We will be outlining the ASRock Fatal1ty X470 Gaming-ITX/ac motherboard's performance with the AMD Ryzen 7 2700 CPU, 16GB* of 3,200MHz G.Skill Trident Z DDR4 memory and a Gigabyte GTX 1080 G1 Gaming.
*16GB for mini-ITX motherboards, 32GB for all other motherboards.
X470 Motherboard Test System:
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 2700 with Default AMD Turbo Behaviour (approx 3.35GHz when using all 8 cores)
- Memory: 32GB (4x8GB*) G.Skill Trident Z XMP/DOCP/AMP (3,200MHz** 16-18-18-38 @ 1.35V), *2x8GB for mini-ITX motherboards
- Graphics Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 G1 Gaming.
- System Drive: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD
- CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 with Two ML120 Pro Fans.
- Power Supply: Seasonic Platinum 760W SS-760XP.
- Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Comparison X470 Motherboards:
- ASRock Fatal1ty X470 Gaming-ITX/ac
- ASUS ROG Strix X470-F Gaming
Drivers and UEFI:
- AMD Chipset 18.10.0601
- Nvidia GeForce 398.36 VGA drivers.
- ASRock UEFI Version P1.30 (07/05/2018) with AMD AGESA PinnaclePI-AM4 1.0.0.4
Tests:
- Cinebench R15 – All-core CPU benchmark (CPU)
- SiSoft Sandra 2018 – Processor Arithmetic Test (CPU) and Memory Bandwidth Test (Memory)
- 7-Zip 18.05 x64 – Built-in 7-Zip benchmark test (CPU)
- AIDA64 Engineer 5.97 – System cache & memory benchmark and stress test (Memory and Power Consumption)
- 3DMark v2.5.5029 & TimeSpy v1.1 – Time Spy (1440p) test (Gaming)
- Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation – Built-in benchmark tool CPU-Focused test, 1920 x 1080, Extreme quality preset, DX12 mode (Gaming)
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided – Built-in benchmark tool, 1920 x 1080, Ultra quality preset, DX12 mode (Gaming)
- ATTO 3.05 – M.2, USB 3.0, USB 3.1, and SATA 6Gbps transfer rates (Motherboard)
- Rightmark Audio Analyzer 6.4.4 – Record and playback test using a line-in to line-out loopback with a 3.5mm audio cable (Motherboard)