ASRock Z170 Extreme4 Motherboard Review

1. Introduction2. ASRock Z170 Extreme4: Packaging and Bundle3. ASRock Z170 Extreme4: Board Layout and Features4. ASRock Z170 UEFI & Software5. Testing Methodology6. Tests: System-related7. Tests: Gaming-related8. Overclocking: Frequencies9. Overclocking: Performance10. Tests: Motherboard-related11. Closing Thoughts12. View All Pages

Cinebench

We used the ‘CPU’ test built into Cinebench R15 .

Handbrake Conversion

We measured the average frame rate achieved for a task of converting a 1.23GB 1080P game recording using the High Profile setting and MP4 container.

7-Zip

We manually archive a 1.23GB MP4 game recording to test the performance in 7-Zip.

The memory speed deficit hampers the performance of ASRock's Z170 Extreme4 in CPU-heavy workloads. When data is being transferred across the DDR4 memory that is forced to operate at a lower speed due to the motherboard's insufficiencies, performance in the test programs suffers.

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