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Cinebench
We used the ‘CPU’ test built into Cinebench R15 .
WinRAR
WinRAR’s built in benchmark and hardware test can help us outline the performance differentials between each motherboard. We record the amount of data processed after a 30-second run.
Handbrake Conversion
We measured the average frame rate achieved for a task of converting a 4.36GB 720P H.264 movie (in the MKV container) to one in the MP4 container.
The enhanced CPU cache frequency applied by ASRock's MCE setting is again proving positive in the benchmark results. All three of our CPU-related benchmarks show positive benefits from the 10% speed bump.
As already pointed out, there's nothing stopping us reaching similar performance levels by simply adjusting the CPU cache frequency multiplier on the competing boards. The only real difference is that ASRock increases the CPU cache frequency when its all-core turbo MCE setting is enabled.
Did you ever get the RAM issue with reboots with high speeds sorted? I am having the same issue, although when my PC reboots it doesn’t fail to start up, but with tight timings on my current 16GB set (CL12@2666) or high speed (CL14@3200Mhz) I can’t get the PC to stay turned off, but other than that the RAM runs fine for day to day use if I keep the computer turned on. I am on the latest 3.30 BIOS revision as well.
Thanks
You’d probably be better off with the newer USB 3.1 revision of the board, it has the OC Socket with extra pins and is way better for RAM, especially overclocking.
Thanks for the reply! I may look into that, but not really in a position to replace the motherboard. It’s been a little over a year since buying. Wonder if they could offer some form of trade-in for this issue since it does look like a BIOS bug/glitch? Or I would probably assume this would fall under a clause of, “Not officially supported RAM, so nothing we can do”. Anyone have any experience working with ASRock on these kind of issues?
I bought exactly the same setup 2 years ago. The the Asrock F-Streaming overclocking software could not get a stable result. Not even at 4.0ghz. Read the article and emulated your 4.6ghz settings at 1.36v. Stable as a rock. Ended up at 1.33v. Below that it becomes unstable. Aircooled (noctua NH-D14) never get’s above 60c under load and idles around 25-30c. Was thinking about getting a 7700k but there’s no need for that now. Thanks.