ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF motherboard unboxing review!

I bought ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF (Z890 Taichi OC Formula), ASRock's sub-flagship model of the Z890 chipset, with 22+1+2+1+1+1-phase 110A SPS power supply in ATX-size 10 PCBs, and 2x DIMMs with Memory OC Shield to further free up the memory overclocking limit. The Memory OC Shield further frees up the memory overclocking limit, while the expansion part has six M.2 slots (including one PCIe Gen5 x4) and two Thunderbolt 4 Type-Cs on board, giving gamers a choice of overclocking and expansion models! This time, we also manually overclocked the regular Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5 RGB Limited Edition 8000MT/s 48GB (2x24GB) MemoryTo DDR5-11036 MT/s (5518.3 MHz) for you to see.

ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF Motherboard Specifications.

Size: ATX 30.5 x 24.4 cm
Processor Support: Intel Core Ultra processor (Series 2)
Processor Pin: Intel LGA 1851RL-ILM
CPU supply phase: 22+1+2+1+1 phase supply, 110A SPS
Chipset: Intel Z890
Memory: 2x DDR5 DIMM slots, 10133(O.C.) MT/s, up to 128 GB (single slot supports 64 GB capacity)
Memory Certification: Intel XMP (Extreme Memory Profile) 3.0
Display output: 2x Intel Thunderbolt 4 (8K 60Hz / 5K 120Hz)
Expansion Slots: 1x PCIe 5.0 x16, 1x PCIe 5.0 x16 (x8 bandwidth), 1x PCIe 4.0 x4
Storage Slots: 4x SATA 6Gb/s, Blazing M2_1 2280 Gen5 x4, Hyper M2_2 2280 PCIe Gen4 x4, Hyper M2_3 2260/2280 PCIe Gen4 x4, Hyper M2_4 2260/2280 SATA3 & PCIe Gen4 x4, Hyper M2_5 2260/2280 SATA3 & PCIe Gen4 x4, Hyper M2_6 2260/2280 & PCIe Gen4 x4
Network: Realtek RTL8126 5GbE
Wireless: Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4
Audio: Realtek ALC4082
USB Ports (Front Expansion): 1x USB 3.2 Gen2 × 2 Type-C, 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A (supports front four USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports), 2x USB 2.0 Type-A (supports front three USB 2.0 ports)
USB Ports (Rear I/O): 2x Thunderbolt 4 Type-C (40 Gb/s & PD 3.0), 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 x2 Type-C (20 Gb/s), 4x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A (10 Gb/s), 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A
RGB: 4x ARGB 5v 3-Pin
FAN: 2x 4-Pin CPU Fan (1A-12W), 1x 4-Pin CPU/PUMP (3A-36W), 4x 4-Pin Chassis/PUMP (3A-36W)

Overclocking the New Era ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF Motherboard Unboxing

This time, I am unboxing the ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF from ASRock. The Z890 Taichi OCF, which is positioned as an extreme overclocking model, is priced at $2,000 more than the high-end ASRock Z890 Taichi, and the price of this generation is sandwiched between the Z890 AQUA and the Z890 Taichi, which is the role of a middleman in the old two. It's a middleman role for the second generation.

This generation has integrated the original OC Formula system under Taichi, but the ASRock OC Formula of the previous generation was only placed on the Z590 chipset; the memory overclocking specialization model for the LGA 1700 foot position was only the Z690 AQUA OC; there was no Z690 or Z790 OC Formula, and the next 2DIMM board is today's protagonist, the Z890 Taichi OCF. The next 2DIMM memory overclocking board is today's protagonist, the Z890 Taichi OCF.

This motherboard is still planned by Nick Shih, and besides supporting Intel Core Ultra 200S (LGA 1851) processors, the most important thing is that it supports Clocked Unbuffered DIMM (CUDIMM) memory, which is also known as CKD (Client Clock Driver) DDR5 memory. It also supports the previous Unbuffered DIMM (UDIMM) DDR5 memory.

∆ ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF.

∆ Motherboard Features.

∆ The theme color is yellow!

∆ Z890 Taichi OCF motherboard channel configuration diagram.

 

ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF uses an ATX form factor of 30.5cm x 24.4cm, and the same goes for Z890 Taichi, which means that ASRock doesn't have any E-ATX motherboards in this generation of Z890 chipsets, except for the Z890 Taichi AQUA, leaving E-ATX motherboards on the most expensive models. （This leaves E-ATX motherboards on the most expensive models.

The overall color scheme and design of the OCF is dominated by bright yellow, while the PCB and the base color are supplemented by black. The overall lines and patterns are a bit more active and opposite than Taichi's calm and stable design, which brings a more active and opposite nature, and the author personally feels that at least compared to the Z590 OC Formula's military-green style, I find that this time around it is more aesthetically acceptable to me. ....

∆ ATX-sized Z890 OCF.

∆ 22+1+2+1+1+1 phase 110A SPS VRM supply block thermal planning.

The back of the ∆ comes with a reinforced backplate, but it is mainly focused on the back of the core usage blocks: the first slot of the graphics card, the memory, around the processor cooler, etc.

 

Intel Z890 chipset motherboards have changed to use LGA 1851 feet, which currently only supports Intel Core Ultra 200S processors, and the previous Intel Core 12 / 13 / 14 th series of processors are incompatible and cannot be used. However, LGA 1851 and 1700 maintain the same hole spacing on the heatsink plan, so gamers can basically use the LGA 1700 heatsink grommet set directly along the heatsink. However, LGA 1851 and 1700 maintain the same hole spacing in the heatsink layout, so gamers can basically install the LGA 1700 heatsink directly along with the LGA 1700 heatsink grommet set, unless there is a special update from the heatsink manufacturer.

∆ Z890 is only supported for Intel Core Ultra 200S processors and supports LGA 1851 pinout, but can be used with LGA 1700 pinout heatsink, leaving a thermocouple hole for LN2 overclocking.

 

As a memory overclocking motherboard, the Z890 OCF naturally gives up the advantage of four-slot DDR5 DIMM expansion capacity and opts for the easier dual-slot DDR5 DIMM design for high frequency, which means it can only be operated with the so-called 1DPC (1DIMM Per channel), in addition to the common non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM (normal U-DIMM) support. In addition to supporting the common non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM (U-DIMM) memory, the Z890 platform supports Clocked Unbuffered DIMM (CUDIMM/CKD) memory, with a maximum expansion capacity of 128 GB across both slots, which means that a single memory stick can be expanded to a maximum capacity of 64 GB.

The memory overclocking QVL frequency flaunts that two memory modules (1DPC 1R) can reach 9600 MT/s(OC), but the news released earlier flaunts that this motherboard can support up to DDR5-10133 MT/s CL 46-30-30-74 and passed the stress test, but this should be the result of manual overclocking instead of QVL. Supported by Intel XMP 3.0 (Extreme Memory Profile) for one-click overclocking.

∆ 2x Un-buffered DIMM DDR5 memory slots, compatible with regular UDIMM and new CUDIMM (CKD), supports up to 128 GB capacity expansion, QVL up to 9600 MT/s (O.C.).

The ∆ label can DDR5-10133 MT/s CL 46-30-30-74 pass the stress test.

 

The Z890 OCF uses a feature called Memory OC Shield, which looks a bit like a sticker on the side of the memory slot, and is currently patent pending, featuring EMI (Electro Magnetic Interference) isolation to further improve memory overclocking performance and stability, which is actually achieved by using a multi-layer composite material (sounds comparable to a magnet sticker). It is actually achieved through multi-layer composite material (sounds like a contrast with magnetic tape).

∆ Memory OC Shield Shield.

∆ There is also a sticker on the back in the corresponding position.

∆ Schematic diagram of the principle.

∆ Manual removal will affect the stability of memory usage.

 

Let's take a look at the expansion and power supply slots on the Z890 Taichi OCF motherboard. On the upper left side of the motherboard, there are dual 8-Pin ATX_12V power supply slots for the processor.

On the upper right corner of the motherboard, there are three 4-Pin fan power supply slots, CPU_FAN1 (1A/12W), CPU_FAN2 (3A/36W), and AIO_PUMP (3A/36W), which allow you to install the water-cooling header PUMP and water-cooling exhaust fan cables when installing integrated water-cooling, and the left side of the lower part of the slots is for the heaters. On the left side is the HEATER and on the right side is the ElmorLabs OCP slot, which can be used with the ceramic heating plate when overclocking with LN2 liquid nitrogen at sub-zero level, as well as the ElmorLabs OC Panel (OverClocking Panel) overclocking controller purchased by ElmorLabs.

∆ The ATX_12V Dual 8-Pin processor power supply slot on the upper left corner of the motherboard.

∆ CPU_FAN1, CPU_FAN2, AIO_PUMP, heater row pin (HEATER), ElmorLabs OCP slots.

 

2x 5V 3-Pin ARGB on the right side of the motherboard, debug lamp code display, motherboard 24-Pin power supply slot, PCIE 6-Pin graphics card auxiliary power supply slot, one front Type-C USB 3.2 Gen2 x2 (20Gb/s) slot, two USB 3.2 Gen1 slots (supports four front USB 3.2 Gen1 ports), one CHA_FAN1 fan power supply slot (3A/36W), multimeter measurement block, four SATA 6Gb/s, quick boot button The CHA_FAN1 is a fan-powered slot (3A/36W), a multimeter measurement block, four SATA 6Gb/s, a fast boot button, and a fast reboot button.

The EZ DeBug Status Indicator and DeBug LED code display allows users to quickly see what parts of the motherboard are causing problems during the self-test process that prevent the motherboard from booting up, and users can refer to the motherboard manual for debugging actions.

∆ 2x 5V 3-Pin ARGB, debug lamp code display, motherboard 24-Pin power supply slot, PCIE 6-Pin graphics card auxiliary power supply slot, one front Type-C USB 3.2 Gen2 x2 (20Gb/s) slot, and two USB 3.2 Gen1 slots (supports four front USB 3.2 Gen1 ports).

∆ Error code view.

∆ Dual BIOS Running Mode display lamps, BIOS_B on the left; BIOS_A on the right.

∆Multimeter Measurement Block, Four SATA 6Gb/s, Quick Boot Button, Quick Reboot Button.

 

The bottom row has dedicated debugging code device expansion slot (UART1), front panel slot (PANEL1), buzzer slot, OC profile 1~6 sets of switches, two USB 2.0 slots (supports three front USB 2.0 ports), 2x 5V 3-Pin ARGB, two CHA_FAN fan power slots (3A/36W), front audio jacks, and a front audio jack. slots.

∆ Dedicated debug code device expansion slot (UART1), front panel slot (PANEL1), buzzer slot.

∆ OC Setup File 1~6 Setup switch.

∆ Two USB 2.0 slots (supports three front USB 2.0 ports), 2x 5V 3-Pin ARGB, two CHA_FAN fan power supply slots, front audio jack slot.

 

Next to the first M.2 slot, there is a CHA_FAN4 fan power slot (3A/36W) and a TB5 expansion card slot. ASRock has made Thunderbolt 4 AIC expansion cards in the past, although they are not available in Taiwan, this slot should be reserved for future Thunderbolt 5 AICs.

∆ CHA_FAN4 Fan power supply slot (3A/36W) and TB5 Expansion card slot.

 

Besides the function keys for overclocking, there is also a row of overclocking buttons on the right side next to the memory slot. From top to bottom, they are: Fast OC button (+) (PLUS1), Fast OC button (-) (MINUS1), NickShih's OC profile 1, NickShih's OC profile 2, NickShih's OC profile 3, LN2 mode switch (LN2MODE1), Slow mode switch (SLOWMODE1), Reboot button (RN2MODE1), Reboot button (SLOWMODE1), and overclocking button (RN2MODE1). Profile 3, LN2 Mode Switch (LN2MODE1), Slow Mode Switch (SLOWMODE1), Reboot Button (RTY_BTN1), Safe Boot Button (BFG_BTN1).

The five big black round buttons on top can be used to adjust the BCLK channel of the processor with the Tool/ASRock OC functions in the BIOS. After setting the BCLK Steps by Each Click, you can adjust the BCLK value by ±, and at the same time, you can also overclock the memory frequency through the change of the BCLK frequency.

The Safe Boot Button (BFG_BTN1) is also a very convenient function, when you are sure that the overclocking failed to shut down, after powering on the computer but not yet booting up the computer, you can directly jump to the Safe Mode screen the next time you boot up the computer, you can save the time of the process of self-testing failure again.

∆ Overclocking keys at a glance.

∆ Tool/ASRock OC functions Setup.

 

The motherboard is equipped with three PCIE slots, the first slot PCIE1 is PCIe 4.0 x4 bandwidth to go through the chipset channel, the following two 15μ gold-plated pins of the graphics card metal slots, respectively: PCIE2 (PCIe 5.0 x16 bandwidth) and PCIE3 (PCIe 5.0 x8 bandwidth), the two metal reinforced slots are to go through the processor direct connection channel, commonly used to install the graphics card. The PCIE2 (PCIe 5.0 x16 bandwidth) slot is equipped with a graphics card EZ Release design for easy removal of the graphics card.

∆ PCIE1 (PCIe 4.0 x4 bandwidth), PCIE2 (PCIe 5.0 x16 bandwidth), PCIE3 (PCIe 5.0 x8 bandwidth).

∆Display card EZ Release design.

 

Underneath the large M.2 thermal armor in a three-way clash design, the M.2 cooler quick release mechanism switch next to the Taichi logo can be pushed to the right to lift up the entire M.2 thermal armor, revealing the six M.2 SSD expansion slots natively mounted on the motherboard.

Under the top BLAZING M.2 heatsink, M2_1 is the only PCIe Gen5 x4 expansion slot on this motherboard that supports 2280 size only, while all other Hyper M.2 slots (M2_2, M2_3, M2_4, M2_5, M2_6) support PCIe Gen4 x4 bandwidth only, but can support both 2260 and 2280 size SSDs. SSDs in the 2260 and 2280 sizes can be supported for expansion.

The two Hyper M.2_4/5 slots in the lower left corner also support earlier M.2 SATA installations, and each M.2 SSD expansion slot has an M.2 mounting clip, but unfortunately, only the first BLAZING M.2 slot has a dual-sided heat sink configuration, and the other Hyper M.2 slots are a little more awkward for expanding dual-side granular SSDs.

∆ Large M.2 thermal armor with triple-impact design.

∆ M.2 Heatsink quick release mechanism switch.

∆ Six native M.2 SSD expansion slots on board, one PCIe Gen5 x4, three PCIe Gen4 x4, two PCIe Gen4 x4 & SATA.

∆ M.2 SSD Fixed Swivel Buckle.

∆ M.2 Cooling pads in heat sink configuration.

 

I/O on the rear of the motherboard includes: dual BIOS toggle switches, CMOS data clear button (Clear CMOS), BIOS Flashback button, two Thunderbolt 4 Type-C ports (40 Gb/s for USB4 protocol; 40Gb/s for Thunderbolt protocol), one USB 3.2 Gen1 port (5 Gb/s), four USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A ports (10 Gb/s), one USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C port (20 Gb/s), RJ-45 5000 Mb/s (Realtek RTL8126 5 Gigabit Ethernet card), 802.11 be 2×2 Wi-Fi 7 / Bluetooth 5.4 antenna ports, PS/2 keyboard port and PS/2 mouse port, fiber optic SPDIF digital audio output port, Line Out Jack (Gold Audio Jack), Microphone Input Jack (Gold Audio Jack).

Dual BIOS switching should be done during power off and after switching, you can judge which BIOS is currently in use by the LEDs near the M.2 SSD slots.

∆ Rear I/O at a glance.

∆ WiFi-7 antenna installation, unfortunately it is not a quick release design, or the old rotating metal ring.

 

Additional accessories include: four SATA cables, ASRock WiFi 2.4/5/6 GHz antenna kit, one-part ARGB tap cable, two temperature sensing cables, one M.2 slot screw, one M.2 mounting brass post, and one faith keycap.

∆ Accessories at a glance.

∆ Taiji Faith Keycap.

 

After removing the heatsink, you can see the 22+1+2+1+1+1 phase power supply (110A SPS) layout of the ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF, which is advertised on the official website as using a 10-layer 2 oz PCB.

∆ The bare PCB of the motherboard is shown.

∆ 22+1+2+1+1 phase supply (110A SPS [Smart Power Stage]).

∆ The motherboard VRM heatsink has a heatpipe underneath as well as an active fan.

 

The ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF motherboard itself focuses its lighting effects on the rear I/O armor, which when powered up displays the classic Taichi gearing as well as its series logo.

∆ ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF lighting effect.

∆ Taichi Classic gears and logo.

There is also some lighting under the ∆ M.2 SSD thermal armor.

 

ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF Motherboard Performance Testing

The motherboard performance of ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF is tested with a 24-core, 24-thread Intel Core Ultra 9 285K processor and a T-FORCE XTREEM CKD DDR5 dual-channel memory kit for the barebones test, with the Power Delivery Profile manually set to ASRock Extreme Mode. The Power Delivery Profile was manually set to ASRock Extreme Mode.

Testing Platform

Processor:Intel Core Ultra 9 285K (Power Delivery Profile_ASRock Extreme Mode)
Cooler: Valkyrie E360 (full speed)
Water-cooled fan: LIAN LI UNI FAN P28 (full speed)
Motherboard: ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF
Memory: T-FORCE XTREEM CKD DDR5 (OC 9000 MT/s Gear2)
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Founders Edition 8GB
Operating System: Windows 11 Professional 24H2
System Drive: Plextor PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2 2280 SSD 512GB
Game Dish:XPG GAMMIX S70 PRO PCIe Gen4 x4 M.2 SSD 4TB
Power supply:FSP Hydro PTM PRO ATX3.0 (PCIe5.0) 1200W
Case: STREACOM BC1 Benchtable V2
Graphics driver: GeForce Game Ready 561.09

 

∆ Platform BIOS View.

∆ Power Delivery Profile is defaulted to Intel Default Mode.

∆ Intel Default Mode is manually set to ASRock Extreme Mode, if you want to get better performance, you can manually set the Gaming OC Preset to Stage 1 or 2, but it depends on the processor itself, the one I have can't be turned on.

In the ∆ CPU Indicator, you can see the processor P-Core / E-Core / Overall Score, and the P-Core quality in my hand is just about the same as the average.

 

firstly CPU-Z Viewing the hardware information of this test platform, Intel Core Ultra 9 285K processor has 24 (8P+16E) cores and 24 threads, series code name Arrow Lake using TSMC process, motherboard using ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF supporting PCI-E 5.0 lanes, memory using T-FORCE XTREEM CKD DDR5 2x 24GB manually overclocked to Gear2 9000 MT/s with a total of 48GB dual-channel capacity.

CPU-Z built-in test Version 17.01.64 was also run, in which the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K CPU scored 943.6 points for single-threaded and 19135.3 points for multi-threaded.

∆ CPU-Z information at a glance and Version 17.01.64 built-in test score results.

 

AIDA64 Memory and Cache TestsIn this test, T-FORCE XTREEM CKD DDR5 2X 24GB dual-channel memory was manually overclocked to DDR5 9000 MT/s, and on the ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF motherboard, the read speed was 135.03 GB/s, write speed was 100.3 GB/s, and copy speed was 112.49 GB/s with 77.5 ns latency. GB/s, and latency was 77.5 ns.

*AIDA64 does not yet fully support the new Intel Core Ultra 9 285K and other new series of processors, so just take a look at the results.

∆ AIDA64 cache and memory test, OC 9000 MT/s Gear2.

 

Processor score test software CINEBENCH R23It is often used to evaluate the 3D rendering and graphics performance of the processor itself, which was developed by MAXON based on Cinema 4D.

new version Cinebench 2024 MAXON ONE is Maxon's benchmark software for MAXON ONE software. MAXON ONE includes Cinema 4D, Red Giant Complete, Redshift, ZBrush, Universe, and Forger, and is a powerful tool for creating animation effects, motion design, motion graphics, film-grade portraits, and game art scenes. Each of these software programs fits together to provide a complete visual solution for creators.

Cinebench 2024 uses Cinema 4D's default Redshift rendering engine to test GPU and CPU performance. If multiple graphics cards are used to run Cinebench 2024 tests, the software utilizes multiple cards for the rendering tests at the same time, and Cinebench 2024 performs multiple rendering tests with six times the amount of computation when compared to Cinebench R23. Compared to Cinebench R23, the Cinebench 2024 multi-threaded rendering tests show a six-fold increase in the amount of computation for scenes. This reflects improvements in CPU performance and the higher hardware requirements that multimedia workers must now meet.

∆ CINEBENCH R23.

∆ CINEBENCH 2024.

 

Intel Extreme Tuning Utility (Intel XTU) is Intel's official free software for overclocking, monitoring and boosting. The built-in Intel XTU Benchmark 2.0 can be used to test the multi-core computing capability of the processor, and the following results are provided for reference.

There are now two versions of Intel XTU available for download, version 7.14.2.14 supports only unlocked Intel Core processors (14th generation) and older processors, while version 10.x or a future update supports only unlocked Intel Core Ultra processors (Series 2) and newer processors.

∆ Intel XTU Benchmark 2.0.

 

Next up, the 3DMark series, one of the most benchmarks for gaming scores, was used to compare the theoretical results of the same graphics platform with different processors through a series of tests with different picture quality and different GPU APIs.

3DMark CPU Profile This test will measure the performance of MAX, 16, 8, 4, 2 and 1 threads respectively, while the performance of 16 threads and above is more for 3D rendering or audio/video professional work, most of the mainstream DirectX 12 games can refer to the score of 8 threads, while the score of 4 and 2 threads are related to the old games developed with DirectX 9.

∆ 3DMark CPU Profile.

 

In addition, the author has also used the commonly used game performance simulation test 3DMark Fire Strike、3D Mark Time SpyWhen tested with the NVIDIA RTX 4060Ti graphics card, the 285K scored 52607 physics points in Fire Strike, a 1080p graphics DirectX11 GPU API contextual game simulation test, and 23282 CPU points in Time Spy, a 1440p graphics DirectX 12 GPU API contextual game simulation test. The 285K received a CPU score of 23282 in Time Spy, a contextual game simulation test with DirectX 12 GPU API at 1440p.

∆ 3DMark Fire Strike.

∆ 3DMark Time Spy.

 

Is it really stronger to have CKD? UDIMM/CUDIMM memory overclocking test

I am also curious to see if the overclocking performance of regular U-DIMM DDR5 memory has been improved on the Z890 OCF. This time, I put the previously unboxed Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5 RGB Limited Edition 8000MT/s 48GB (2x24GB) MemoryTry overclocking again, previously overclocked to 8600 MT/s on Z790 AORUS TACHYON, this time further overclocked to DDR5 on Z890 OCF again.11036 MT/s (5518.3 MHz), which really squeezes even more overclocking out of the U-DIMM memory itself.

∆ Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5 RGB Limited Edition 8000MT/s 48GB (2x24GB) Memory further overclocked to DDR5-11036 MT/s (5518.3 MHz), the cutoff only reaches 11006 MT/s, the frequency is higher than the cutoff.

 

The biggest update to the Z890 chipset is the support for CKD memory, which is U-DIMM DDR5 memory equipped with the Client Clock Driver chip, or CUDIMM or CKD UDIMM, and so on, and this time, it is used with the T-FORCE XTREEM CKD DDR5 for manual overclocking. This time, we will conduct a manual overclocking test with T-FORCE XTREEM CKD DDR5 to see how high we can challenge on the memory overclocking specialization motherboard ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF!

∆ T-FORCE XTREEM CKD DDR5 basically looks the same as its predecessor. XTREEM DDR5 The CPU cooler is water-cooled, while the memory is installed with a fan blowing directly on it.

 

First of all, we manually overclocked to DDR5 9733 MT/s Gear4 with two strips of AIDA64 Memory and Cache TestsThe read speed is 129.18 GB/s, the write speed is 101.89 GB/s, and the copy speed is 126.61 GB/s with 90 ns latency.

∆ Manual overclocking 9733 MT/s.

 

Followed by single bar manual overclocking to DDR5 11302 MT/s (5650.6 MHz), but memory overclocking is still very much dependent on the CPU memory controller (IMC [Integrated Memory Controller]) and the memory itself.

∆ Manual overclocking DDR5 11302 MT/s.

 

Conclusion

The ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF (Z890 Taichi OC Formula) is ASRock's sub-flagship motherboard model after the flagship Z890 Taichi AQUA in the Z890 chipset lineup, and further down is the familiar Z890 Taichi, the sub-flagship Z890 Taichi OCF is The sub-flagship Z890 Taichi OCF is completely designed for O.C. overclocking, which is why I want to buy it.

Overclocking is a customer group that seeks to "challenge records", no matter it is their own records or other people's records, it is the main goal of overclocking! Therefore, the pursuit of overclocking is not about "practicality or stability", after all, you wouldn't ask an Olympic sprinter to run for you to buy groceries, you would only recognize them if they are fast enough to buy groceries, right?

This time, the Z890 Taichi OCF is paired with the regular U-DIMM memory that we've seen in the past, which is the same memory that we've unboxed before. Kingston FURY Renegade DDR5 RGB Limited Edition 8000MT/s 48GB (2x24GB) Also overclocked from 8000 MT/s to 11036 MT/s (5518.3 MHz)In addition, the U-DIMMs can be used to squeeze the last value out of the regular U-DIMMs.

1DPC memory slot configuration, various convenient overclocking buttons and functions, six native M.2 SSD slots on board, M.2 convenient design, very adequate VRM power supply material and 10-layer PCB are all product features worth keeping overclockers on board, but is there anything better?

Yes, I personally think that the WiFi antenna should be a convenient design and the M.2 SSD slots should be left at most three. The WiFi antenna is because as a frequent tester, the antenna is much more usable than a metal swivel head if it is easy to plug in and out and the reason for leaving only three M.2 SSD slots is because testers need at most a system hard drive and a test (game) hard drive, leaving six basically should not be used too much. Leaving six slots should not be too much use.