ASRock B550 Taichi Review 55

ASRock B550 Taichi Review

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Finished Looks


The ASRock B550 Taichi features an evolution of the classic Taichi aesthetic, with gold and gray accents on a black base.


The RGB on the ASRock B550 Taichi is very good, with great brightness and diffusion.

Test System

Test System
Processor:AMD Ryzen™ 9 3900X
4.6 GHz (maximum Boost clock), 64 MB Cache
Memory:2x 8 GB DDR4 3600 MHz
G.SKILL Trident Z Neo F4-3600C16Q-32GTZN
Cooling:Custom loop: Swiftech Apogee SKF LT block,
Bitspower SC6 pump, and 360 mm radiator
BIOS Version:0243
Graphics Card:EVGA RTX 2080 FTW3 Ultra
Harddisk:1x Crucial M4 128 GB SATA 6 Gb/s SSD (OS)
1x Crucial BX200 256 GB SATA 6 Gb/s SSD (Data)
1x Samsung 950 PRO M.2 (NVMe)
Power Supply:Seasonic Titanium 1000 W
Case:Primochill Praxis Wetbench
Software:Windows 10 Pro 64-bit, NVIDIA GeForce 452.06 WHQL





G.SKILL generously provided their excellent Trident Z Neo kit. Along with the new hardware, I will be implementing a new testing standard. Moving forward, I will be testing new platforms with XMP enabled.

Notes: CPU-Z was not entirely reliable with reporting the voltage for my testing of the ASRock B550 Taichi, though it was usually close. I cross checked the figures against Ryzen Master to ensure accurate numbers, but some of the CPU-Z screenshots may look odd.

Due to a required GPU driver update, I have removed the PCMark 8 results from this review.
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