Asrock x570 extreme4 review in Spanish (complete analysis)

We continue with the reviews of plates and now it is the turn for the ASRock X570 Extreme4, a model that is presented with a price close to 290 euros and an outstanding aesthetic section as you will see now. In terms of benefits, it is very close to the Steel Legend, with a 10-phase VRM perhaps not too forceful for its price, double M.2 and also double PCIe 4.0 x16.

We will see with this review if it can compete with models like the Asus TUF, the MSI Pro Carbon or the Gigabyte AORUS Pro.

And before we continue, we appreciate the trust of ASRock in our team to give us this series of plates for analysis and review.

ASRock X570 Extreme4 technical features

Unboxing

We fully entered the review by Unboxing this ASRock X570 Extreme4 board. The bundle consists of two boxes, the first one acts as an outer cover, full of blue, although without photos of the plate in the front area. But just behind it is full of them, to show us its rear panel and main features that we already know.

The second box is made of rigid cardboard, with a box-type opening and the plate inside an antistatic bag and protected around it by polyethylene foam.

The bundle consists of the following elements:

• ASRock X570 Extreme Motherboard4 User Support Guide4 SATA 6Gbps cables3x screws to install M.22 standoffs for M2 slots

A fairly brief bundle in terms of variety, as in a range of slightly more discreet plates than the superior ones. Always without forgetting that they are almost 300 euros, so be careful.

Design and Specifications

This ASRock X570 Extreme4 board is undoubtedly different and very original in terms of design. Using a combination of matte black colors and blue lines for screen printing together with fully aluminum heatsinks with a two-tone silver and black finish. Giving it a very professional look and not as gaming as in other cases.

In any case, we find less aluminum, with a freer groove area by having only two M.2, which in this case also come with their own heatsinks and pre-installed thermal pads. We will need to remove the complete housing with three screws to be able to install some SSD, this is still somewhat tedious, but it is what it touches. This part has Polychrome RGB compatible lighting

In the upper area, ASRock has chosen to integrate an aluminum EMI protector also with lighting and the pre-installed rear backplate. That work that we save by installing it on the chassis. We also have two heatsinks for the VRM, although notably smaller than the ones we had in the Phantom Gaming X and without an intermediate heatpipe. We have also lost the internal interaction buttons to boot and reset the board, as well as the debug LEDs.

In the back area we only found a desert of substrate only animated by the welds and fixings of the electronic components, backplate and socket plate. The plate as always is made of several layers of copper and fiberglass that gives it rigidity, very little weight, and a good temperature for energy transport. All heatsinks are fastened with screws, so they will be perfectly removable by any user.

VRM and power phases

ASRock X570 Extreme4 features a VRM equipped with 10 power phases in a 2 + 8 configuration for Vcore. The system is supplied with power by a double 8 + 4-pin connector, which certainly attracts attention as it is the same as the 14-phase Phantom Gaming. In any case we are not going to complain, that of course.

In fact, these 10 phases have the same elements in their three stages as the top model. First, the DrMOS PWM controller that manages Vishay built DC-DC SiC634 MOSFETS that support a maximum of 50A per phase. These continue to receive the current through a Renesas ISL6617A phase duplicator.

In the second stage we have 60A solid CHOKES that are also those that the manufacturer has used in previous models and with Super Alloy technology. Finally we find a system of 820 µF and 100 µF capacitors to smooth the signal entering the Vcore and that withstand high temperatures in case of overclocking. These are accompanied by other Nichicon FP12K capacitors that withstand at least 12, 000 hours of use.

Socket, chipset and RAM memory

We continue to study this ASRock X570 Extreme4 motherboard in depth and now we move on to the elements that support the main hardware. Like other models, this board is compatible with 2nd and 3rd generation AMD Ryzen, and 2nd generation Ryzen APU only with integrated Radeon Vega graphics. So no trace of support for 1st generation APUs, which would have been a good claim for users, since for example the Ryzen 5 2400G almost equals the 3400G recently released.

Right next to this socket AM4 with traditional fixing system, we find the 4 DIMM slots. They support up to 128 GB of RAM memory at a speed of 4666 MHz Dual Channel if we install a 3rd generation Ryzen, and are compatible with ECC or Non ECC. It is a great detail from ASRock to provide support for these speeds to this board. If we install a 2nd generation AMD Ryzen, it will support 64 GB at 3600 MHz and if we connect a 2nd generation APU we can reach a maximum speed of 3466 MHz and only Non ECC type.

In the case of the chipset, the AMD X570 is presented exactly the same as in the rest of the model. It is a standard board-soldered chipset that features 20 PCIe 4.0 lanes that give it plenty of capacity for high-speed M.2 slots and USB 3.1 Gen2. On top of it, an aluminum heatsink with a turbine-type fan has been installed , which possibly gives a better result than the one used by the Phantom Gaming X. Of course, we say that it is noisier.

Storage and PCI slots

In the ASRock X570 Extreme4 we have a total of two M.2 slots installed, correct number and enough to give us good application possibilities with high performance SSD as we will see. Here the layout is pretty straightforward, the slot on the top of the board is connected to the CPU, and it supports only the PCIe 4.0 x4 bus (64 Gbps transfer). In addition, it supports sizes 2230, 2242, 2260 and 2280. The second M.2 slot supports PCIe 4.0 x4 and SATA, and is connected directly to the X570 chipset, supporting the same sizes as above, plus 22110.

In principle, none of these slots share a bus with the expansion slots that we will now see. And is that in this case we only have a count of two PCIe 4.0 x16 and 3 PCIe 4.0 x1 slots, which we will now develop. The first one stands out above the rest because it is reinforced with steel plates. Which means that it is clearly the one that is connected to the CPU in its 16 PCIe 3.0 or 4.0 lanes, and intended to be used for dedicated GPUs. From it, we should only keep in mind that it will only work with PCIe 3.0 x8 if we install a 2nd generation APU.

The rest of the slots are connected to the chipset, and then we will see the details of its operation:

• The PCIe x16 slot will work in 4.0 or 3.0 and x4 mode, so only 4 lanes will be available in it. All three PCIe x1 slots will be capable of 3.0 or 4.0. It is not detailed in the specifications or manual how their PCIe lanes are distributed, but to play for the external connectivity that we have, the other three lanes go separately.

The two main slots are compatible with AMD CrossFireX two-way technology only, so it does not support Nvidia's multiGPU.

Network connectivity and sound card

We have seen that the internal connectivity is quite standard, which is normal in a model of this price. And as far as the audio is concerned, we do have good news, since practically the same configuration has been used as the Phantom Gaming X. We are talking then about a Realtek ALC1220 codec together with a NE5532 amplifier for the front jack of the chassis that supports headphones up to 600Ω. Unfortunately we lose support with Creative Sound Blaster.

Moving on to the content of network connectivity, as the driver count has been reduced to just the Intel I211-AT which offers a maximum bandwidth of 1000 Mbps. Of course friends, you may have already noticed that we have a third M.2 slot installed, which supports CNVi Wi-Fi cards, whether Wi-Fi 6 or Wi-Fi 5, so at least it is expandable. This is one of the features that only manufacturers like ASRock offers and are to be valued.

I / O ports and internal connections

We go on to see in detail the rest of the connectivity that we have left in ASRock X570 Extreme4, consisting of the rear panel and then the internal headers.

Starting with its rear I / O panel we have:

• 1x PS / 2 keyboard and mouse combo 1x HDMI 2.06x USB 3.1 Gen1 (blue) 1x USB 3.1 Gen2 (turquoise) 1x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C1x RJ-45S / PDIF for digital audio 5x 3.5mm jack for audio Two holes enabled for Wi-Fi antennas

Look and you will see that exactly the same connectivity that the Phantom Gaming X and the Steel Legend have when it comes to USB. This obviously invites you to think that the chipset still supports more ports, or at least a greater number of USB 3.1 Gen2, since we have fewer slots connected to the chipset. The HDMI 2.0 port supports resolutions up to 4K (4096 x 2160 @ 60 FPS) and HDCP 2.2 with HDR.

And the main internal ports add up to the following:

• AIC Thunderbolt2x USB 2.0 connector (with up to 4 ports) 2x USB 3.1 Gen1 (with up to 2 ports) 1x internal USB Type-C 3.1 Gen1 Front audio connectors 7x headers for fans / water pumps 1x header for M.22x fan headers for lighting (1 for RGB and 1 for A-RGB) TPM connector

This time we have had a USB C Gen1 header instead of Gen2 in benefit of double USB 3.1 Gen1 header instead of one. They are small variations that the manufacturer makes to adapt the benefits according to the price. The Thunderbolt connector has also been included, which is only compatible with the ASRock Thunderbolt AIC card, which will be connected to a PCIe x4 slot and to this 5-pin port.

Management software

As in other cases, we have ASRock A-Tuning Utility and Polychrome RGB as main programs. At least they are the ones we will see a little, since the rest will be in charge of managing the network and the sound in a basic way. ASRock also has an application that will help us download all these utilities without having to search for them.

With the Polychome RGB software we can customize the two lighting zones available on this board and its two internal headers. Similarly, it supports compatible peripherals and RGB RAM memory modules like the ones we have used in the test bench. In this case, the compatibility with the lighting zones and with the memories has been perfect, without software or connection errors.

The second software can be used to modify certain parameters that are only available in the BIOS. For example CPU voltage, RAM memory, CPU frequency, etc. The list is a bit limited, and obviously we do not have anywhere the multiplier to overclock the CPU, since the BIOS and CPU are limited from the factory, despite being unlocked. So the most significant utility of this application for now is to modify ventilation profiles, monitor component voltages and temperatures, and little else.

testing bench

Our test bench with the ASRock X570 Extreme4, consists of the following components:

TESTING BENCH
Processor:	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Base plate:	ASRock X570 Extreme4
Memory:	16GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB Royal DDR4 3600MHz
Heatsink	Stock
HDD	ADATA SU750
Graphic card	Asus ROG Strix GTX 1660 Ti
Power supply	Be Quiet Dark Pro 11 1000W

BIOS

As for the BIOS that has been used, it is not different from what we see for example on the brand's Intel Z390 platform, although obviously with the options adapted to this X570. And the truth is that everything is almost the same, except for the used skin, which goes with the exterior design of the plate, which is a nice detail of the brand.

In any case we will have the typical sections, including that of OC Tweaker for when overclocking is available to these processors. Similarly, we can create profiles for RAM and CPU memories and store them for quick use. As well as updating the BIOS by Instant Flash or modifying the basic aspect of the lighting. As we have said with the Phantom Gaming X, there are more current versions of this UEFI BIOS in regards to AMI BIOS and SM BIOS, ASRock should already include some new options

It appears that these BIOSes come with quite a few preloaded memory profiles, albeit all for 4200 MHz modules. At least that's the way it was while testing this Extreme4 and also the Steel Legend. As we can see, it perfectly detects the profile of the installed RAM memory, our 3600 MHz modules, so we just have to load it and restart the computer.

If for some case you do not pick it up or do not activate it, we can manually select the desired speed and voltage (1.36 V almost always on this platform) and store it to have it available.

In this capture with the CPU under maximum stress, we see good voltages supplied, although a little low intensity and that has not reached 30A. With an 8-phase VRM for Vcore there should be no problem. In any case, the performance we have obtained has not been very different from that of other boards.

Temperatures

As in other cases, we have not been able to upload the Ryzen 3600X processor at a faster speed than what it offers in stock, it is something that we have already discussed in the review of the processors and the rest of the boards. We have decided to do a 12-hour test with Prime95 to test the 10 phases of powering this board with the 6-core CPU and its stock heatsink.

We have taken thermal captures with our Flir One PRO to measure the temperature of the VRM externally. In the following table you will have the results that have been measured in the system about the chipset and the VRM during the stress process.

	Relaxed Stock	Full Stock
VRM	33ºC	49ºC
	Minimum observed	Maximum observed
Chipset	57 ° C	59 ° C

With this Ryzen 5 3600X CPU we are still a long way from squeezing these power phases, so we can see very good temperatures, even below 50 degrees. If we get the chance, we'll put a more powerful CPU in it to see how it responds, for now, we can only say that ASRock has done a good job on these new VRMs for the AMD platform, far better than the Z390s, though still using duplicators. phase.

Final words and conclusion about ASRock X570 Extreme4

We finish this review of ASRock X570 Extreme4, a board that is in very good shape within the mid / high range of the AMD X570 platform. ASRock has opted for a different and very striking design in a plate full of lighting and heatsink for all critical elements such as SSD, Chipset and VRM.

And speaking of this VRM, we have obtained very good temperatures, but considering that we have installed a Ryzen 5 3600X, these temperatures will go up quite a bit with the most powerful CPUs. Perhaps opting for 10 phases with duplicators may be a bit fair for example for overclocking the most powerful CPUs, and there the competition has something more to contribute.

PCIe connectivity with dual x16 and 3 x1 slot, and dual M.2 to 64 PCIe 4.0, is more or less what we expected in a board of this level. With no shared PCIe lanes, we have ample possibilities, with the almost identical 8 USB Phantom Gaming X I / O panel in total.

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In the BIOS section and its control on the voltage and components, we have the same good feelings as in its superior model. A very stable BIOS, and with very good voltages for these Ryzen 3000. We just miss that it works on a newer standard like the competition.

We finish with the price of this ASRock X570 Extreme4, which we can find for about 284 euros approximately. A cost very similar to very tough rivals such as the TUF Gamig Pro from Asus or the Pro Gaming Carbon from MSI. Perhaps its weak point is VRM, although we have Wi-Fi 6 support with a dedicated slot.

ADVANTAGE	DISADVANTAGES
+ GOOD TEMPERATURES	- VRM SOMETHING SHORT ABOUT COMPETITION
+ GREAT LIGHTING AND LIGHTING DESIGN	- BASIC LAN NETWORK CONNECTIVITY
+ GOOD INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CONNECTIVITY
+ M.2 SLOT AVAILABLE FOR WI-FI
+ VERY STABLE AND INTUITIVE BIOS

The Professional Review team awards him the gold medal:

ASRock X570 Extreme4

COMPONENTS - 87%

REFRIGERATION - 87%

BIOS - 86%

EXTRAS - 83%

PRICE - 85%

86%