Test Setup
For our tests, we will be using a test rig which is comprised of the ASRock X870E Taichi Lite motherboard, along with an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X @ default speed, and a GeForce RTX 4080 Super.
Although the motherboard was able to support both EXPO and XMPO memory modules, at the time of testing we didn’t have any EXPO memory on hand, so we decided to use XMP memory for our tests. We set the ram at DDR5-8000 speeds.
All tests were conducted at turbo clock speeds at a minimum resolution of 1920×1080 or higher. High or Ultra settings enabled.
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X @ default clock speed |
| Cooling | Thermaltake Ultra 360 V2 AIO cooler |
| Motherboard | ASRock X870E Taichi Lite |
| Ram | 32GB of Patriot Viper Xtreme 5 DDR5-8000 |
| XMP/EXPO profiles | Yes XMP 3.0 Profiles |
| SSD/HDD | Crucial T700 1TB (PCIE Gen5x4) |
| PSU | Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1000W 80 Plus Gold |
| VGA card | Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER |
| Drivers | Latest GeForce drivers from Nvidia (Graphics)
Latest AMD Software Adrenalin (Chipset) |
| OS | Windows 11 |
AIDA64 Info
CPU-Z Info
Load Temps
Using the Thermaltake 360 Ultra AIO cooler mounted with 3 x Corsair RX120 RGB cooling fans, the processor produced a full load temperature of 89 degrees Celsius for the CPU, and the same for the CPU diode. It’s much lower than I expected which is interesting, considering the TDP of the Ryzen 9 9950X is fairly high at 170W.
If you plan to build a system with an AMD Ryzen 9000 series processors, we recommend you buyt a good 360mm AIO Liquid cooler,
3 comments
Thank you for review, lack of PCI EZ release feature for GPU it’s such weak idea. They kept it for normal Taichi. And price difference is just 50$. Such waste.
I would recommend updating your testing methodology: the board boasts good audio, check the implementation and whether there’s some shielding etc. Check the chipset temperatures under load: my X670 was hitting 80-90C with 2 NVMEs copying files. Check if hybrid graphics works as intended – that’s when monitors are connected to the motherboard’s ports, not GPUs. Check wi-fi and Bluetooth range. Check the functionality USB4 ports are supposed to offer. Check coil whine and other parasitic sounds.
I mean, you didn’t even check the motherboard temperatures anywhere, just the CPU. And you well know that the pcmark and whatever other tests you did just apply to the CPU/memory. I thought this is X870 motherboard review, not the 9950x CPU review.
I encourage Winston to read the overview, all pages 1 through 9. You will find that there is very little useful information and nothing really that can’t be found on the item page on Asrock’s website. Unfortunately, this overview doesn’t offer any value.
Will do… thanks for the feedback 👍