ASUS Prime X370-Pro
Primed for an average showing.
Slinking out of the shadows of its stablemate, the ASUS Prime X370Pro is an allrounder type solution focused towards general desktop users. This target market may dip into creative workflows and gaming, but these are not the core focus of the board. These specific usage scenarios are simply something else it can do — there is no core focus.
To be frank, this market position is largely due to the gaming sector dominating PC component sales and many other PC usage cases shifting to specialised or portable devices over the past decade. Nonetheless, this is how the Prime series from ASUS is pitched into the market. And for the most part, the Prime series does what it says on the box, and typically without much fanfare. Or hassle for that matter. It just does.
The X370-Pro was mostly unremarkable — namely, it neither disappointed nor inspired. That said, the unit still managed to obtain two podiums in the benchmark assessment with good results, in the X265 video encoding tests and second highest for total frames rendered in Far Cry: Primal. On that note, we guess it does demonstrate the quintessential status of an allrounder, with good ability in both work and play.
The X370-Pro has one point of differentiation to maintain a potential buyer’s focus from the cheaper B350 offerings in this roundup. That is, the X370 chipset. But if build planning is done appropriately, the B350 options could deliver a comparable experience for less cost.