Test Setup
Benchmarks
Other Software
Software
As an overview to some of the latest software supplied by ASRock to support their motherboards, we look at the F-Stream app, which acts as a system management and tweaker app, while the RGB app is sleek, easy to use and understand. The chipset LED lighting is limited to red which looks nice if that is your intention, otherwise you can turn the LED lighting off, or use the RGB function via the RGB LED header.
BIOS
ASRock Fatal1ty UEFI BIOS is is a high-res GUI that is easy to understand and navigate. We didn't experience any lag, or delay while moving between tabs either via keyboard or mouse. The OC Tweaker tab features all the useful options for a quick and easy overclock in one location. Though we found that we couldn't alter the memory timings without enabling XMP which felt rather odd. Though for this reason we didn't set the memory to run at our default settings. This wouldn't normally be a problem (and is still achievable, but is strange not to give access to memory timings without having to enable XMP.
Overclocking
The AB350 Gaming K4 allows for a reasonable overclock over stock settings, but didn't quite hit the top frequencies we have seen on the various X370 motherboards. Despite whatever voltage we tried, we couldn't get over 4GHz bench-stable. We ended up finding 3.9GHz using a little over 1.43V.
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
Cooling Noctua U12S
Motherboard ASRock Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming K4
Memory 2x 8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200MHz @ 2666MHz
Graphics AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB
Storage Corsair Force LE 480GB
PSU Corsair RM750X 80 Plus Gold Certified PSU
Cooling Noctua U12S
Motherboard ASRock Fatal1ty AB350 Gaming K4
Memory 2x 8GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 3200MHz @ 2666MHz
Graphics AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB
Storage Corsair Force LE 480GB
PSU Corsair RM750X 80 Plus Gold Certified PSU
Benchmarks
Cinebench R15 – CPU/OpenGL Score
x264 HD 4.0 – 1st and 2nd pass encoding
SiSoftware SANDRA – CPU & Memory benchmarks
POV-RAY – CPU benchmarks
TrueCrypt – CPU benchmarks
AIDA64 – CPU benchmarks & Memory
PCMark 8 – Home Suite & Photoshop
3DMark FireStrike – 3D Benchmark
Games – Rise of the Tomb Raider & Total War: WARHAMMER
x264 HD 4.0 – 1st and 2nd pass encoding
SiSoftware SANDRA – CPU & Memory benchmarks
POV-RAY – CPU benchmarks
TrueCrypt – CPU benchmarks
AIDA64 – CPU benchmarks & Memory
PCMark 8 – Home Suite & Photoshop
3DMark FireStrike – 3D Benchmark
Games – Rise of the Tomb Raider & Total War: WARHAMMER
Other Software
Temperature Analysis: Aida64 & Ryzen Master
Stress Testing Software: AIDA64 Stability Test
CPU Specification Monitoring: CPU-Z
Performance Monitoring: MSI Afterburner
Stress Testing Software: AIDA64 Stability Test
CPU Specification Monitoring: CPU-Z
Performance Monitoring: MSI Afterburner
Software
As an overview to some of the latest software supplied by ASRock to support their motherboards, we look at the F-Stream app, which acts as a system management and tweaker app, while the RGB app is sleek, easy to use and understand. The chipset LED lighting is limited to red which looks nice if that is your intention, otherwise you can turn the LED lighting off, or use the RGB function via the RGB LED header.
BIOS
ASRock Fatal1ty UEFI BIOS is is a high-res GUI that is easy to understand and navigate. We didn't experience any lag, or delay while moving between tabs either via keyboard or mouse. The OC Tweaker tab features all the useful options for a quick and easy overclock in one location. Though we found that we couldn't alter the memory timings without enabling XMP which felt rather odd. Though for this reason we didn't set the memory to run at our default settings. This wouldn't normally be a problem (and is still achievable, but is strange not to give access to memory timings without having to enable XMP.
Overclocking
The AB350 Gaming K4 allows for a reasonable overclock over stock settings, but didn't quite hit the top frequencies we have seen on the various X370 motherboards. Despite whatever voltage we tried, we couldn't get over 4GHz bench-stable. We ended up finding 3.9GHz using a little over 1.43V.
