Performance: Part 1
All tests were performed on the AMD Ryzen platform which contains the 2600X processor with standard cooler delivered by AMD, 16GB DDR4-4133 set to DDR4-3200 16-16-16 for the comparison purposes, EVGA GTX1080Ti FE for 3D tests, Patriot Hellfire NVMe SSD and Kingston HyperX Savage SATA SSD for storage tests and Enermax Platimax D.F. 750W Plat. 80+ PSU.
All tests were performed on the Windows 10 Pro x64 so a typical OS nowadays.
Let’s begin with AIDA64 and its memory and cache benchmark.
Performance in memory tests is high and I could say, as high as expected. The used chipset is not affecting memory performance and in this test results were even a bit better than those on the X470 Gaming-ITX/ac. I guess it’s just matter of pass but can be still noted.
Memory is overclocking well but because of available memory kits, we couldn’t see maximum frequency. We were able to set DDR4-3200 14-14-14 1.35V without any issues and maximum frequency of DDR4-3466 at CL16. I know that ASRock is working on a BIOS update which will improve memory overclocking but even now results are more than enough for most users.
We have to remember that AMD is not guaranteeing anything past DDR4-2933 and recommended memory kits have quite relaxed timings.
Below is mentioned DDR4-3200 CL14 setting.
A bit different situation is in PCMark 10. Results are not so far from each other but other motherboards are a bit faster than the B450 Gaming-ITX/ac. I guess it’s also a matter of pass as there are many factors which are affecting the total score.
In the PCMark 8 Creative results are already good. Motherboards on the B450 chipset are a bit slower than those on the X470. Looks like it’s related to maximum CPU frequency at single cores. Later we will see a similar situation in other benchmarks Of course difference is not really high but we clearly see that the X470 Gaming-ITX/ac is the best in both PCMarks. Regardless what we see below, the B450 Gaming-ITX/ac performs well.
In storage tests, we can see a similar performance on all motherboards. The fastest, in this case, is the X470 Taichi but other models are not far behind. I guess that users won’t care about 2-4MB/s difference. All results are about as high as expected.
Cinebench R15 is one of the benchmarks which are showing a bit lower performance on the B450 chipsets than on the X470. As I mentioned, it’s probably related to current AGESA and how AMD decided to manage frequency boost in their processors.
In all cases results are good but we can, of course, see that the X470 is a bit faster. I don’t think it matters much as overall performance isn’t much different because of 10-15 points when the total score is above 1200.
7-Zip compression and decompression benchmarks also show good results. The B450 Gaming-ITX/ac is slightly faster than the cheaper B450 Pro4 but in the same time a bit slower than the X470 models.
