ASRock B760M Pro RS Review: Affordable, and ample M.2

A budget Micro ATX board with ample storage and a reasonable price point

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ASRock B760M Pro RS
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Firmware

Like the other ASRock boards, the B760M Pro RS starts in Easy Mode, which is primarily informative, but it lets you change a few options (XMP, profiles, boot order, Fan-Tastic Tuning, etc.). The black background and light blue accent colors match the Pro RS theme and are easy to read. Advanced mode displays headings across the top, with details below.

Here, you can tweak everything that can be tweaked, as ASRock includes every option you can think of. Overclocking is easy (though limited to memory overclocking on this platform), with most options on the same page, although some power options are in a different section. It’s a logical layout. The movement is smooth and easy to read. We have no significant complaints about the ASRock firmware.

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ASRock B760M Pro RS
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Software

ASRock provides several different software options. It has the App Shop to install drivers and software, the Nahimic 3 audio control panel, the A-Tuning/PG-Tuning application that overclocks your system, control fans, the Polychrome RGB software, and more. There’s even a pop-up to install drivers when you first boot the system. ASRock’s software provides everything users need to manage and tweak their system.

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ASRock B760M Pro RS
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Test System / Comparison Products

We’ve updated our test system to Windows 11 64-bit OS with all updates applied as of mid-October 2023. We kept the same Asus TUF RTX 3070 video card from our previous testing platforms but have updated the driver to the latest, keeping our games, F1 22 and Far Cry 6, the same. Unless otherwise noted, we use the latest non-beta motherboard BIOS available to the public using ‘optimized default’ settings except for the memory (XMP). The hardware and drivers we used are as follows:

Test System Components

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CPUIntel Core i9-14900K
MemoryKingston Fury Beast DDR5-6000 CL36 (KF560C36BBEAK2-32)
Row 2 - Cell 0 Teamgroup T-Force Delta RGB DDR5- 7200 CL34 (FF3D516G7200HC34ABK)
Row 3 - Cell 0 Klevv CRAS XR5 RGB (KD5AGUA80-80R380S)
GPUAsus TUF RTX 3070
CoolingCoolermaster MasterLiquid PL360 Flux
PSUEVGA Supernova 850W P6
SoftwareWindows 11 64-bit (23H2)
Nvidia DriverNVIDIA Driver 537.42
SoundIntegrated HD audio
NetworkIntegrated Networking (GbE or 2.5 GbE)
Graphics DriverGeForce 522.25

ASRock B760M Pro RS

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Benchmark Settings

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Synthetic Benchmarks and SettingsRow 0 - Cell 1
ProcyonVersion 2.6.848 64
Row 2 - Cell 0 Office Suite (Office 365), Video Editing (Premiere Pro 23.6), Photo Editing (Photoshop 25.0, Lightroom Classic 12.5)
3DMarkVersion 2.27.8177 64
Row 4 - Cell 0 Firestrike Extreme (v1.1) and Time Spy (v1.2) Default Presets
Cinebench R24Version ‘build unknown’
Row 6 - Cell 0 Open GL Benchmark - Single and Multi-threaded
BlenderVersion 3.6.0
Row 8 - Cell 0 Full benchmark (all 3 tests)
Application Tests and SettingsRow 9 - Cell 1
LAME MP3Version SSE2_2019
Row 11 - Cell 0 Mixed 271MB WAV to mp3: Command: -b 160 --nores (160Kb/s)
HandBrake CLIVersion: 1.2.2
Row 13 - Cell 0 Sintel Open Movie Project: 4.19GB 4K mkv to x264 (light AVX) and x265 (heavy AVX)
Corona 1.4Version 1.4
Row 15 - Cell 0 Custom benchmark
7-ZipVersion 21.03-beta
Row 17 - Cell 0 Integrated benchmark (Command Line)
Game Tests and SettingsRow 18 - Cell 1
Far Cry 6Ultra Preset - 1920 x 1080, HD Textures ON
F1 2022Ultra Preset - 1920 x 1080, Ultra High (default) Bahrain (Clear/Dry), FPS Counter ON

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3 Comments Comment from the forums
  • Amdlova
    Its insane to see these power loads... My build has same power full load cpu+vga+ screen
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  • 35below0
    "...the board allowed for a 250W boost out of the box and then settled to 125W for the remainder of the stress testing. Compared to boards that allow more power use, it is slower, but you can quickly work around this by adjusting the power limits. Outside of that, it was a competent gamer and did well in tasks that didn’t involve pushing the CPU hard..."

    This is why all manufacturers pushed unlimited power delivery. Every article is about MOAR POWER, and motherboards that "perform better" or are "slower" will lose sales.
    Do we need this?

    What matters most is features like USB ports and NVMe storage. RAM speed in MT/s is also useful as well as any compatibility problems.

    Does it run processors that it's sensible to pair with? If yes, than the above is far more important than whatever results an i9 shows.
    I wouldn't put an unlocked i5 into that motherboard, and in fact it would have been useful to test it with something like a 12400 or 13600K or similar.
    Reply
  • ocer9999
    35below0 said:
    "...the board allowed for a 250W boost out of the box and then settled to 125W for the remainder of the stress testing. Compared to boards that allow more power use, it is slower, but you can quickly work around this by adjusting the power limits. Outside of that, it was a competent gamer and did well in tasks that didn’t involve pushing the CPU hard..."

    This is why all manufacturers pushed unlimited power delivery. Every article is about MOAR POWER, and motherboards that "perform better" or are "slower" will lose sales.
    Do we need this?

    What matters most is features like USB ports and NVMe storage. RAM speed in MT/s is also useful as well as any compatibility problems.

    Does it run processors that it's sensible to pair with? If yes, than the above is far more important than whatever results an i9 shows.
    I wouldn't put an unlocked i5 into that motherboard, and in fact it would have been useful to test it with something like a 12400 or 13600K or similar.

    Yea, not quite sure who would run a i9 on this motherboard, not that is not capable but it's just doesnt make sense for someone to spend so much on a CPU and then so little on a mobo.
    Reply