Over the past 10 years, I have looked at a lot of ASUS and ROG branded motherboards including the Striker II and Blitz motherboards from 2008 up to this motherboard the ASUS ROG STRIX Z390-E Gaming. One constant in that 11-year time span is that the ROG based boards have always been geared to the performance enthusiast and gamer. ASUS software and hardware tools have only improved with expanded functionality and performance results. The STRIX Z390-E Gaming does not stray from the tenets that made the ROG series what it is today.