ASRock takes first place in HWBoT with PcMark 10 Express and its X870E Taichi OCF board

Today we have seen the solutions of ASRock to mount your mini PC in the living room in the style of the next Steam Machine. Some Mini PC that incorporate components of ASRock like the small motherboards with different sockets. talking about motherboards, ASRock He has also been a protagonist with his X870E TAICHI OCF boardnext to AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3Dgetting the first place with PCMARK 10 Express score.

Record of 14,290 points in PCMark 10 Express

The record PCMark 10 Express score has been 14,290 pointsgetting the first position on HWBOT.org. To achieve this score, this has been used ASRock X870E Taichi OCF board next to one AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU wearing liquid nitrogen (LN2) as usual, and DDR5 Black Opal DW100 RGB air-cooled memory. To carry out this test, this configuration has been in the hands of the Alex2305 overclockerwhich brought this set to maximum performance and achieved this score.

A motherboard designed for overclocking and extreme performance

ASRock wants to demonstrate the reliability and solidity of your X870E Taichi OCF boarda motherboard designed specifically for overclocking and extreme workloadswhich also has a advanced system to supply power to key components. With this plate you can choose to get the most out of your CPU and memory with AMD Ryzen and DDR5 processors.

You can find it by just over 500 euros in our price comparatorwe leave you the complete specifications.

Featured Features

• High productivity

  • PCIe Gen5 for M.2 graphics and storage
  • Memory DDR5 in dual channel
  • Ports USB4 Type-C up to 40 Gb/s
  • 6 M.2 slots for SSD

• Great durability

  • PCB server grade with low loss
  • Feeding system 22+2+1 phases (110A SPS) for Vcore + SOC
  • Great heatsink
  • Integrated I/O Shield
  • Capacitors Long-lasting Black Caps (20K)

• High speed gaming

  • 5G LAN network
  • Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be)

• Advanced overclocking

  • ASRock Hyper BCLK Engine
  • Physical overclock buttons
  • System V-Probe to measure voltages

• Easy update

  • Button BIOS Flashback
  • Automatic driver installer ASRock

Processor

• Compatible with AMD Ryzen 9000, 8000 and 7000 series processors
• Socket AM5
• Compatible with ASRock Hyper BCLK Engine

Chipset

Memory

• Technology DDR5 in dual channel
• 2 DDR5 DIMM slots
• Maximum capacity 128GB
• Compatibility according to CPU:

  • Ryzen 9000 → up DDR5-8400+ (OC)
  • Ryzen 8000 → up DDR5-10400+ (OC)
  • Ryzen 7000 → up DDR5-8000+ (OC)

• Compatible with Unbuffered ECC and non-ECC memory
• Profile compatible XMP and EXPO

BIOS

• 2 UEFI AMI BIOS of 512 Mb
• Graphic interface

Graphics

• Compatible with AMD RDNA integrated graphics
• Video outputs:

  • 1 × HDMI 2.1
  • 2 × USB4 Type-C with video support

• Maximum resolutions:

  • HDMI → 4K at 120Hz
  • USB4 → up to 8K at 30Hz

Audio

• Realtek ALC4082
• HD Audio 5.1 channels
• DAC ESS SABER9219 (130dB SNR)
• Capacitors WIMA
• Separate PCB layers for audio
• Headphone holder up to 600 ohms
• Technology Nahimic Audio

Grid

• 5 Gigabit LAN
• Controller Realtek RTL8126

Wireless connectivity

• Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be)
• Compatible with bands:
• Bluetooth 5.4
• Medium MU-MIMO
• Only compatible with Windows 11

Expansion slots

• 2 × PCIe 5.0 x16
• 1 × PCIe 4.0 x4
• 1 × M.2 Key-E for Wi-Fi/Bluetooth module
• Compatible with AMD CrossFire

Storage

• 6 M.2 slots

  • 2 × PCIe 5.0 x4
  • 2 × PCIe 4.0 x4
  • 1 × PCIe 4.0 x2
  • 1 × PCIe 3.0 x4

• 2 × SATA3 (6Gb/s)
• Compatible with NVMe SSD as boot disk

RAID

• SATA → RAID 0 and 1
• NVMe → RAID 0, 1 and 10

USB

From CPU

• 2 × USB4 Type-C (40 Gb/s)
• 2 × USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A

From chipset

• 2 × USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C (front)
• 5 × USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A
• 1 × USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C
• 2 × USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A
• 8 × USB 2.0

Internal connectors

• 2 × connectors for thermistor
• 1 × connector LED/speaker
• 1 × connector RGB
• 3 × connectors ARGB
• 2 × connectors CPU Fan
• 4 × connectors chassis fans
• 1 × connector AIO pump
• 1 × connector ATX 24 pin
• 2 × connectors 8 pin CPU
• 1 × connector 6 pin GPU power
• 1 × connector front audio
• 3 × headers USB 2.0
• 1 × header USB 3.2 Gen1
• 2 × headers USB-C Gen2x2

Integrated controls

• Screen Dr. Debug
• Button power
• Button Reset
• Button Retry
• Button Safe Boot
• Voltage measurement points V-Probe
• Quick buttons overclock
• switch Slow Mode
• switch LN2 Mode
• 3 OC profiles buttons

Back panel

• 2 × antenna connectors
• 1 × PS/2
• 1 × HDMI
• 1 × outlet Optical SPDIF
• 2 × USB4 Type-C
• 7 × USB 3.2 Gen2
• 1 × USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C
• 2 × USB 2.0
• 1 × 5G LAN
• Button Clear CMOS
• Button BIOS Flashback
• Selector BIOS
• Audio connectors

Accessories included

• 2 × SATA cables
• Wi-Fi antenna
• RAM memory fan
• ARGB Splitter Cable
• 2 × thermistor cables

Format

• ATX
• Size: 30.5 × 24.4cm
• PCB 10 layers
• PCB with 2 oz copper

Supported operating system

• Windows 10 64 bit
• Windows 11 64 bit

Certifications

• FCC
• EC
• Compatible with ErP/EuP