Friends who are familiar with hardware know that Intel's 14th generation core architecture is the same as the previous generation, except for 14700K(kf), the rest is basically the rhythm of squeezing toothpaste, on the other hand, AMD is now more attractive - equipped with 3D V-Cache technology7800X3D boxed a while ago** directly dropped to 2599 yuan, a set of platform assembled at least cheaper than Core i9-14900K4000 5000 yuan, the point is that the performance of the two games is equal!And 7800x3D is a proper leader in competitive online games
On the other hand, AMD's all-white themed installation plan has always been difficult to achieve, after all, there are so few white AMD motherboards, and GIGABYTE recently launched a new series of ice sculpture motherboards, and the common selling point of this product line is the white design from the heatsink to the PCB. Among them, the B650M AORUS ELITE AX ICE ice motherboard is very suitable for mainstream players to build AMD white solutions, this content will be unboxed to experience it, and by the way, how to maximize the performance of 7800X3D.
The B650M ice sculpture packaging adopts a new carved head sketch style design on the front, which is very simple to look at, and the bottom right is marked with a 4-year national warranty, which is one of the biggest advantages of GIGABYTE motherboards above the mainstream positioning.
List of accessories, B650M ice sculpture has a simple manual, SATA data cable and white Wi-Fi antenna, of which the Wi-Fi antenna is a standing sit-down type, and it is also with magnetic attribute, how to place it is very convenient.
The appearance of the B650M ice sculpture is very beautiful at first sight, except for some I O is black, the thermal armor, PCB, and motherboard buckles are all equipped with snow white, and the current price of 1,000 yuan is only such a completely white B650 MATX motherboard to choose from, GIGABYTE dares to launch such a unique motherboard in the most competitive range, there must be its advantages, let's take stock of its selling points and details.
The B650M ice sculpture uses 12+2+2 phase power supply, in which the CPU vcore part serves 12 phases, and the core display part is 2 phases, and their DRThe maximum current support of MOS has reached 60A, and with the thermal armor with a composite trench structure + 6mm heat pipes, it is also stress-free to drive the Ryzen 9-level processor, and the 7800X3D tested in this article is obviously easier.
The motherboard has four DDR5 memory slots, a single slot supports 48GB capacity up to 192GB, and the memory frequency is nominally overclocked to DDR5 8000MHz, which has broken the early DDR5 6400MHz limit, this is because AMD has since upgraded to Agesa 10.0.After 7B microcode, DDR5 memory can also be ultra-high frequency like Intel, which is quite suitable for AMD enthusiast players.
The B650M Ice Sculpture has a metal reinforced PCIe 40x16 graphics card slot, and the black PCIe slot below supports PCIe 40x4, between them are two groups of m2 slots, covered by a single block of thermal armor, upper m2 slots support PCIe 50x4, prepare for compatibility with Gen 5 SSDs in the future, and below MThe 2 slot is PCIe 40x4。
In terms of back IO expansion, it is basically the same as the previous B650M eagle, with 4*USB 20. Wi-Fi 6E wireless network, 1*HDMI, 1*DP, 1*USB 32 gen 2x2 type-c、2*usb 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A (Red*USB 3.)2 Gen 1 Type-A (Blue. The configuration of 5G Ethernet port and ALC 897 audio chip driver interface (with digital optical output) is completely full for mainstream gamers.
Finally, take a look at the other interface configurations, on the left side of the memory slot are CPU FAN and CPU OPT pins, which are very convenient for wiring when using the water cooling solution, and on the right are two sets of RGB pins + one set of ARGB pins.
On the lower right side of the memory slot, there's a Sys Fan port, and below it is a simple restart button for bare-metal testing, while the B650M Ice Sculpture also has a USB 32 Gen 2x2 socket for extending a Type-C port to the front of the chassis.
In the lower right area of the motherboard, there are two other sets of SYS FAN sockets, and the CLR CMOS pins are also here, so you only need a screwdriver to short-circuit the CMOS data, or you can connect the case restart button to make it more convenient.
The lower left area of the motherboard,There is the last set of SYS Fan interfaces,There is also a set of RGB pins and a set of ARGB pins,Although this motherboard belongs to the MATX specification,But it has a lot of fans and light strip sockets,It can be described as a small sparrow with all five organs。
For the X3D series processor family, the most suitable model for gamers to start with is naturally Ryzen 7 7800X3D, it has a 96MB huge L3 cache, and the eight-core specifications also make the game scheduling better, the design TDP is only 120W, and the hardware requirements it needs are not high, plus it is an octa-core positioning, and the cost of the whole platform is very low.
The dessert frequency of the Ryzen 7000 series processor is DDR5-6000MHz, so it is necessary to choose a set of DDR5 6000 memory with low preset timing, this test uses the Pallas II Lingshuang DDR5 6000 16GB*2 set of Acer Predator, the Lingshuang series is for the mainstream DDR5 market, and the frequency has 5200 6000 6400 6600 There are four types of MHZ to choose from, and the colors can be silver and black, which correspond to the white and black installation scheme.
The memory is made of a sufficiently thick aluminum alloy heat dissipation armor, with a proper metallic texture, and some modified minimalist elements can also be seen on its surface: Pallas II, Predator and DDR5 logo, and there is an area covered with a snowflake pattern above the memory and demarcated with silver edges, which corresponds to the name "Lingshuang".
On the back of the memory there is a parameter label for the product, which also supports Intel XMP 30 and AMD Expo technology, when turned on, it can reach DDR5 6000C30-38-38-76 &135V, low-timing tuning also has a positive effect on Ryzen 7000 series processors, this memory is nominally made of Hynix's original particles (this one in hand is A-Die), the overclocking potential is also huge, and it also has a built-in temperature sensor, which is a must if you want to challenge the limit of overclocking.
Although the memory does not have an RGB lamp design, it adopts a more refined brushed texture treatment at the top position, and the sense of grade is on a higher level, and there is no sense of disobedience on the B650M ice sculpture - a unified metal texture, which is also commensurate with the white PCB.
A while ago, the overclocking three launched the [Zhen] series of dual-tower air-cooled RZ620, and now it has ushered in the 4 heat pipe single-tower air-cooled flagship [Zhen] RZ400, which is better to use it to suppress Ryzen 7 7800X3D, and the appearance of RZ400 adopts the triangular geometry of aluminum anodizing sandblasting process in the top cover part, which makes the overall look more exquisite, and the overall height is only 155mm, which can be compatible with most cases.
The cooling fan adopts the F5 R120 performance fan, the axis is decorated with star ring metal style, and the surrounding area has its own shock and noise reduction pads, with M G level dynamic balance correction, and the fan speed range is 500-2200 rpm, which can provide 86 at maximum speed73 cfm of air volume and 3With a wind pressure of 2 mmh20, the maximum noise value is only 32 dBA.
The fin group is combined with the buckle FIN + fold FIN process, in which the side of the fan is installed with a triangular wavy fin matrix, and the official claim is that the use of aeroacoustics can effectively reduce the wind shear sound, so you have to pay attention to the installation and don't get the wrong direction.
The RZ400 uses HDT 40 Pro process base - four heat pipe direct contact design, the surface is polished very smooth without flaws, and the heat pipe is also supported by new technology, whether it is installed horizontally or vertically, it can give full play to the heat dissipation performance of the application. In terms of performance, the RZ400 can easily suppress the 180W Core i5 13600K with the official nominal name, which is really tough.
Simply talking about the test environment, the memory in the regular project will be turned on EXPO technology to achieve DDR5 6000C30 state, as for the Ryzen 7 7800X3D itself, it cannot be overclocked BIOS default, the operating system is the latest Windows 11 23H2, and the NVIDIA graphics driver is the latest GameReady 54633 WHQL, the graphics card uses RTX 4090 to minimize bottlenecks and is also quite suitable for 7800X3D, turn on Resizable Bar technology to improve some performance for the graphics card, and the ambient temperature is about 10 during the test.
Cinebench R23 project, Ryzen 7 7800X3D single-theory test project multi-core run score is 18336 pts, single-core run score is 1818 pts, for this U born for games, productivity performance is really not eye-catching, the multi-core part is equivalent to Ryzen 7 7700, and the single-core part is only at the level of Ryzen 5 7600, after all, stacked 3D V-cache has also reduced its frequency a lot, but for those who buy this U, it is enough to cope with the general light productivity needs.
Test the Lenco Absolute Shadow NV7000-T 4TB with B650M Ice Sculpture This Gen 4 flagship solid-state, CrystalDiskMark peak performance Q8TI test, sequential read speed of 741899 mb s with a sequential write speed of 6493At 94 MB s, 4K random reads and writes to IOPS are 931K and 1047K, respectively, which can perfectly run the official data on this AMD platform, and the solid-state temperature is quite good with the help of the motherboard heatsink, and the maximum is only 47 when loaded.
Ryzen 7 7800X3D runs the Cinebench R23 10-minute multi-core project, and the measured RZ400 has a maximum speed of 2000RPM, a CPU diode temperature of 75, a MOS temperature of only 34, and a CPU package power consumption of 98W
For Ryzen 7 7800X3D, its load strategy is the same as that of all Ryzen family processors, it runs at the highest frequency, and there is still a lot of distance from the temperature wall in actual measurements, and in most cases the temperature performance will not be too far behind, in disguise, the requirements for CPU heatsinks are not high, and the four heat pipes are the best destination, and the RZ400 fan can easily suppress it without doing its best.
Next, the performance of Ryzen 7 7800X3D is maximized - that is, for its memory part, the first method is relatively simple, we all know that AMD's officially recommended dessert frequency is DDR5 6000MHz, at this time the memory is based on 1:1 same frequency implementation, so the performance is theoretically the best.
However, the physique of the CPU must not exceed this upper limit,In the case of maintaining 1:1, it can generally impact up to DDR5-6400MHz (if necessary, you can pressurize the CPU SA),Lingshuang DDR5 6000C30This memory can be directly on 6400MHz and maintain the original C30 timing,Then select UCLK=Memclk to complete the first step。 The second step is to turn on the GIGABYTE D5 Black Technologies: High Bandwidth and Low Latency, which automatically optimizes the memory timing.
The second method is to use UCLK=MEMCLK 2 mode, that is, the 1:2 divider state, so that Ryzen 7 7800X3D can impact the frequency of DDR5 6400 or more, and the manual overclocking of Lingshuang DDR5 6000C30 memory can achieve DDR5-7600C34-44-44-52, and VDD and VDDQ voltage settings are 15V, the specific parameter settings are shown in the figure above, for reference only. Let's compare the performance differences of DDR5 6000C30 (EXPO), DDR5 6400 (1:1) + D5 black technology optimization, and DDR5 7600 (1:2) manual overclocking.
Lingshuang DDR5 6000C30-38-38-76 EXPO set, AIDA64 memory and cache test.
Lingshuang DDR5 6400C30-38-38-76 (1:1) + D5 black technology optimization, AIDA64 memory and cache test.
Lingshuang DDR5 7600C34-44-44-52 (1:2), AIDA64 memory and cache test.
Under the EXPO configuration, the memory latency of the Ryzen 7 7800X3D is 70ns, which is more necessary to optimize due to the special architecture and higher than the Ryzen 7 7700X with similar specifications.
In maintaining 1:1 same frequency mode, DDR5-6400 with D5 black technology has improved its bandwidth and delay performance, and the delay has even been reduced to 63ns, and it can also pass the MEMTESTPRO baking test with 0 errors in this state, which is very powerful.
Even if you overclock to DDR5-7600, and also optimize the timing and small parameters, the final performance is basically the same as DDR5 6400 (1:1), and even the memory delay has been tested several times, so it is almost to catch up with the same frequency mode.
The DDR5 7600 (1:2) state score is the highest in the Pugetbench for Photoshop benchmark score in the three memory states, which is 27%, while the DDR5 6400 (1:1) improvement is slightly smaller, compared with the EXPO configuration increase of 18%, itself Photoshop is mainly related to CPU performance, so there will be some impact on memory.
The 7-zip benchmark score in the three memory states, this project is DDR5 6400 (1:1) state is better, the compression performance is 5% higher than the EXPO configuration, and DDR5 7600 (1:2) is only 3% better, the gap is obvious, but the decompression performance of the two is basically the same, and the improvement is also small, because the decompression performance depends on the CPU core and multithreading.
2160p Naraka: Bladepoint preset with very high image quality.
DDR5 6000C30 EXPO averages 184 fps, DDR5 6400 (1:1) averages 193 fps, and DDR5 7600 (1:2) averages 194 fps, both of which are improved at 5About 2%.
2160p PUBG Custom Triple Super High +120% Render Quality.
DDR5 6000C30 EXPO averages 339fps, DDR5 6400 (1:1) averages 362FPS, DDR5 7600 (1:2) averages 361FPS, and the latter two are both improved at 6Around 7%.
This game test is directly carried out at 4K resolution,Both overclocking methods have been increased by more than 5%,It is obviously more sensitive to e-sports games,Especially the project of "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds",Core i9-14900K is going to lag behind Ryzen 7 7800X3D,It seems that after the two are also overclocked in memory,Ryzen 7 7800X3D will still be far ahead,Chicken players can give priority to the Ryzen camp in the pursuit of high brushing。
Finally, simply conduct a heat dissipation test on the memory of Lingshuang DDR5 6000, overclock to DDR5 6400 (1:1), and turn on D5 Black Technology State, the maximum temperature of the baking machine through MEMTESTPRO is only 31, and the standby temperature is 22, this set of memory is simply not too cool to overclock in winter, and even the auxiliary fan is not needed, toss it up, friend.
The method of maximizing the performance of Ryzen 7 7800X3D (including the whole Ryzen 7000) is very simple, that is, overclocking the memory to DDR5 6400MHz in the 1:1 same frequency state, and the best state can be achieved with timing optimization, and the performance of e-sports games is guaranteed to increase by about 5%.
If you don't know how to adjust the timing, it is very convenient to pair it with a motherboard with D5 black technology like the GIGABYTE B650M Ice Sculpture, and it is also the best AMD's pure white theme Mattx motherboard, and the overall materials and functional design have no shortcomings. As for memory, you can give preference to low-timing products like the Acer Predator Lingshuang DDR5, the original Hynix particles are easy to adjust, and the heat dissipation performance is also very good.