

Specifications
Specifications
MANUFACTURER:ASRock |
MODEL:FM2A85X Extreme6 |
CPU SUPPORT:2nd Gen AMD A Series and Athlon Processors for the FM2 Socket |
POWER DESIGN:CPU Power: 8+2 Phases FCH Power: 1 Phase Memory Power: 1 Phase
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CHIPSET:AMD A85X |
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INTEGRATED GRAPHICS:Dependant on installed APU/CPU |
MEMORY:4 x DIMM, Max. 64 GB, DDR3 1066 to DDR3 2600+ |
BIOS:AMI EFI BIOS with 64 Mb Flash ROM |
SLOTS:3 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (x16/x0/x4 or x8/x8/x4) 2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots 2 x PCI slot |
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HDD CONNECTIVITY:7 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s (AMDA85X) 1 x eSATA 6.0 Gb/s (AMD A85X) |
NETWORKING:Realtek RTL8111E PCIe Gigabit LAN |
PORTS:8 x USB 2.0 ports (2 at back panel, 6 at front panel) 6 x USB 3.0 ports (4 at back panel, 2 at front panel) 1 x RJ45 LAN connectors 1 x Audio port with 5 audio jacks 1 x SPDIF Output(Optical) 1 x HDMI port 1 x DVI port 1 x VGA port 1 x DisplayPort 1 x Keyboard/Mouse PS/2 port 1 x CMOS Clear button
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AUDIO:Realtek ALC898 HD CODEC |
FAN HEADERS:6 (2 x 4-pin PWM + 4 x 3-pin) |
FORM FACTOR:ATX Form Factor (305 mm x 244 mm) |
EXCLUSIVE FEATURES:- X-Boost
- XFast 555
- Fast Boot
- Restart to UEFI
- OMG
- Dehumidifier
- Easy RAID Installer
- Lucid Virtu MVP
- Interactive UEFI
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AMD FM2 Chipsets
Packaging
Contents
Some paper, a disc, and several cables are in the box, and not much else. A full listing is below:- 1x Driver Disc
- 1x User Manual
- 1x Quick Setup Guide
- 1x I/O Shield
- 4x SATA 6 Gb/s cables with locking pins
- 2x Board Feature leaflets
The Board - Layout
The Board - A Closer Look
BIOS Walkthrough
BIOS Options
ClocksRangeStep Size
CPU BCLK:100.00 MHz ... 136.00 MHz | 1.0. MHz |
Memory Dividers:x8 (800 MHz), x10.67 (1067 MHz), x13.33 (1333 MHz), x16 (1600 MHz ), x18.66 (1866 MHz), x21.33 (2133 MHz), x24 (2400 MHz) |
VoltagesRangeStep Size
CPU Vcore:0.600 V... 2.150 V | 0.00625 V |
DRAM Voltage:1.165 V... 1.800 V | 0.005 V |
NB VID0.600 V... 2.150 V | 0.00625 |
APU PCIe Voltage:1.208 V... 1.563 V | 0.013 |
FCH Voltage:1.10 V... 1.40 V | 0.10 |
Board Software
Test System
Test System
CPU:AMD A10-5800K 3.8 GHz, 4 MB Cache |
Memory:8 GB DDR3 (2x 4 GB) AMD Performance Edition Memory AP38G1869U2K |
Cooling:Corsair H100 |
Motherboard:ASRock FM2A85X Extreme6 AMD A85X, BIOS v1.02B |
Video Card:Onboard APU Radeon HD 7660D |
Harddisk:Corsair ForceGT 60 GB SATA 6 Gb/s SSD(TEST) Western Digital WD500AAKS 500 GB SATA 3 Gb/s (DATA Corsair F60 60 GB SATA 3 Gb/s SSD(OS) Velocity SuperSpeed USB3.0 External Dock w/Corsair ForceGT(TEST) |
Power Supply:Seasonic SS-860XP |
Case:Antec P280
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Software:Windows 7 64-bit SP1, ATI Catalyst 12.10 |
Initial Setup
Power Consumption
CPU Performance Results
SuperPi
WinRAR and wPrime
AIDA64
CineBench and HandBrake Encoding
3D Performance Results
3DMark11 and PCMark 07
Shogun 2
F1 2010
Sniper Elite V2
Drive and Audio Performance Results
HDTune Pro (SATA 6Gb/s)
HDTune Pro (USB3.0)
RightMark Audio Analyzer
Overclocking
9.8