BIOS and Overclocking
Anyone who’s used an MSI motherboard before will feel right at home here. The layout of Click Bios 5 is nice and clean, everything you need is in an obvious place and the EZ Mode makes it beginner friendly, with all the delicate settings tucked out of sight.
Advanced mode is exactly that, and features all the usual power and frequency settings you would need for advanced overclocking.
There’s not much in the way of new features on this BIOS, although that may change after launch when we see more updates applied. The last feature I feel worth pointing out is the very easy to use Hardware Monitor, which is great for those overclocking who want to dial up their fan profiles, or even those who just want their system to run a little quieter.
Overclocking
The Ryzen 7 1800X can reach 4GHz using its own built-in boost features, and even 4.1GHz with XFR on the X370 motherboard chipset, but if you want to dial in your own fixed settings, you can thankfully do that on this motherboard with ease. The power delivery on this board is rock solid, and with a bump up to 1.488v on the CPU, and 1.15 on the NB voltage, it held stable at 4.1Ghz throughout all our tests. The chipset would POST at 4.2GHz, but failed benchmarks due to heat, so those wanting to go even further may want to invest in an even bigger AIO cooler or custom loop. However you choose to overclock, it couldn’t be easier on this motherboard and chipset, and the XPOWER will certainly help you get the most out of your AM4 CPU.
THank you very much for the review. I am trying to choose between the ASRock and the MSI products. I would be interested in a review of the ASRock X370 Fatal1ty Gaming Professional. The memory is clearly an issue. Hopefully it is solved soon.
Just brand alone, the Asrock is superior. At least from my own personal experience.
Must admit I fail to see the point reviewing a motherboard and not having any other X370 motherboards to compare it to.. The power consumption looks really good though, AMD has pretty much knocked it out of the park with this CPU.
Well at least one board has to go first, it’s all we had. We have more Ryzen motherboard reviews now though 🙂