ASRock H470 Steel Legend Motherboard Review

The technical data …

Manufacturer ASRock
Name H470 Steel Legend
Type / Chipset Intel LGA 1200 CPU / Intel H470 Chipsatz
Dimensions +++ 10 mm (27 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. 33 mm (52 mm radius). The overall size of this ATX motherboard is 305 x 244 mm.
Slots +++ PCIe 3.0: 2×16, 2×1, 4x DDR4-800 – DDR4-2933, max 128GB RAM
Connectors ++++ 6x SATA3, 3x Ultra M.2 (Hyper M.2 64 Gb/s Gen4 x4 je nach CPU), 1x M.2 WIFI/BT, 1x PS/2, 1x 10/100/1000/2500 Mbps base-T Ethernet (Realtek Dragon RTL8125BG), 1x USB 3.2 Gen2 Typ-C, 1x USB 3.2 Gen2 Typ-A, 6x USB 3.2 Gen1 Typ-C (4x internal, slot bracket not included in delivery), 1x USB 3.2 Gen1 Typ-C Front (internal, optional), 6x USB 2.0 (4x internal, slot bracket not included in delivery), 8-channel Realtek ALC1200 onboard 7.1 sound with 5x 3.5 mm jacks (1x optical S/PDIF out, 1x int. Aux, ext. line in, ext. mic, ext. front out, ext. rear out, ext. center/subwoofer), 1x DisplayPort 1.4, 1x HDMI and 7x fan (7x 4Pin).
VCore ++++ In BIOS Vcore from 0.800 Volt to 1.520 Volt and Vcore -0.100 to +0.300 Offset
Multiplier –– Cannot be changed in BIOS
BCLK –– Cannot be changed in BIOS
VIO/VDD ++++ DRAM Voltage 1.200 to 1.500V, DRAM Activating Power 2.500 to 2.700V, PCH Voltage 1.050 to 1.200V, VCCSA Voltage 0.950 to 1.750V and -0.100 to +0.300 Offset, VCCIO Voltage 0, 950 to 1.200V, GPU Voltage 0.800 Volt to 2.000 Volt and -0.100 to +0.300 Offset, CPU Load Line Calibration 1 to 5, GPU Load Line Calibration 1 to 5, VCCSA Load Line Calibration 1 to 3.
Performance* ++++ Benchmark values comparison with different graphics cards and benchmark tools.

SiSoftware Sandra benchmark results with Intel Core i5-10500 CPU.
SiSoftware Sandra Arithmetic Processor Performance: 213,88 GOPS
SiSoftware Sandra Multimedia Processor Performance: 584,24 MPixel/s

Benchmark results with Intel Core i5-10500 processor.

ASRock Radeon RX 5700 Challenger D 8G OC PCIe 4.0 graphics card:
3DMark: Fire Strike 19620, Cloud Gate 40780, Ice Storm 175523
PCMark10: Overall 5746, Essentials 9443, Productivity 6609, Digital Content Creation 8252

1x MSI Radeon R9 280 Twin Frozr gaming 3 GB PCIe 3.0 graphics card:
3DMark: Fire Strike 7827, Cloud Gate 28888, Ice Storm 168062
PCMark10: Overall 6211, Essentials 10620, Productivity 9114, Digital Content Creation 6719

OnBoard Intel UHD Graphics 630 GPU (i5-10500):
3DMark: Fire Strike 1290, Cloud Gate 11408, Ice Storm 87830

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 manual comes in different languages. In addition a separated Software Setup Guide with UEFI settings is contained.

ASRock H470 Steel Legend Layout, Design and Features …