ASRock's X99 Taichi striking the sugariness spot for us. This is a inexpensive board that offers solid performance, adept features, as well as no major flaws. But that's non the perfect board. The CPU overclocking headroom is slightly behind the competition, but the bigger occupation is bandwidth as well as performance. The number is non plenty to preclude mainstream consumers, but enthusiasts who desire amend functioning than average volition aspect elsewhere.
ASRock anticipates it as well as releases a closed twin to address the problem. You volition never know it past times production name. The Fatal1ty X99 Professional Gaming i7 is a mouthful, but all the same uses Taichi's approach to maintain it simple.
Specifications AsRock Fatal1ty X99 Professional Gaming i7
- Socket : LGA 2011 v3
- Chipset : X99
- Form Factor : ATX
- Voltage Regulator : 12 Phases
- Video Ports : ✗
- USB Ports : 10Gbps: (1) Type-C, (1) Type A, 5Gb/s: (4) Type A: (2) USB 2.0
- Network Jacks : (1) Gigabit Ethernet, (1) air-conditioning Wi-Fi
- Audio Jacks : (5) Analog, (1) Digital Out
- Legacy Ports/Jacks : (1) PS/2
- Other Ports/Jacks : Clear CMOS
- PCIe x16 : (3) v3.0
- PCIe x8 : ✗
- PCIe x4 :✗
- PCIe x1 : (2) v2.0
- CrossFire/SLI :x3 / x3, 40-Lane CPU: x16/x8/x8, 28-Lane CPU: x8/x8/x8
- DIMM Slots : (8) DDR4, Quad-channel 128GB max capacity
- M.2 Slots : (2) PCIe 3.0 x4 / SATA* 2242, 2260, 2280, 22110, *Consumes SATA ports 9/10
- U.2 Ports : ✗
- SATA Ports : (10) 6Gb/s, Ports 9/10 shared amongst M.2
- USB Headers : (2) v3.0, (2) v2.0
- Fan Headers : (5) 4-Pin PWM on all
- Legacy Interfaces :(1) Serial
- Other Interfaces :✗
- Diagnostics Panel :Numeric
- Internal Button/Switch : Power, Reset / UEFI Selector
- SATA/RAID Controllers : Integrated (0/1/5/10 on ports 1-6)
- Ethernet Controllers : Intel I218-V, Intel I211AT
- Wi-Fi/Bluetooth Controllers : Intel 3160 Combo Module 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac 1x1 ( 433 Mb/s ) Bluetooth 4.0 LE
- USB Controllers : ASM1142, ASM1074
- HD Audio Codec : Realtek 1150 TI NE5532 600 ohm amp
- DDL/DTS Connect : ✗ / ✗
- Warranty : 3 Years
The Gaming i7 adopts the park black, gray, as well as cherry-red system of the Fatal1ty series. But nether color, it is precisely the same 8 pcs PCB amongst the same printing equally Taichi. You tin post away fifty-fifty run into placeholder as well as socket prints inwards Taichi for some of the additional components that Gaming i7 has. It also way the CPU cooling holes make non run all the way through the boards, interfering amongst some cooler compatibility. (We volition exceed away along to refer to the Taichi characteristic to live paired amongst Gaming i7.)
Power Regulations
Gaming i7 uses the same 12 stage ability regulator equally Taichi. Chokes are rated at threescore amps, given an 8-pin ability input, as well as a large plenty heatsink is mounted on top of the MOSFET. Every RAM depository fiscal establishment also gets double stage VRM.
Fan as well as Environmental Control
Fan command is fortunately unchanged from Taichi, which way rattling good, amongst total PWM command inwards all headers. The optional CPU header maintains an alternative see command mode. Unfortunately, the layout is the same, pregnant at that topographic point are no headers along the bottom border of the board for the fan below or below the front end intake. Two master copy CPU fan headers are inwards the top corner amongst 3 other places inwards the center, inwards a higher house the PCIe slot.
Storage
The Gaming i7 retains the Taichi storage configuration. Eight of the 10 SATA chipset ports rest along the front end border amongst the other 2 but inwards a higher house the chipset heatsink. Two SATA ports also serve equally SATA Express connectors. Both M.2 slots all the same cause got their ain PCIe path, pregnant no sharing amongst expansion cards. The lower portion of M.2 tin post away operate inwards 3.0x4 vogue regardless of configuration, piece the top of M.2 volition alone piece of work inwards PCIe amongst forty lane CPU. No onboard U.2 port is offered, but ASRock does cause got an M.2-to-U.2 adapter card (purchased separately).
PCIe Configuration as well as Expansion
Cable as well as expansion card functions are also identical to Taichi. The top 2 full-length slots are connected to total x16 bandwidth, piece the bottom is but the x8 cable. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 40-channel CPU volition split upward the paths inwards x16 / x16 / x0 as well as x16 / x8 / x8 configurations. With a 28-channel CPU, the instant slot goes downward to x8 only, as well as the bottom slot volition live borrowed from the primary slot, resulting inwards a split upward x16 / x8 / x0 as well as x8 / x8 / x8. Two 2.0 x1 slots that run out of chipsets are all the same inwards the starting fourth dimension as well as 4th positions.
USB as well as Peripheral I / O
The parent panel of Gaming i7 is slightly unlike from Taichi. The Gaming i7 offers 1 additional USB 3.0 port as well as 1 less 2.0 port each amongst a total of 4 as well as two. Everything else is the same, downward to the Clear CMOS button. You all the same larn 2 3.1 Gb / sec USB ports, 1 of which is Type-C, as well as 1 PS / 2 jack to connect to half-dozen other USB ports. The network has dual Intel Gigabit controllers as well as the same Intel 3160 Wi-Fi / Bluetooth combo card. Wi-Fi is all the same express to 1x1 transmission, as well as so alone 433 Mb / sec throughput.
Audio uses the same Realtek ALC1150 codec as well as TI for 600-ohm speakers as well as headsets. Instead of ASRock's Purity Sound 3 brand, Gaming i7 selects Creative Blow Cinema 3 Creative Labs support. Surprisingly, i7 games make non back upward DTS-Connect similar Taichi, but this is non a large loss.
The internal peripheral header nigh reflects Taichi. The Gaming i7 has 2 USB 3.0 headers along the front end border inwards a higher house the graphics slot, 1 to a greater extent than than the Taichi. Considering how thick as well as stiff the header cables are 3.0, as well as so those as well as so closed together may non piece of work good depending on your case. Two USB 2.0 headers run along the bottom border of the board, as well as the hard disk sound header is tucked inwards the dorsum corner.
Headers as well as Features Miscellaneous
The residuum of the headers on Gaming i7 stand upward for Taichi, which is the series port, TPM, as well as front end panel headers on the lower edge. UEFI twin socketed chips amongst selector switch as well as numerical debugging display are also carried. Game i7 has 2 novel bench buttons inwards the top correct corner. Decorated amongst a large Fatal1ty logo, this looks similar a shortcut fundamental overclocking at starting fourth dimension glance. Looking closer yous tin post away run into "Power" as well as "Reset" inwards lower case.
Package Contents
The Gaming i7 is packed the same equally Taichi as well as amongst the same box contents, which all the same feels low-end inwards some ways. Inside the box is a sparse I / O shield, 4 SATA cables, as well as 2 fixed Wi-Fi antennas. The dorsum plate has non been pursued amongst alone sticker labels that include a gap betwixt the USB ports. Like Taichi, it comes amongst 3 loud SLI bridges, 1 of which is the high bandwidth version. The Gaming i7 does come upward amongst a 3 calendar month XSplit Broadcaster trial license, something that Taichi does non have. Manual instructions as well as disk drivers build upward the rest.
Firmware & Overclocking
UEFI interface
Gaming i7 uses an familiar ASRock layout amongst total 1920x1080 resolution (most other brands are all the same 1024x768), albeit amongst Fatal1ty build as well as color. EZ vogue is plenty for basic tasks such equally kicking disk commands, organization time, XMP RAM, organization fan profile, automatic CPU overclocking, board explorer, as well as firmware update. Most X99 users desire an advanced vogue where the residuum of the settings lie. This includes the Favorites menu, 5 salve profile slots, to a greater extent than precise fan controls, as well as of course of didactics overclocking.
CPU overclocking
Gaming i7 ignores the 35x Turbo Boost multiplier Intel recommends across cores as well as uses 40x when alone 2 cores are active but 34x lower when 3 or to a greater extent than are inwards use. This tin post away all live tailored to your liking. In improver to the default increase, the CPU choice on Gaming i7 is nigh the same equally that of the lower Taichi.
One departure is that Gaming i7 allows yous to adjust critical CPU temperature, unlike overclocking advantages over the 95 ° C difficult threshold. This gives it dorsum a small-scale but important temperature hit for CPUs that force to absolute limits, peculiarly at to a greater extent than room temperatures warm. This extra thermal hit way 4.2 GHz instantly at 1.31V perfectly stable without thermal freezing. The board is perfectly capable of reaching 4.25 GHz amongst slightly lower room temperature.
Overclocking BCLK
Motherboards calling themselves enthusiastic overclocking boards should cause got explicit command over BCLK, including rope ratios, as well as Gaming i7 does non disappoint. However, it all the same uses the same BCLK generator equally Taichi, as well as so await overclocking to overclock drastically inwards this example is unrealistic. It tin post away impress a few notches higher than Taichi, reaching 102.8 MHz as well as 127.8 MHz using 1.0 as well as 1.25 ropes respectively. Not plenty to grab a to a greater extent than flexible Gigabyte clock.
Overclocking RAM
Taichi's biggest failure is the underwhelming retentivity performance: it's nigh unstable on DDR4-3200 as well as alone reaches DDR4-3146 on the XDR circuit DDR4-3200 CAS14 from the RAM exam kits. Not alone that, bandwidth is far behind the competition. Fortunately, Gaming i7 has no occupation running XMP exam bed as well as a petty flake outside, but non much. Bumping BCLK to 100.4 MHz as well as using the XMP multiplier produces stable DDR4-3212, but equally high equally it gets to CAS14. Although this is a important improvement over Taichi, Gaming i7 all the same carries Taichi's bad demeanour amongst a large RAM-voltage stand upward for of 20mV.
Applications as well as Utilities
Replacement Fatal1ty changed some things on the park collection of ASRock utilities amongst Gaming i7. You larn an F-Stream, which is basically a Fatal1ty A-Tuning build amongst overclocking portion as well as the same monitoring portion from the concluding one. Also specific to Gaming i7 is the Sound Blaster Cinema 3 as well as Fatal1ty Mouse Port utilities, an app for setting upward your mouse responses for focused games as well as adding some macro support. The residuum are normal for ASRock boards: best friend bench tester, Restart to UEFI, AppCharger to enable slightly higher ability transportation from USB ports, as well as APP Shop equally the master copy utility download repository.
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