Overclocking

The ASRock X570 Taichi Razer Edition performed well for CPU overclocking. My Ryzen 9 3900X managed a maximum clock of 4475 MHz at 1.35 V, which matches my best results with this CPU sample.


With the B550 launch, I have also started conducting a memory timing test, a pass/fail test where I load the DRAM Calculator "fast" preset for my Trident Z Neo kit (Samsung B-die). A board receives a pass if it can run through three loops of MemTest64 with no errors. Partial credit will be given to a board that can get into Windows, but fails MemTest64. As validated by my MSI X570 ACE motherboard, this CPU and memory combo with exactly these sticks can run without errors at these settings.


The ASRock X570 Taichi Razer Edition did well for high frequency overclocking, reaching 4000 MHz stable at XMP timings and voltages on my Trident Z Neo kit.

For the timings test, the ASRock X570 Taichi Razer Edition was not only able to boot into Windows, but also passed three loops of MemTest64.