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ASRock B450M Pro4 AMD AM4 Motherboard Review

The technical data …

Manufacturer ASRock
Name B450M Pro4
Type / Chipset AMD AM4 CPU / AMD B450 Promontory B450 chipset
Dimensions ++++ 23 mm (45 mm radius) around the socket to the next capacitor or other mainboard parts – for further information see Fit for Fan. The space to the next bigger heatsink is approx. 42 mm (64 mm radius). The overall size of this Micro ATX motherboard is 244 x 244 mm.
Slots ++++ PCIe 3.0: 1×16, 1×4, 1×1, 4x DDR4-800 – DDR4-2666, max 64GB RAM
Connectors ++++ 4x SATA3, 1x Ultra M.2, 1x M.2, 1x PS/2, 1x 10/100/1000 Mbps base-T Ethernet (Realtek RTL8111H), 1x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C, 1x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A, 6x USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-A (2x of them internal, slot bracket for additional ports is not included), 6x USB 2.0 (4x of them internal, slot bracket for additional ports is not included), 8-Channel Realtek ALC892 onboard 7.1 sound with 3x 3.5 mm connectors (1x int. Aux, ext. Line in, ext. Mic, ext. Front out), 1x DVI-D, 1x D-Sub, 1x HDMI and 5x Fan (5x 4Pin)
VCore ++++ In the VCore BIOS of 0.87500 volts up to 1.5500 volts or -0.100 to +0.400 Offset
Multiplier ++++ In the BIOS from 16x to 63x (maximum multi depending on the CPU)
BCLK – In the BIOS not directly changeable.
VIO/VDD ++++ DRAM Voltage (DDR4 voltage) 1.100 to 1.400V, GPU 0.90000 to 1.55000V, CPU SOC 0.9 to 1.55 Volt, NB Offset -0.1 to +0.4 Volt, +1.8V Voltage 1.700 to 2.100V, VDDP 0.950 to 1.350V.
Performance* ++++ Benchmark values comparison with different graphics cards and benchmark tools.

SiSoftware Sandra 2017 benchmark values with AMD Ryzen 5 2400G APU.
SiSoftware Sandra 2017 arithmetic processor performance in Windows 10: 120.46 GOPS
SiSoftware Sandra 2017 multimedia processor performance in Windows 10: 236.65 MPixel/s

SiSoftware Sandra 2017 benchmark values with AMD Ryzen 7 2700X CPU.
SiSoftware Sandra 2017 arithmetic processor performance in Windows 10: 252 GOPS
SiSoftware Sandra 2017 multimedia processor performance in Windows 10: 494.54 MPixel/s

SiSoftware Sandra 2017 benchmark values with AMD Ryzen 7 1800X CPU.
SiSoftware Sandra 2017 arithmetic processor performance in Windows 10: 236,9 GOPS
SiSoftware Sandra 2017 multimedia processor performance in Windows 10: 462.69 MPixel/s

Benchmark results with AMD Ryzen 5 2400G processor
OnBoard AMD Radeon Vega GPU (AMD Ryzen 5 2400G):
3DMark: Fire Strike 2883, Cloud Gate 12861, Ice Storm 76652
1x MSI Radeon R9 280 Twin Frozr Gaming 3GB PCIe 3.0 graphics card:
3DMark: Fire Strike 6910, Cloud Gate 17633, Ice Storm 87949
PCMark10: Overall 3992, Essentials 7915, Productivity 7280, Digital Content Creation 2999

Benchmark Werte mit AMD Ryzen 7 2700X processor.
1x MSI Radeon R9 280 Twin Frozr Gaming 3GB PCIe 3.0 graphics card:
3DMark: Fire Strike 7412, Cloud Gate 27857, Ice Storm 123332
PCMark10: Overall 4893, Essentials 9160, Productivity 8229, Digital Content Creation 4218

Benchmark Werte mit AMD Ryzen 7 1800X processor.
1x MSI Radeon R9 280 Twin Frozr Gaming 3GB PCIe 3.0 graphics card:
3DMark: Fire Strike 7226, Cloud Gate 25887, Ice Storm 108945
PCMark10: Overall 4549, Essentials 8627, Productivity 7536, Digital Content Creation 3930

Manual and Labeling +++ Well placed, complete motherboard description and good manual with a lot of tips about topics like CPU installation, memory installation, etc.. The manual comes in different languages. The separated Software Setup Guide with UEFI settings isn’t contained.

ASRock B450M Pro4 Layout, Design and Features …

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