ASRock AB350 Gaming K4 AMD AM4 Motherboard Review

The technical data …

Manufacturer ASRock
Name AB350 Gaming K4
Type / Chipset AMD AM4 CPU / AMD Promontory B350 chipset
Dimensions +++ 25 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. 40 mm (60 mm radius). The overall size of this ATX motherboard is 305 x 224 mm.
Slots +++ PCIe 3.0: 2×16, PCIe 2.0 4×1, 4x DDR4-800 – DDR4-2667, DDR4-3200+ OC, max 64GB RAM
Connectors ++++ 4x SATA3 + 2x SATA3 (ASMedia ASM1061), 1x Ultra M.2, 1x M.2, 1x PS/2, 1x TPM, 1x 10/100/1000 Mbps base-T Ethernet (Realtek RTL 8111GR), 1x USB 3.0 Type-C, 7x USB 3.0 Type-A (2x of them internal, slot bracket for additional ports is not included), 6+1x 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 (ext. Line in, ext. Mic, ext. Front out), 1x DVI-D, 1x D-Sub, 1x HDMI and 4x fan (4x 4Pin).
VCore +++ In the VCore BIOS of 0.900 volts up to 1.550 volts
Multiplier ++++ In the BIOS from 16x to 63x (maximum multi depending on the CPU)
BCLK — Not available
VIO/VDD +++ DRAM Voltage (DDR4 Voltage) 1.200 to 1.800V, VPPM Voltage 2.000 to 3.200V, 2.50V PROM Voltage 2.000 to 3.000V, +1.8V Voltage 1.700 to 3.000V, VDDP Voltage 0.805 to 1.190V, PCH +1.05V Voltage 0.952 to 1.248V.
Performance* ++++ Benchmark values comparison with different graphics cards and benchmark tools.

SiSoftware Sandra 2013 benchmark values with AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Summit CPU.
SiSoftware Sandra 2013 arithmetic processor performance in Windows 7: 163,72 GOPS
SiSoftware Sandra 2013 multimedia processor performance in Windows 7: 350,69 MPixel/s

SiSoftware Sandra 2013 benchmark values with AMD Ryzen 7 1800X CPU.
SiSoftware Sandra 2013 arithmetic processor performance in Windows 7: 237,7 GOPS
SiSoftware Sandra 2013 multimedia processor performance in Windows 7: 510,00 MPixel/s

3DMark benchmark values with AMD Ryzen 5 1600 processor
1x MSI Radeon R9 280 Twin Frozr gaming 3 GB PCIe 3.0 graphics card:
3DMark on Windows 7: Fire Strike 6604, Cloud Gate 21413, Ice Storm 84597
3DMark06 on Windows 7: 27586 3DMarks

3DMark benchmark values with AMD Ryzen 7 1800X processor
1x MSI Radeon R9 280 Twin Frozr gaming 3 GB PCIe 3.0 graphics card:
3DMark on Windows 7: Fire Strike 6654, Cloud Gate 24985, Ice Storm 105679
3DMark06 on Windows 7: 31188 3DMarks

Manual and Labeling +++ Well placed, complete motherboard description, which, however, should be printed with a higher contrast in white. A good manual with a lot of tips about topics like CPU installation, memory installation, etc.. The manual comes in different languages. In addition a separated Software Setup Guide with UEFI settings is contained. The help texts in the UEFI should be extended.

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