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ATTO Disk Benchmark
The ATTO disk benchmark is a Windows-based utility for testing storage performance of any storage drive or controller. We use the default benchmark setup.
M.2 PCIe Performance
For M.2 testing we use a Toshiba OCZ RD400 256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD.
M.2 performance is as expected for the 32Gbps PCIe 3.0 X4 link and the M.2 heatsink does an adequate job of keeping thermals out of the throttling zone, even under prolonged (10 minutes +) stress testing.
USB Performance
We test USB 3.0 and 3.1 performance using a pair of Transcend SSD370S 512GB SSDs in RAID 0 connected to an RaidSonic Icy Box RD2253-U31 2-bay USB 3.1 enclosure powered by an ASMedia ASM1352R controller.
There is no USB 3.1 to test, but USB 3.0 performs right on the money.
SATA III 6Gbps Performance
For SATA 6Gbps testing we use an OCZ Trion 150 480GB SSD.
SATA performance was par for the course.
Audio
Rightmark Audio Analyser is a freeware benchmarking utility designed to objectively test the performance characteristics of audio solutions. We setup a line-in line-out loop and execute the record/playback test before generating the results report you see below. A sampling mode of 24-bit, 192 kHz is tested where available. If unavailable the closest alternative operating mode available is used and clearly marked.
The audio performance of the ASRock B365M Phantom Gaming 4 is still good but the results have enough difference from all other tested boards to suggest that the “ALC1200” is in fact different to the “ALC1220” currently used by many other gaming motherboards. The ALC1200 performs worse than ALC1220, but is still rated as “Very Good” overall by Rightmark Audio Analyser.
