Summary
ASUS says it won ten 2026 European Hardware Association Reader Awards across motherboards, graphics cards, monitors, PCs, gaming laptops, routers and overclocking. The company’s release identifies the ROG Maximus Z890 APEX as the named product among the winners.
ASUS announced on September 18, 2026, that it had won ten 2026 European Hardware Association (EHA) Reader Awards. The awards span motherboards, graphics cards, gaming and portable monitors, desktop gaming PCs, gaming laptops, routers and overclocking hardware.
The results were announced by ASUS in a company press release. ASUS describes the awards as recognition from EHA readers and says the association consists of nine European technology publications with a combined audience of more than 20 million enthusiasts across 22 countries.
Ten awards across ASUS and ROG hardware
The ten categories listed by ASUS are:
- Best Intel Motherboard
- Best AMD Motherboard
- Best NVIDIA-Based Graphics Card
- Best AMD-Based Graphics Card
- Best Gaming Monitors
- Best Portable Monitors
- Best Routers
- Best Desktop Gaming PCs
- Best Gaming Laptops
- Best Overclocking Product
The awards cover products sold under both ASUS and Republic of Gamers (ROG), ASUS’s gaming-focused sub-brand. They therefore represent a broad hardware portfolio rather than a single product launch or technology announcement.
ASUS links the recognition to its user-focused design approach and highlights different product capabilities across the categories. For motherboards, the company points to features including AI Cache Boost, AI Advisor, NPU Boost and the DIY-oriented Q-Design system. Its graphics-card description focuses on cooling systems, power delivery and reliability-focused engineering. The monitor awards cover ASUS gaming and portable displays, including products in its ROG, ProArt and ZenScreen OLED lines.
The networking category recognises ASUS routers, with the company highlighting AiMesh, a system designed to allow compatible routers to operate as a scalable Wi-Fi network. The desktop and laptop awards cover ROG and TUF Gaming systems, which ASUS describes in terms of performance, cooling, display capability, durability and upgradeability.
ROG Maximus Z890 APEX takes the overclocking award
The only individual product named in the announcement is the ROG Maximus Z890 APEX, which won Best Overclocking Product. ASUS says the motherboard supports Intel Core Ultra processors (Series 2) and is designed for enthusiasts tuning processor and memory performance beyond standard operating settings.
The board uses a two-slot DDR5 memory layout and includes a power-delivery design that ASUS presents as suitable for demanding overclocking work. Its styling includes a cobble-gray surface, polished metallic accents and a predominantly silver colour scheme.
Overclocking changes processor or memory operating parameters to seek higher performance, while increasing the need for careful control of power, temperature and system stability. A motherboard aimed at this audience therefore tends to emphasise power delivery, firmware controls, cooling compatibility and memory tuning rather than only general-purpose features.
ASUS presents the ten awards as evidence that its design philosophy is being recognised across enthusiast computing, from individual components and displays to complete gaming systems and network equipment. The announcement provides the category results and the named motherboard winner, while the award methodology and category-level voting details are not included in the release.