ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming 4 Motherboard Review

Here is the user manual of the ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming 4: (PDF).

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This motherboard 4 follows the concept of its Z390 counterpart. This matte black circuit card is nearly entirely covered by the massive heatsink covering the 3 M.2 slots and chipset, as well as an integrated I/O shield and a rear I/O cover.

• The back of the ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming 4 is also black but not white, as a large backplate occupies over half of the back of the plate.
• The backplate adds structural integrity when heat sinks are mounted on it.
• ASRock has put several drivers on the back of this card, especially for the 2.5Gb/s LAN.
• The ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming 4 is very sharp and looks modern, with an excellent level of detail. The processor socket is open enough to house most coolers, and the VRM heatsink seems quite capable.
• Although it is not a very complex part, the finishing and machining of the heatsink are absolutely magnificent. The Torx screws are an exciting twist, although we wish they had been used throughout instead of the M.2 heatsink screws.
• The upper M.2 heatsink overlaps the chipset heatsink, and the two are connected with a thermal pad.
• The ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming 4 offers 2 PCI-E 4.0 x16 slots, all enclosed in steel armor, as well as 2 PCI-E 4.0 x1 slots. In addition, the card has a total of 8 SATA3 6Gb/s ports, all at a 90-degree angle to the card.
• The ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming 4 has an excellent rear I/O offering with 1 LAN port and a PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port.
• In combination with the WiFi 6, the ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming 4 has a lot of network power.

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The ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming 4 features 10-phase VRM in a (1 x 2) + (6 x 2) setup.

• The fundamental components are mainly similar to the current ASRock X570 Taichi but with a slight adjustment to the power, levels used.
• The PWM controller supports up to 5 phases in different configurations.
• To perform 10 phases, ASRock employs 4 Intersil ISL6617A Dopplers located at the board’s rear. To fill in more Vcore phases, ASRock also opted for Doppler in SOC.
• The ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming 4 uses SiC654 power amplifiers for all 10 phases (2 for SOC and 12 for Vcore).
• The two stages are pretty similar, and both offer a maximum current output of 50A. Still, the SiC654 of the Phantom Gaming 4 also offers protection against overheating and overcurrent with low loss of efficiency (90% vs. 95% of maximum efficiency).
• The ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming 4 has a maximum output of 600A, much higher than what a Ryzen 3000 processor could consume. As a result, this VRM is definitely considered oversized.

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On the software aspect, ASRock offers users some valuable apps for overclocking and system monitoring with the RGB control, Phantom Gaming Tuning program, and even an “App Store” for easy download and installation of ASRock applications and other third-party applications.

• ASRock’s App Store is a small footprint app that gives users easy access to their applications, including the XFast LAN, Full Color RGB LED utility, Restart to UEFI, and Application Loader.
• Besides ASRock apps, some 3rd-party apps such as Norton Security and Chrome can also be downloaded here.
• This application also provides access to the BIOS and the latest drivers for the system. This section shows a list of BIOS/drivers and the latest version and indicates the most recent version available.
• Just select which one you want to update, and your drivers will be updated. Overall, the app was helpful for an initial upgrade and its functionality for a full upgrade.

Overclocking the Ryzen 7 3700X processor on this motherboard generated a clock rate of 4.25 GHz with 1.325 Volts in the BIOS).

• Switching to the next multiplier at the same voltages resulted in a default value.
• More voltage resulted in throttling, while less voltage in a much faster time was a fail.
• It’s just the end of the road for this room-cooled processor. It has been shown that the VRM sends relatively stable voltages (depending on the software).
• When using optimized presets, it reads like level 3, but with a fixed voltage, it changes automatically to level 1, the highest.
• To put it in a nutshell, the ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming 4 handled the manual tuning of the GSkill Neo-Sticks to DDR4 4066 CL16 and the XMP tuning to DDR4 3600. This was also done with the 1: 1 ratio for optimal performance.
• Overall, this motherboard could achieve the same clocks on the CPU as competing motherboards with a similar voltage.

The ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming 4 meets the standards we expect from modern boards and has the additional features we like to see, namely the S/PDIF output. In addition, audio for this unit is offered by a 7.1 CH HD Audio from Realtek.

The ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming 4 and the ASUS TUF Gaming B550M-Plus have similar general performance, but they have some notable differences.

The ASUS TUF Gaming B550M-Plus has a higher memory frequency at 4400 MHz and a better network adapter speed at 2500Mb/s than ASRock’s 1, 000Mb/s.

A: This model does not have a USB Type-C port, but it has an Intel I211-AT LAN port and three color-coded 3.5mm audio jacks powered by a 7.1 CH HD Audio from Realtek.

A: The ASRock motherboard is equipped with a new generation Intel WiFi 6 802.11ax adapter. The speed will be up to 2.4Gb/s, and it will also work natively at 2.4GHz and 5GHz at the same time.

A: This ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming 4 has built-in RGB headers, and an addressable RGB header which allows the motherboard to connect to supported LED devices such as strips, coolers, cases, CPU fans, etc.