Asus TUF B760M-BTF WiFi D4: All connectors out of sight

Conclusion

Why put connectors from the front of the motherboard when they can be from the back? This is what Asus and other manufacturers are thinking with boards with, say, an inverted connector layout. The TUF B760M-BTF WiFi (D4) model has all connectors moved from front to back. This, with the current trend of glass side panels, mainly contributes to a nicer look. But we’ll also be interested in other, measurable things as part of our analysis.

Conclusion

In the case of the TUF B760M-BTF WiFi D4, you are dealing with a solid mATX motherboard with the added value of atypical connector placement on the back. In terms of compatibility with cases, this can be taken as a disadvantage, after all, you can’t install such a board everywhere. But if you can find a supported case that suits you, the TUF B760M-BTF WiFi D4 is attractive for builds that are also looking for the most attractive price/performance ratio. In this case, there are none of the markups that are common with non-traditional components. And you won’t overpay on a compatible case, where the Asus A21, for example, also features good affordability.

For those users who are bothered by the sight of cables on conventional motherboards, this is a good choice for the cheaper PC build segment. The TUF B760M-BTF WiFi D4 can handle CPUs at over 300W, but you’ll achieve more efficient operation with lower power models.

The VRM is robust enough even for the Core i9-14900K(F) without power limits. Even with a processor this powerful, critical spots will be below 100°C (and thus far from VRM throttling), even in a case with average airflow. Our heat maps do show a hundred degrees Celsius, but that’s a situation without the passive coolers and with them there, it won’t be as dramatic.

In our extensive compute and gaming tests, we didn’t see any anomalies or anything that the Asus BTF board couldn’t handle. Among the results, though, you’ll come across one where the B760M-BTF WiFi D4 ends up on the tail of the charts, but that’s with minimal speed losses, which can also be determined by the relatively slower memory, for example. It should be noted again that the tested variant of this motherboard supports DDR4 type memory. These are significantly cheaper compared to DDR5 memory, and if a lower speed is sometimes achieved, the differences in it definitely do not correspond to the differences in the amount of money that is saved with this motherboard (with DDR4 memory instead of the more expensive DDR5).

The M.2 slots aren’t out of the average in terms of speed either, where even the one on the back of the PCB performs as expected. The same goes for USB ports or ethernet connectivity – over 280 MB/s in both directions. Slightly below average are only the SSD coolers, which are quite small. For the VRM coolers, however, Asus has already used more material, which is also quite nicely sectioned longitudinally and transversely and thus has increased the total radiation area and thus the cooling efficiency.

Internal connectivity is quite extensive, three PCI Express slots and three M.2 slots for SSDs are definitely above standard on an mATX board in this price class. The rest is already mediocre, be it the four SATA slots or the single 19-pin for two USB ports on the front panel of the case.

We can recommend the TUF B760M-BTF WiFi D4, as a motherboard for a cheaper gaming setup to help make the computer look as visually pleasing as possible as well, with a clear conscience. And taking into account its uniqueness, we award it the “Smart buy!“. Lastly, and once more – you will not fit this motherboard into any case and compatibility is required to respond to the unconventional placement of the connectors at the back, or on the opposite side of the PCB to the normal.

English translation and edit by Jozef Dudáš

Niektoré z testovaných dosiek sú dostupné aj v e-shope Datacomp

Special thanks also go to Blackmagic Design (for a DaVinci Resolve Studio license) and Topaz Labs (for DeNoise AI, Gigapixel AI and Sharpen AI licenses)

• Contents
• Asus TUF B760M-BTF WiFi D4 in detail
• What it looks like in the BIOS
• Methodology: Performance tests
• Methodology: How we measure power draw
• Methodology: Temperature and frequency measurements
• Test setup
• 3DMark
• Borderlands 3
• F1 2020
• Metro Exodus
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider
• Total War Saga: Troy
• PCMark and Geekbench
• Web performance
• 3D rendering: Cinebench, Blender, ...
• Video 1/2: Adobe Premiere Pro
• Video 2/2: DaVinci Resolve Studio
• Graphics effects: Adobe After Effects
• Video encoding
• Audio encoding
• Photos: Adobe Photoshop, Affinity Photo, ...
• (De)compression
• (De)encryption
• Numerical computing
• Simulations
• Memory and cache tests
• M.2 (SSD) slots speed
• USB ports speed
• Ethernet speed
• Power draw without power limits
• Power draw with power limits
• Achieved CPU clock speed
• CPU temperature
• VRM temperature – thermal imaging of Vcore and SOC
• SSD temperature
• Chipset temperature (south bridge)
• Conclusion