The ASRock Z370 Taichi Motherboard Review: Competitive at $220, Aggressive at $190
by Joe Shields on July 20, 2018 1:15 PM ESTGaming Performance
AoTS Escalation
Ashes of the Singularity is a Real Time Strategy game developed by Oxide Games and Stardock Entertainment. The original AoTS was released back in March of 2016 while the standalone expansion pack, Escalation, was released in November of 2016 adding more structures, maps, and units. We use this specific benchmark as it relies on both a good GPU as well as on the CPU in order to get the most frames per second. This balance is able to better display any system differences in gaming as opposed to a more GPU heavy title where the CPU and system don't matter quite as much. We use the default "Crazy" in-game settings using the DX11 rendering path in both 1080p and 4K UHD resolutions. The benchmark is run four times and the results averaged then plugged into the graph.
Our AOTSe results here on the Z370 platform are just as close together as our results on the X299 platform. The results can tell us AOTSe can do all of its work with a 6c/12t processor without losing a step to the higher thread count CPUs. The Z370 Taichi managed 45.8 FPS in 1080p and 33.6 FPS in 4K. The results here are on the faster side of results but nothing out of the ordinary.
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Rise of the Tomb Raider is a third-person action-adventure game that features similar gameplay found in 2013's Tomb Raider. Players control Lara Croft through various environments, battling enemies, and completing puzzle platforming sections, while using improvised weapons and gadgets in order to progress through the story.
One of the unique aspects of this benchmark is that it’s actually the average of 3 sub-benchmarks that fly through different environments, which keeps the benchmark from being too weighted towards a GPU’s performance characteristics under any one scene.
Rise of the Tomb Raider results showed a marked improvement using the latest updated OS, microcode and ensuring the HPET timing is off. The Taichi ran at 100FPS in 1080p and 40.2 in 4K UHD. The 1080p result is over 7% faster than the next highest, while the 40.2 result is a bit less than 10% faster.
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LauRoman - Friday, July 20, 2018 - link
Because, you know, the cpu architecture came before Chan buddhism.atragorn - Saturday, July 21, 2018 - link
Someone agreed with me they changed it. I enjoyed your sarcasm anyway have a nice day :)timecop1818 - Friday, July 20, 2018 - link
Why would anyone buy this RGB cancer instead of literally 50% cheaper Z370 PRO4 from same manufacturer? It doesn't even have the useless wifi, otherwise it's exactly same spec.foomanfoo - Friday, July 20, 2018 - link
timecop, what makes u so sure they only diff is wifi???https://hardwarepick.com/motherboards/asrock-z370-...
voicequal - Friday, July 20, 2018 - link
Keep in mind that ASRock provides almost zero end-user support. They expect you to contact your "authorized distributor" for warranty claims, and their support form doesn't even provide a confirmation they've received your support request. Low price is nothing to brag about here - get what you pay for.Oxford Guy - Saturday, July 21, 2018 - link
Three "aggressives" on one page?The_Assimilator - Monday, July 23, 2018 - link
Oh for the love of... you could've at least added two more USB 3 ports on the IO panel, ASRock!The_Assimilator - Monday, July 23, 2018 - link
Actually, there's space for 4 more. Why manufacturers consistently skimp on a part that probably costs them a dollar, never ceases to amaze me.TallBill - Monday, July 23, 2018 - link
I am a bananaFrankSchwab - Tuesday, July 24, 2018 - link
foomanfoo, what makes u so sure the comparo you linked is accurate?For example, it lists the Taichi as having 2 USB Type C ports, when the Board Features page of this review lists 1.