Test Setup
For our tests, we used a test rig which includes the ASRock B550 Steel Legend Motherboard, along with an AMD Ryzen 7 – 3700X at default clock speed of 3.6GHz (turbo boost 4.4GHz), as well as 16GB of Thermaltake Toughram RGB (DDR4-3200) ram in dual channel mode.
All tests were conducted at turbo clock speeds at a resolution of 1920×1080. High or Ultra settings enabled.
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 – 3700X (Matisse) @ 3.6GHz / Boost @ 4.4GHz |
| Cooling | Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240 AIO |
| Motherboard | ASRock B550 Steel Legend |
| Ram | 16GB of Thermaltake Toughram RGB (DDR4-3200) |
| XMP profiles | Yes |
| SSD/HDD | Gigabyte Aorus NVMe Gen4 500GB SSD (PCIE Gen4x4) |
| PSU | Thermaltake ToughPower 750W |
| VGA card | Zotac GeForce RTX 2080 AMP Extreme Core 8GB GDDR6 |
| Nvidia Drivers | Latest GeForce Drivers – WHQL |
| OS | Windows 10 |
We tested the motherboard with the latest BIOS release 1.10 (AMD AGESA Combo-AM4 v2 1.0.0.2). You can download the latest BIOS here.
ASRock Beta version BIOS are designed for the users who are seeking to achieve the best performance out of their PCs such as gamers, overclocking lovers and PC enthusiasts. However, we don’t recommend users to update BIOS while the system is running well. For any damages caused by improper operation of downloading or updating BIOS, ASRock assumes no responsibility.
Visit ASRock’s website for more information.
AIDA64 Info
CPU-Z Info
Load Temps
Load temperatures reached a high of around 90 degrees Celsius, which is a little higher than I expected and may be a cause for concern. I guess the lack of an active fan could be the reason, as most of the higher-end X570 chipset boards, if you notice will include an active fan.
Having said that, the good thing is … our Cooler Master MasterLiquid 240 AIO did a good job of cooling the Ryzen 7 3700X. We highly recommend you use a decent AIO cooler.
