cover
Hardware

ASRock B850 Motherboards Review – RIPTIDE, LIGHTNING, STEEL LEGEND & LiveMixer Aiming The $200 US AM5 Segment

Hassan Mujtaba

CPU Performance Tests

3DMark CPU Profile Benchmark

Instead of producing a single number, the 3DMark CPU Profile shows you how your CPU's performance changes and scales with the number of cores and threads used. The 3DMark CPU Profile has six tests that help you benchmark and compare CPU performance for gaming and other activities.

3DMark CPU Profile (Max Threads) (Higher is Better)
CPU Score
0
4000
8000
12000
16000
20000
24000
0
4000
8000
12000
16000
20000
24000
ASRock X870E Taichi
10398
ASRock B850 Steel Legend WIFI
10335
ASRock B850 PG RIPTIDE WIFI
10331
ASRock B850 LiveMixer WIFI
10324
ASRock B850I PG Lightning
10266

Blender

Blender is a free and open-source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, and even video editing and game creation.

Related Story ASRock Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Taichi Brand With New Intel & AMD Motherboards, High-End Displays, Dual-Pump “Aqua” AIO, & Latest GPUs
Blender 2.8 (Lower is Better)
Render Time
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
ASRock X870E Taichi
72
ASRock B850 Steel Legend WIFI
73
ASRock B850 PG RIPTIDE WIFI
73
ASRock B850 LiveMixer WIFI
72
ASRock B850I PG Lightning
74

Cinebench 2024

Cinebench 2024 utilizes the power of Redshift, Cinema 4D's default rendering engine, to evaluate your computer's CPU and GPU capabilities. Cinebench 2024 is designed to accommodate a broad range of hardware configurations - while it seamlessly supports x86/64 architecture (Intel/AMD) on Windows and macOS.

Cinebench 2024 (Higher is Better)
Single-Thread
Multi-Thread
0
400
800
1200
1600
2000
2400
0
400
800
1200
1600
2000
2400
ASRock X870E Taichi
134
1339
ASRock B850 Steel Legend WIFI
132
1336
ASRock B850 PG RIPTIDE WIFI
132
1335
ASRock B850 LiveMixer WIFI
132
1336
ASRock B850I PG Lightning
130
1330

Cinebench R23

Cinebench is a real-world cross-platform test suite that evaluates your computer’s hardware capabilities. Improvements to Cinebench Release 20 reflect the overall advancements to CPU and rendering technology in recent years, providing a more accurate measurement of Cinema 4D’s ability to take advantage of multiple CPU cores and modern processor features available to the average user.

Cinebench R23 (Higher is Better)
Multi-Thread
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
ASRock X870E Taichi
22508
ASRock B850 Steel Legend WIFI
22496
ASRock B850 PG RIPTIDE WIFI
22494
ASRock B850 LiveMixer WIFI
22490
ASRock B850I PG Lightning
22477

CPU-Z

CPUz is a freeware that gathers information on some of the main devices of your system such as the Processor name and number, codename, process, package, cache levels, Mainboard, chipset, Memory type, size, timings, and module specifications (SPD), and Real-time measurement of each core's internal frequency, memory frequency.

CPU-z (Higher is Better)
Single-Thread
Multi-Thread
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
ASRock X870E Taichi
892
8830
ASRock B850 Steel Legend WIFI
892
8820
ASRock B850 PG RIPTIDE WIFI
891
8816
ASRock B850 LiveMixer WIFI
891
8814
ASRock B850I PG Lightning
890
8803

Geekbench 6

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark that measures your system's performance with the press of a button.

Geekbench 6 (Higher is Better)
Multi-Thread
0
4000
8000
12000
16000
20000
24000
0
4000
8000
12000
16000
20000
24000
ASRock X870E Taichi
18929
ASRock B850 Steel Legend WIFI
18917
ASRock B850 PG RIPTIDE WIFI
18915
ASRock B850 LiveMixer WIFI
18916
ASRock B850I PG Lightning
18902

HandBrake

HandBrake is a tool for converting video from nearly any format to a selection of modern, widely supported codecs.

Handbrake (Higher is Better)
4K H264 (Higher is Better)
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
ASRock X870E Taichi
75.77
ASRock B850 Steel Legend WIFI
75.70
ASRock B850 PG RIPTIDE WIFI
75.71
ASRock B850 LiveMixer WIFI
75.73
ASRock B850I PG Lightning
75.56

PCMark 10

PCMark 10 is a complete PC benchmarking solution for Windows 10. It includes several tests that combine individual workloads covering storage, computation, image and video manipulation, web browsing, and gaming. Specifically designed for the full range of PC hardware from netbooks and tablets to notebooks and desktops, PCMark 10 offers complete Windows PC performance testing for home and business use.

PCMark 10 (Higher is Better)
Overall CPU Score (Higher is Better)
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
ASRock X870E Taichi
9316
ASRock B850 Steel Legend WIFI
9314
ASRock B850 PG RIPTIDE WIFI
9315
ASRock B850 LiveMixer WIFI
9315
ASRock B850I PG Lightning
9307

POV-Ray

The POV-Ray package includes detailed instructions on using the ray tracer and creating scenes. Many stunning scenes are included with POV-Ray so you can start creating images immediately when you get the package.

POV-Ray 3.7 (Higher is Better)
Multi-Thread Score
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
ASRock X870E Taichi
8558
ASRock B850 Steel Legend WIFI
8550
ASRock B850 PG RIPTIDE WIFI
8550
ASRock B850 LiveMixer WIFI
8553
ASRock B850I PG Lightning
8531

SuperPI

Super PI is used by many overclockers to test the performance and stability of their computers. In the overclocking community, the standard program provides a benchmark for enthusiasts to compare “world record” pi calculation times and demonstrate their overclocking abilities. The program can also be used to test the stability of a certain overclock speed.

SuperPi 32M (Lower is Better)
Time in Seconds (Lower is Better)
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
ASRock X870E Taichi
6.80
ASRock B850 Steel Legend WIFI
6.77
ASRock B850 PG RIPTIDE WIFI
6.77
ASRock B850 LiveMixer WIFI
6.75
ASRock B850I PG Lightning
6.52

WinRAR

WinRAR is a powerful archive manager. It can back up your data and reduce the size of email attachments, decompress RAR, ZIP, and other files downloaded from the Internet, and create new archives in RAR and ZIP file format.

Winrar  (Lower is Better)
File Compression (Time)
0
3
6
9
12
15
18
0
3
6
9
12
15
18
ASRock X870E Taichi
13.4
ASRock B850 Steel Legend WIFI
13.4
ASRock B850 PG RIPTIDE WIFI
13.5
ASRock B850 LiveMixer WIFI
13.5
ASRock B850I PG Lightning
13.9

V-Ray Render Benchmark

V-Ray  Benchmark is a free standalone application to test how fast your system renders. Three custom-built test scenes are also included to put each V-Ray 6 render engine through its paces.

V-Ray 6 (Higher is Better)
Score
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
ASRock X870E Taichi
28666
ASRock B850 Steel Legend WIFI
28642
ASRock B850 PG RIPTIDE WIFI
28632
ASRock B850 LiveMixer WIFI
28625
ASRock B850I PG Lightning
28591

You can find additional information about our hardware review process and ethics policy here.

Hassan Mujtaba Photo

About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.

Follow Wccftech on Google to get more of our news coverage in your feeds.

Button