Today's evaluation of a Meijie (SOYO) SY-Classic H610M motherboard, this product is specially for the 12th generation of non-K Core released by Intel at the beginning of the year, the price is cheaper than the B660, it can be said that it is one of the most beginner 600 series motherboards, which is more suitable for everyone to combine the entry daily office platform. Although the quality is an entry board, the power supply of SOYO SY-Classic H610M motherboard also has 8+1+1 phases, and there is no pressure to meet the mid-range 12th generation non-K Core.
01 SOYO SY-Classic H610M Introduction
SOYO (SOYO) SY-Classic H610M adopts the M-ATX form factor, which is itself an entry-level platform, except for the SouthBridge chipset, there is no armored heat dissipation design in other parts, but the original material workmanship is unconventional.
SOYO SY-Classic H610M motherboard
SOYO (SOYO) SY-Classic H610M motherboard Gong power supply system is very outstanding, using 8+1 power phase design, PWM master control is RT3628AE, DR. MOS design, model using the same Asus TIF B660M SiC 654, single-phase current output 50A, in previous years the entry motherboard can not see this level of power supply level, but also has a separate 1-phase VCC_AUX power supply This is a new power supply system of the 12th generation platform, combining the previous generation VCCSA and VCCIO power supply.
Power supply
RT3628AE
SiC 654
Because it is a compact M-ATX form factor, this motherboard has only two memory slots, adopts a two-way snap-in design, supports DDR4 type, can reach a frequency of 3200MHz, supports XMP technology, because DDR4 and DDR5 contacts are different, so it cannot be mixed with DDR5 memory.
Memory slot
The H610 chipset has a motherboard slot of the LGA1700 and is only compatible with 12th generation Core processors.
LGA1700
SOYO SY-Classic H610M motherboard provides a PCIe 4.0x16 slot, which is inserted here, and a PCIe x1 short slot, suitable for expanding network cards, capture cards and other gadgets.
PCIe slot
The M.2 slot has one, Go PCH, which supports PCI 3.0.
M.2 slot
I / O area, this motherboard provides 1 DP interface, an HDMI interface, a VGA interface, when using the core display, you can use these three video interfaces to connect the monitor. The rest also has 1 USB 3.2GEN1 interface, 4 USB 2.0 interfaces, 1 Gigabit Ethernet port, and 3 audio interfaces.
interface
In terms of jumpers, next to the open light jumper, SOYO (SOYO) SY-Classic H610M motherboard prepares a button to quickly reset the BIOS to solve the problem of the motherboard battery not buckle.
Reset the BIOS button
The motherboard sound card is the ALC 897, a veteran 5.1 sound card chipset that can be seen on most mid-range entry boards.
ALC 897
The NIC chip is RTL 8111E and provides gigabit bandwidth.
RTL 8111E
02 SOYO SY-Classic H610M motherboard BIOS
Let's take a look at the BIOS of the SY-Classic H610M motherboard, which belongs to the same umbrella of Shangke, and Meijie and Mingxuan have a simple and easy-to-use Chinese graphics BIOS.
Main menu
The main menu interface displays basic information about the host and can be adjusted in language.
Senior
The advanced interface can adjust the processor and other related settings, and the 12th generation Core core can be adjusted here.
Finally, in the overclocking settings, you can adjust the parameters such as XMP memory frequency, the H610 itself is not a motherboard prepared for overclocking, and the overclocking function is also limited, which can be simply adjusted.
Overclocking
03 Combat test
Next, let's conduct a practical test, first look at the test platform.
Test platform
This time we use the 12th generation of non-K Core, the mid-range model Core i5-12400 for testing, this processor has 6 cores and 12 threads, comes with UHD 730 core display, and only uses a large core design.
CINEBENCH R23:
Let's first take a look at the test results of the CINEBENCH R23, a veteran test software that demonstrates the benchmark performance of the processor's single-threaded and multi-threaded counterparts.
CINEBENCH R23
In the test of CINEBENCH R23, the Core i5-12400 multi-thread score was 12423, and the single thread reached 1700, which has exerted the strength of this processor.
3D MARK：
In the next 3D MARK test, we tested with Fire Strike and Time Spy.
Fire Strike
Time Spy
In the tests of Time Spy and Fire Strike, the overall configuration of the platform was higher than the average level in the 3D MARK database.
Game Test:
For game testing, we selected two triple-A masterpieces of Tomb Raider: Shadow, Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, and CS:GO, an online game, with a resolution of 2K and a game with BENCHMARK.
Tomb Raider: Shadow
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
《CS:GO》
With the high-end solo time, this platform to play "Tomb Raider: Shadow", "Assassin's Creed: Odyssey" these 2 three A masterpieces, without any pressure, "CS: GO" also has more than 500 frames of performance. Of course, we also tested the frame rate performance of the entire platform when using the kernel display alone.
Using the Core i5-12400 comes with the UHD 730 core display, and then low quality 1080p, "CS:GO" can reach about 66 frames, simple play game OK, don't think about playing triple A or high quality.
Copy machine test:
Finally, the copy machine test is carried out to see how the pressure resistance of the SOYO SY-Classic H610M motherboard is.
Copy machine
After an hour of FPU and CPU double copy testing, the Core i5-12400 on the SOYO (SOYO) SY-Classic H610M motherboard temperature is about 62 ° C, there is no adverse reaction in the middle, and it is still no problem to resist the mid-range 12th-generation Core i5 level processor.
04 Entry installation is optional
As an entry-level motherboard, SOYO SY-Classic H610M motherboard with Core i5-12400 is not only cheap, but also brings a stable experience. Relying on the new architecture and process of 12 generation Core performance is very tempting, but last year there was no entry motherboard and entry processor for everyone to choose, and now the emergence of SOYO SY-classic H610M motherboard and 12th generation non-K Core has brought everyone new ideas.
Meijie (SOYO) SY-Classic H610M motherboard priced at 589 yuan, the price is very affordable, and the B660 and Z90 are not too fragrant compared with the thousands of yuan, and like many B660 motherboards, this H610 chip with the mid-range 12th generation non-K Core also has no pressure, 8 +1+1 power phase design can make it full play performance, of course, the expansion performance is subject to the H610 chipset itself is not outstanding, and there is no need to consider the expansion of high requirements. Others that do not have this demand are well worth buying.
The most suitable partner for SOYO SY-Classic H610M motherboard is the Core i5-12400, which is a non-K 12th generation non-K processor, which also locks the CPU multiplier, and it is wasted with K. Of course, the i5-level products are a little bit lower-end Core i3-12100 is no problem, as long as you pay attention to the compatibility problem, because this motherboard can only use the 12th generation of Core processors, do not choose the 10th generation and 11th generation Core to match Oh.