ASRock X870 CHALLENGER WiFi White Motherboard Review

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Motherboard Performance

Testing the ASRock X870 CHALLENGER WiFi White was accomplished using the benchmarks below. The following components were used: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X, Corsair Vengeance DDR5 32GB at 6000MT/s (CMH32G5M2D6000C36), TEAMGROUP T-FORCE GR PRO Airflow 2TB Gen5 NVME, and the ASRock RX 7600 XT Steel Legend 16G OC graphics card. Comparison results are discussed from reviews of the ASRock Phantom Gaming X870 RIPTIDE WiFi and ASRock X870 Steel Legend Wifi motherboards,  as those boards were equally outfitted.

Below you will find a gallery of result screenshots from our testing protocol and a brief discussion of the results compared to the other motherboards with the same or similar components.

In looking at these results, compared to motherboards we reviewed 18 months ago, overall, they are very consistent. The ASRock X870 CHALLENGER WiFi White did score higher in Blender by a margin of 15%, however. The remainder of benchmark testing was very even across all three motherboards.

VRM Temperature

ASRock X870 CHALLENGER WiFi White: VRM temperature testing at load

In this test, we run Cinebench R23 multicore for 20 minutes minimum and then record the temperatures across the heatsinks using HWInfo64.  The CPU temperatures reached a maximum of 90.8C, 100% utilization, and 5233MHz. VRM temperatures averaged 33.5C There was no thermal throttle, and no stability issues were encountered.

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REVIEW OVERVIEW

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8.7

SUMMARY

This review evaluates the ASRock X870 CHALLENGER WiFi White motherboard. This new gaming-centric entry from ASRock for socket AM5 is a very good performer in every benchmark. It is actually very well appointed, but comes in at a budget-friendly price. If building a new PC on a budget this motherboard should be on the list.
Rick Patterson
Rick is an avid gamer that enjoys the latest and greatest video cards in his rigs. For the past few years, he's shared that expertise with The FPS Review's audience as a GPU reviewer.

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