ASRock Industrial 4X4 BOX-7735U UCFF PC Review: Zen 3+, RDNA2, and USB4 in a Potent Platform
by Ganesh T S on April 6, 2023 10:30 AM EST- Posted in
- Systems
- AMD
- UCFF
- USB4
- ASRock Industrial
- Rembrandt
- Ryzen 7000 Mobile
Setup Notes and Platform Analysis
The video below presents the entire gamut of available options in the BIOS of the 4X4 BOX-7735U/D5. Of particular interest is the 'CPU Operating Mode' under 'Advanced > CPU Configuration'. It is set to 'Normal' by default, corresponding to a TDP of 28W. Altering it to 'Performance' sets the fan speed to maximum irrespective of the actual load, but ekes out extra performance by pushing up the TDP to 42W.
The system is equipped with dual LAN ports backed up by Realtek controllers. Similar to previous 4X4 BOX systems, the 1GbE link comes with DASH support to make it easy for IT departments to deploy and manage the system with an out-of-band management interface. This support is disabled by default.
The block diagram below presents the overall high-speed I/O distribution.
The HDMI 2.1 port is actually driven from one of the DisplayPort outputs of the SoC with a Realtek RTD2175 protocol convertor on the board. The two Type-C ports in the front panel are both USB4 driven from the SoC in the same manner - a Realtek RTS5452E power delivery controller and a Kandou Technologies KB8002 retimer. One of the unfortunate aspects here is that this retimer doesn't support USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (20 Gbps) operation, but all other interesting modes including full PCIe tunneling are supported. The rest of the platform components (including the network controllers, audio codec, etc.) are similar to the one in the previous 4X4 BOX series.
In today's review, we compare the 4X4 BOX-7735U/D5 and a host of other UCFF systems based on processors with TDPs ranging from 15W to 40W.
| Comparative PC Configurations | ||
| Aspect | ASRock 4X4 BOX-7735U (Performance) | |
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 7735U Zen 3+ (Rembrandt R) 8C/16T, 2.7 - 4.75 GHz TSMC 6nm, 16MB L3, 28W Max / Target TDP : 50W / 42W |
AMD Ryzen 7 7735U Zen 3+ (Rembrandt R) 8C/16T, 2.7 - 4.75 GHz TSMC 6nm, 16MB L3, 28W Max / Target TDP : 50W / 42W |
| GPU | AMD Radeon 680M (Rembrandt) - Integrated (12 CUs @ 2.2 GHz) |
AMD Radeon 680M (Rembrandt) - Integrated (12 CUs @ 2.2 GHz) |
| RAM | Kingston Fury KF548S38-8 DDR5-4800 SODIMM 38-38-38-70 @ 4800 MHz 2x8 GB |
Kingston Fury KF548S38-8 DDR5-4800 SODIMM 38-38-38-70 @ 4800 MHz 2x8 GB |
| Storage | Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ (512 GB; M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe;) (Samsung 6th Gen. V-NAND 128L (136T) 3D TLC; Samsung Elpis S4LV003 Controller; OEM version of 980 PRO) |
Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ (512 GB; M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe;) (Samsung 6th Gen. V-NAND 128L (136T) 3D TLC; Samsung Elpis S4LV003 Controller; OEM version of 980 PRO) |
| Wi-Fi | 1x 2.5 GbE RJ-45 (Realtek RTL8125) 1x GbE RJ-45 (Realtek RTL8111EPV) Mediatek MT7922 (RZ616) Wi-Fi 6E (2x2 802.11ax - 1.9 Gbps) |
1x 2.5 GbE RJ-45 (Realtek RTL8125) 1x GbE RJ-45 (Realtek RTL8111EPV) Mediatek MT7922 (RZ616) Wi-Fi 6E (2x2 802.11ax - 1.9 Gbps) |
| Price (in USD, when built) | (Street Pricing on April 17th, 2023) US $630 (barebones) USD 781 (as configured, no OS) |
(Street Pricing on April 17th, 2023) US $630 (barebones) USD 781 (as configured, no OS) |
The next few sections will deal with comparative benchmarks for the above systems.
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thelinuxguy - Sunday, May 7, 2023 - link
hey I am considering purchasing the Erying G660 12500H - what is your idle power consumption? can you check if you are able to get intel C10 power cstates at idle?I'm trying to build a home NAS and this board combo seems perfect to throw into a NAS chassis and run proxmox/unraid.
erinadreno - Friday, April 7, 2023 - link
I'm actualy glad that companies don't take product advice from prosumersTheinsanegamerN - Monday, April 10, 2023 - link
Yes I too enjoy taking the schlong from multi billion dollar corporations with no input, I must CONSOOM MORE PRODUCT.sjkpublic@gmail.com - Saturday, May 20, 2023 - link
A worthless comment.NaterGator - Thursday, April 6, 2023 - link
Me seeing dual NIC: oh yay, maybe this could be a viable low power routebox?Me seeing dual realtek: sigh, maybe next time.
dontlistentome - Friday, April 7, 2023 - link
They are differing speeds too. Only problem is .. what instead? Both the Intel 225 and 226 chips are borked.sjkpublic@gmail.com - Thursday, April 20, 2023 - link
Exactly. My experience with the Intel 225-v NIC has been bad. It is well documented . I like that this uses Realtek. That is a plus.3ogdy - Friday, April 7, 2023 - link
"serious performance"Thank you for the accuracy. I guess we'll all be sad and crying after all that seriousness.
Highly performing. No, seriously.
This is the equivalent of the Ferrari 812 Superfast.
PeachNCream - Saturday, April 8, 2023 - link
What is an 812 Super fast? It sounds like yet another stupid GPU or RAM branding.sjkpublic@gmail.com - Thursday, April 20, 2023 - link
And its not just the CPU. I believe since the 6000 line the GPU is now almost 2x as fast.