The Gigabyte is a tad more expensive than rivals at the affordable end of the market, but it justifies its cost with better features in almost every department alongside faster, more consistent performance in applications and games. A superb option for the majority of affordable and mainstream builds.

Apart from some slightly high power numbers, the Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro is a much better-rounded board than either of the recent budget-conscious efforts from MSI and Asus. It sports the full complement of audio ports plus a top-end audio codec, has plenty of fan headers and USB ports, and is available with Wi-Fi for only a little more, bettering both other boards' specifications in a number of areas. ...

Below the Z390 I Aorus Pro WiFi's price tag of around £160, you only really have the MSI MPG Intel Z390I Gaming Edge AC WiFi when it comes to mini-ITX on the Z390 chipset. Gigabyte's own Z370N WiFi is still available and is compatible with Intel's 9th generation CPUs, but we haven't tested the two so can't guarantee you'd see the same sort of results either at stock speed or when overclocking. ...