Stock

Fortunately, I have yet to have a single issue with getting any motherboard set up on this platform. Initial boot into the OS saw normal Turbo profiling with fairly standard power-saving features enabled. If you're not into overclocking, performance at stock matches which power-saving features are enabled pretty well.

Automated Overclocking

Using ASRock's provided software to overclock the system quickly and easily proved to be pretty entertaining. I simply cannot complain about what I found here, although getting the most out of your system will as always depend on some work on your part. There are a few decently pre-defined profiles, and an "automated" overclocking routine that proves itself to be rather basic. I know my CPU works at 5 GHz with more than reasonable voltages, so I had no issues pushing the highest options. The GPU side of things was reasonable, at clocks that nearly any non-reference GTX 980 GPU should be able to run. So I ran some benchmarks.


I didn't bother showing a lot of results, other than these CPU-Z and 3DMark screenshots, since this is more about what you install rather than the board itself. Even so, knowing that a board can handle high-clocked parts in a gaming rig is important for those chasing after the best FPS, and the ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 GAMING K6+ proved itself ready to meet that challenge.