ASRock X370 Taichi AMD AM4 Motherboard Review

The technical data …

Manufacturer ASRock
Name X370 Taichi
Type / Chipset AMD AM4 CPU / AMD Promontory X370 chipset
Dimensions +++ 23 mm (43 mm radius) around the socket to the next capacitor or other mainboard parts – for further information see Fit for Fan. The space to the next bigger heatsink is approx. 41 mm (61 mm radius). The overall size of this ATX motherboard is 305 x 244 mm.
Slots ++++ PCIe 3.0: 2×16, PCIe 2.0: 1×16, 2×1, 4x DDR4-800 – DDR4-2667, DDR4-3200+ OC, max 64GB RAM
Connectors +++++ 8x SATA3 + 2x SATA3 (ASMedia ASM1061), 1x Ultra M.2, 1x M.2, 1x PS/2, 1x TPM, 1x 10/100/1000 Mbps base-T Ethernet (Intel I211AT), 1x WLAN 2.4/5 GHz IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac to 433 Mbps, 1x Bluetooth 4.0 / 3.0 + High speed class II, 1x USB 3.1 Typ-C, 1x USB 3.1 Typ-A, 10x USB 3.0 Typ-A (4x of them internal, slot bracket for additional ports is not included), 4x USB 2.0 (all of them internal, slot bracket for additional ports is not included), 8-Channel Realtek ALC 1220 onboard 7.1 sound with 5x 3.5 mm connectors (1x optical S/PDIF, 1x int. Aux, ext. Line in, ext. Mic, ext. Front out, ext. Rear out, ext. Center/Subwoofer) and 5x fan (5x 4Pin).
VCore +++++ In the VCore BIOS of 0.900 volts up to 2.500 volts
Multiplier ++++ In the BIOS from 16x to 63x (maximum multi depending on the CPU)
BCLK ++++ In the BIOS by 100 – 200 MHz
VIO/VDD ++++ DRAM Voltage (DDR4 Voltage) 1.100 to 2.235V, VTT_DDR 0.500 to 1.200 Volt, VDDCR_SOC 0.9000 to 2.5000 Volt or Offset, VPPM Voltage 2.000 to 3.200V, 2.50V PROM Voltage 2.000 to 3.300V, +1.8V Voltage 1.700 to 3.000V, VDDP Voltage 0.800 to 1.560V, PCH +1.05V Voltage 0.950 to 1.250V, CPU Load Line Calibration 1 to 5.
Performance* ++++ Benchmark values comparison with different graphics cards and benchmark tools.

SiSoftware Sandra 2013 benchmark values with AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Summit CPU.
SiSoftware Sandra 2013 arithmetic processor performance in Windows 7: 154,25 GOPS
SiSoftware Sandra 2013 multimedia processor performance in Windows 7: 331 MPixel/s

SiSoftware Sandra 2013 benchmark values with AMD Ryzen 7 1800X CPU.
SiSoftware Sandra 2013 arithmetic processor performance in Windows 7: 224,2 GOPS
SiSoftware Sandra 2013 multimedia processor performance in Windows 7: 507 MPixel/s

3DMark benchmark values with AMD Ryzen 5 1600 processor
1x MSI Radeon R9 280 Twin Frozr gaming 3 GB PCIe 3.0 graphics card:
3DMark on Windows 7: Fire Strike 6576, Cloud Gate 20575, Ice Storm 82678
3DMark06 on Windows 7: 26761 3DMarks

3DMark benchmark values with AMD Ryzen 7 1800X processor
1x MSI Radeon R9 280 Twin Frozr gaming 3 GB PCIe 3.0 graphics card:
3DMark on Windows 7: Fire Strike6662, Cloud Gate 25184, Ice Storm 105459
3DMark06 on Windows 7: 31327 3DMarks

Manual and Labeling +++ Well placed, complete motherboard description and good manual with a lot of tips about topics like CPU installation, memory installation, etc.. The manual comes in different languages. In addition a separated Software Setup Guide with UEFI settings is contained.

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