK; MSI Z390 Godlike; ASUS Maximus XI Hero; ASUS Crosshair VI Hero X370; ASUS X399 Zenith Extreme; EVGA X299 DARK

 

Bitwit: Biostar Racing X370 GTN

 

Sebelas Hardware: Biostar Racing X370 GT3

 

hardwareinside.de: biostar-racing x370gt5

 

play3r.net: biostar racing x370gt5

 

back2gaming.com: biostar racing b350gt5

 

Proclockers: biostar h310mhd pro

 

[Hiya!]

Hmm its going to be a lot of work on this one..

[LukeSavenije]

3 minutes ago, valdyrgramr said:

Might wanna edit as some of the tier letters turned into emojis.

not again...

 

brb

[LukeSavenije]

3 minutes ago, Hiya! said:

Hmm its going to be a lot of work on this one..

yep

[genexis_x]

Should also tag this guy @thicc_boi. Helped a lot in picking AMD boards

 

[LukeSavenije]

2 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Should also tag this guy @thicc_boi. Helped a lot in picking AMD boards

do you have a source on that?

[genexis_x]

7 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

do you have a source on that?

Check out his older posts. He has an AMD board list a while ago, but outdated of course (yes, I still keep it until today)

[LukeSavenije]

2 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

Check out his older posts. He has an AMD board list a while ago, but outdated of course (yes, I still keep it until today)

it's a bit outdated, but should come to good use

 

tho you do have a new version now

[jiyeon]

52 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

Tier E Basic (pentium, celeron, i3)

Asus: TUF, Prime-P, Prime-Plus, Prime-C

looks at Z370-P motherboard

 

"You bring shame upon this household."

 

Although, for a Tier E board, I've managed to run my 8600K on 4.7GHz for the past few months, not to say it isn't one of the most basic boards one can buy, because I can't deny that.

[LukeSavenije]

Just now, seoz said:

Although, for a Tier E board, I've managed to run my 8600K on 4.7GHz for the past few months, not to say it isn't one of the most basic boards one can buy, because I can't deny that.

yeah, but you are lucky and have a higher binned chip

 

it's true

[genexis_x]

I have a few suggestions actually

1 hour ago, LukeSavenije said:

Intel (x299, z390, z370, h370, b360, h310)

AMD (b350, b450, x370, x470, x399)

Make these titles bigger

 

Also, should differentiate OC and non-OC:

Example: Ryzen 7 without OC can work in lower end boards. Should have R7 OC and R7

[LukeSavenije]

5 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

I have a few suggestions actually

Make these titles bigger

 

Also, should differentiate OC and non-OC:

Example: Ryzen 7 without OC can work in lower end boards. Should have R7 OC and R7

that's a good one... give me some time to look into it

[Quadriplegic]

I'd say it would look nicer if Intel and AMD were separated in some way, i.e.:
Intel:

.

 

AMD:

,

[LukeSavenije]

1 minute ago, Quadriplegic said:

I'd say it would look nicer if Intel and AMD were separated in some way, i.e.:
Intel:

  Reveal hidden contents

.

 

 

AMD:

  Reveal hidden contents

,

 

i won't work with spoilers for that

 

i made the difference title bigger now tho

[LukeSavenije]

32 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

I have a few suggestions actually

Make these titles bigger

 

Also, should differentiate OC and non-OC:

Example: Ryzen 7 without OC can work in lower end boards. Should have R7 OC and R7

it's fixed btw

[ReggieGRS]

Guess there won't be any older platforms listed here?

[genexis_x]

2 hours ago, LukeSavenije said:

Tier S Extreme overclocking (i7oc, i9oc)

Tier A High-end gaming (i5oc, i7oc, i9oc)

Tier B Mainstream gaming (i5oc, i7oc)

Tier D Value gaming (i3oc, i5oc, i7)

Tier E Basic (pentium, celeron, i3)

I don't see locked i5 and i7?

[LukeSavenije]

8 minutes ago, ReggieGRS said:

Guess there won't be any older platforms listed here?

not for now... this already was a lot of work

 

7 minutes ago, GeneXiS_X said:

I don't see locked i5 and i7?

just assume when i don't list oc, i mean locked

[genexis_x]

One more suggestion: Should add sources of mobo info / reviews too

[LukeSavenije]

1 minute ago, GeneXiS_X said:

One more suggestion: Should add sources of mobo info / reviews too

good suggestion

 

but that would require way too much work... and we might get some engineering datasheets if we're lucky enough

[CraigSwords]

Just a little grammar mistake, but on AMD S tier, it's 10000oc for some reason.

[LukeSavenije]

2 minutes ago, CraigSwords said:

Just a little grammar mistake, but on AMD S tier, it's 10000oc for some reason.

yep

 

thanks!

[FloRolf]

I honestly don't Really see the point of this list. 

For me it basically says, expensive boards are expensive and cheap boards are cheap. 

The thing I wanna know is, is the expensive board really good quality or is it actually shit? 

[LukeSavenije]

5 minutes ago, FloRolf said:

I honestly don't Really see the point of this list. 

For me it basically says, expensive boards are expensive and cheap boards are cheap. 

The thing I wanna know is, is the expensive board really good quality or is it actually shit? 

that's why some "expensive" motherboards are in lower tiers

 

look at some maximus boards for example

[Oalei]

No asrock steel legend? Or it's not decided yet?