AMD Ryzen 5 3400G Performance Analysis on X570 Motherboard

I love Mini-ITX PC builds. Period. There’s something about them that just gets me every time … and I lose all sense of sanity!

In today’s build, we’ll be using an AMD Ryzen 5 3400G with built-in Radeon Vega 11 graphics, an ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming ITX-TB3 motherboard, 16GB of DDR4-3200 ram, 256GB SSD.

My cousin wanted me to build him a budget gaming system that has plenty of room for him to upgrade later. His budget was around USD $650. So I did the math and here’s what I came up with …

Motherboard	ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming ITX-TB3	$229
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3400G Processor	$143
Cooling	Included AMD Wraith CPU cooler	$0
Ram	Patriot Viper Steel Series 16GB (2x8GB)	$69
HDD	Adata SX 7000 512GB PCIE M.2 SSD	$52
PSU	Thermaltake Smart 80+ Plus 850W	$67
Chassis	Cooler Master Q300P	$90
VGA card	Onboard Radeon Vega 11 Graphics	$0
	TOTAL	~$650

The list does not include keyboard/mouse or monitor … I assume he has those already. Notice I didn’t include a dedicated graphics card. That’s because the Ryzen 5 3400G processor already has built-in graphics in the form of a Radeon Vega 11. It may not be the best, but I think it will suffice. The idea is to get the system running with basic graphics for gaming … and then later when he’s saved enough cash, he can upgrade to a Geforce GTX 1660 SUPER or higher. 

Now I know, you don’t really need to get a X570 motherboard for this CPU, but I’ve decided to go for the X570 motherboard anyway … that’s because it will give my cousin the option to upgrade his CPU, to a more powerful Ryzen 7 or Ryzen 9 at a later stage.

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G Processor (with Radeon Vega 11 Graphics)

For Mini-ITX PC build, we used the latest Ryzen 5 3400G processor and comes with Radeon Vega 11 Graphics built-in. It uses the 12nm FinFET Picasso die and features 4 cores/8 threads operating at base frequency of 3.7 GHz with boost speed of 4.2 GHz.

More information on AMD’s website.

Key features of the ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming TB3/ITX

You can check out the full review here.

It’s fast, looks fantastic and has many gamer-oriented features. It’s another exceptional motherboard from ASRock that offers great performance at a reasonable price. ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming TB3/ITX will, for sure satisfy all gamers, especially those who are looking for a small factor gaming PC.  Review by Bart Walluk – European Editor

Specifications

• Gaming Armor
  Power
  – Hi-Density Power Connectors (24 pin and 8 pin)
  Memory
  – 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots
  VGA Card
  – 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1)
  Internet
  – Intel^® LAN
  Cooling
  – 2oz Copper PCB
  Audio
  – Creative Sound Blaster™ Cinema 5
• Unique Feature
  ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2
  – ASRock USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s)
  – ASRock Thunderbolt™ 3 Type C USB 3.2 Gen2 Port (40Gb/s for Thunderbolt™ protocol; 10 Gb/s for USB3.2 protocol)
  ASRock Super Alloy
  – Premium 60A Power Choke
  – 60A Dr.MOS
  – Nichicon 12K Black Caps (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
  – I/O Armor
  – Matte Black PCB
  – High Density Glass Fabric PCB
  – 2oz Copper PCB
  Intel^® 802.11ax WiFi
  ASRock Steel Slot Gen4
  ASRock Hyper M.2 (PCIe Gen4x4)
  ASRock Full Spike Protection (for all USB, Audio, LAN Ports)
  ASRock Live Update & APP Shop
• CPU
  – Supports AMD AM4 socket Ryzen™ 2000 and 3000 series processors
  – Supports Intel^® LGA 115x mounting hole and Cooler
  – Digi Power design
  – 10 Power Phase design
• Chipset
  – AMD X570
• Memory
  – Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology
  – 2 x DDR4 DIMM Slots
  – AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Matisse) support DDR4 4533+(OC) / 4400(OC) / 4300(OC) / 4266(OC) / 4200(OC) / 4133(OC) / 3466(OC) / 3200/2933/2667/2400/2133 ECC & non-ECC, un-buffered memory*
  – AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Pinnacle Ridge) support DDR4 3600+(OC) / 3466(OC) / 3200(OC) / 2933/2667/2400/2133 ECC & non-ECC, un-buffered memory*
  – AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Picasso) support DDR4 3466+(OC) / 3200(OC) / 2933/2667/2400/2133 non-ECC, un-buffered memory*
  – Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB**
  – 15μ Gold Contact in DIMM Slots

  *For Ryzen Series CPUs (Picasso), ECC is only supported with PRO CPUs.
  Please refer to below table for AMD non-XMP memory frequency support. For more details, please refer to the QVL on ASRock’s website.Ryzen Series CPUs (Matisse):
  Ryzen Series CPUs (Pinnacle Ridge):
  Ryzen Series CPUs (Picasso):
  SR: Single rank DIMM, 1Rx4 or 1Rx8 on DIMM module label x=1 or 2
  DR: Dual rank DIMM, 2Rx4 or 2Rx8 on DIMM module label**Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows^® 32-bit OS. For Windows^® 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.
• BIOS
  – 256Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support
  – Supports “Plug and Play”
  – ACPI 5.1 compliance wake up events
  – Supports jumperfree
  – SMBIOS 2.3 support
  – CPU, CPU VDDCR_SOC, DRAM, VPPM, PREM VDD_CLDO, PERM VDDCR_SOC, +1.8V, VDDP Voltage Multi-adjustment
• Graphics
  – Integrated AMD Radeon™ Vega Series Graphics in Ryzen Series APU*
  – DirectX 12, Pixel Shader 5.0
  – Shared memory default 2GB. Max Shared memory supports up to 16GB.**
  – Supports HDMI 2.0 with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096×2160) @ 60Hz
  – Supports DisplayPort 1.4 Input with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096×2160) @ 60Hz***
  – Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI 2.0 Port (Compliant HDMI monitor is required)
  – Supports HDR (High Dynamic Range) with HDMI 2.0
  – Supports HDCP 2.2 with HDMI 2.0 and DisplayPort 1.4 Ports
  – Supports 4K Ultra HD (UHD) playback with HDMI 2.0 and DisplayPort 1.4 Ports

  *Actual support may vary by CPU

  **The Max shared memory 16GB requires 32GB system memory installed.

  ***DisplayPort 1.4 Input is used to connect a Type-C Monitor.

• Audio
  – 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec)
  – Premium Blu-ray Audio support
  – Supports Surge Protection
  – Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps
  – Pure Power-In
  – Direct Drive Technology
  – PCB Isolate Shielding
  – Impedance Sensing on Rear Out port
  – Individual PCB Layers for R/L Audio Channel
  – Gold Audio Jacks
  – 15μ Gold Audio Connector
  – Supports Creative Sound Blaster™ Cinema 5
• LAN
  – Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
  – GigaLAN Intel^® I211AT
  – Supports Wake-On-LAN
  – Supports Lightning/ESD Protection
  – Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
  – Supports PXE
• Wireless LAN
  – Intel^® 802.11ax WiFi Module
  – Supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ax
  – Supports Dual-Band (2.4/5 GHz)
  – Supports WiFi6 802.11ax (2.4Gbps)
  – 2 antennas to support 2 (Transmit) x 2 (Receive) diversity technology
  – Supports Bluetooth 5.0 + High speed class II
  – Supports MU-MIMO
• Slots
  AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Matisse)
  – 1 x PCI Express 4.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1: x16 mode)*
  AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Pinnacle Ridge)
  – 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1: x16 mode)*
  AMD Ryzen series CPUs (Picasso)
  – 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1: x8 mode)*- 1 x Vertical M.2 Socket (Key E) with the bundled WiFi-802.11ax module (on the rear I/O)
  – 15μ Gold Contact in VGA PCIe Slot (PCIE1)

  *Supports PCIe riser cards to extend one x16 slot to two x8 slots if you install AMD Ryzen series CPUs
  Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
• Storage
  – 4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
  – 1 x Hyper M.2 Socket, supports M Key type 2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen4x4 (64 Gb/s) (with Matisse) or Gen3x4 (32 Gb/s) (with Pinnacle Ridge and Picasso)*

  *Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks
• Connector
  – 1 x SPI TPM Header
  – 1 x RGB LED Header*
  – 1 x Addressable LED Header**
  – 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)***
  – 1 x CPU/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)****
  – 1 x Chassis/Water Pump Fan Connector (4-pin) (Smart Fan Speed Control)*****
  – 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
  – 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector)
  – 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector (15μ Gold Audio Connector)
  – 1 x USB 2.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)
  – 1 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports) (Supports ESD Protection)

  *Supports in total up to 12V/3A, 36W LED Strip

  **Supports in total up to 5V/3A, 15W LED Strip

  ***The CPU Fan Connector supports the CPU fan of maximum 1A (12W) fan power.

  ****The CPU/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power.

  *****The Chassis/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power.
  CPU_FAN1/WP, CPU_FAN2/WP and CHA_FAN1/WP can auto detect if 3-pin or 4-pin fan is in use.

• Rear Panel I/O
  – 2 x Antenna Ports (on I/O Panel Shield)
  – 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port
  – 1 x HDMI Port
  – 1 x DisplayPort 1.4 Input
  – 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
  – 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Thunderbolt™ 3 Type-C Port (40Gb/s for Thunderbolt™ protocol; 10 Gb/s for USB3.2 protocol) (Supports ESD Protection)
  – 2 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Ports (Supports ESD Protection)
  – 2 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Ports (Supports ESD Protection)
  – 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
  – 1 x Clear CMOS Button
  – HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone (Gold Audio Jacks)
• Software and UEFI
  Software
  – ASRock Phantom Gaming Tuning
  – ASRock Polychrome SYNC
  – ASRock Key Master
  – ASRock XFast LAN
  UEFI
  – ASRock Full HD UEFI
  – ASRock Instant Flash

  *These utilities can be downloaded from ASRock Live Update & APP Shop.
• Support CD
  – Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar
• Accessories
  – Quick Installation Guide, Support CD
  – 2 x SATA Data Cables
  – 1 x ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antenna
  – 1 x Screw for M.2 Socket
• Hardware Monitor
  – Temperature Sensing: CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
  – Fan Tachometer: CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
  – Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature): CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
  – Fan Multi-Speed Control: CPU/Water Pump, Chassis/Water Pump Fans
  – Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore, CPU VDDCR_SOC, DRAM, VPPM, PREM VDDCR_SOC, +1.8V, VDDP
• Form Factor
  – Mini-ITX Form Factor: 6.7-in x 6.7-in, 17.0 cm x 17.0 cm
  – 2oz Copper PCB

More information on ASRock’s website.