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 
CHIPSET:AMD A85X
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
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
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


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 MHz1.0. 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 V0.00625 V
DRAM Voltage:1.165 V... 1.800 V0.005 V
NB VID0.600 V... 2.150 V0.00625
APU PCIe Voltage:1.208 V... 1.563 V0.013
FCH Voltage:1.10 V... 1.40 V0.10








































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
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
















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