MSI Z87 MPower Max Review
Category : Z87
Published by Marc Büchel on 15.01.14
With the Z87 MPower Max, MSI has a rather interesting motherboard in its portfolio, since there are features relevant for overclockers as well as gamers. For overclockers there is for example a 20 phase power design and gamers will love the beefed-up audio as well as the Killer network chip.



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On the following pages we're going to show you if MSI is able to convince us with their Z87 MPower Max.

Page 1 - Introduction Page 14 - SiSoft Sandra 2
Page 2 - Specs and Delivery Page 15 - UC Bench
Page 3 - Features Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
Page 4 - Layout Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 18 - Cinebench
Page 6 - BIOS Page 19 - Bioshock: Infinite
Page 7 - Test setup Page 20 - Metro Last Light
Page 8 - Preview / Gallery Page 21 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 9 - 3D Mark Page 22 - Power Consumption
Page 10 - 3D Mark 11 Page 23 - Performance Rating
Page 11 - 3D Mark Vantage  Page 24 - Price Comparison
Page 12 - PC Mark 7 Page 25 - Conclusion
Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 1  
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Specs and Delivery

Chipset Intel Z87
Memory Dual Channel DDR3, 4 x DIMM, Max. 32 GB DDR3, non-ECC, un-buffered memory
DDR3 3000*/2800*/2666*/2600*/2400*/2200*/2133*/2000*/1866*/1600/1333/1066 MHz
*(OC)
Multi-GPU
  • Supports NVIDIA SLI Technology (2-Way)
  • Supports AMD CrossFireX Technology (2-Way, 3-Way)
    Supports Lucid Virtu MVP 2.0
Slots
  • 3 x PCIe 3.0 x16 (x16, x8/x8, x8/x4/x4)
  • 4 x PCIe 2.0 x1
Audio Realtek ALC1150
  • 7.1-Channel High Definition Audio
  • Supports S/PDIF output
    		•
    Storage Intel Z87 chipset
    • 6 x SATA3 6Gb/s (SATA3 1~6)
    • IDE / AHCI / RAID 0/1/5/10
    ASMedia ASM1061
    • 2 x SATA3 6Gb/s (SATA3 7/8)
    Network
    • Killer E2205 LAN controller (10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet)
    Internal Connectors
    • ATX 24-Pin power connector
    • 2 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
    • 2 x 4-pin CPU fan connectors
    • 3 x 4-pin System fan connectors
    • 8 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
    • 2 x USB 2.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports)
    • 2 x USB 3.0 connectors (supports additional 4 USB 3.0 ports)
    • 1 x Discharge jumper
    • 1 x Multi BIOS Switch
    • 1 x Front Panel Audio connector
    • 2 x System panel connectors
    • 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector
    • 14 x V-Check points (7x V-Check connectors, 7x V-Check spots)
    • 1 x Power button
    • 1 x GO2BIOS button
    • 1 x OC Genie button
    • 1 x Reset button
    • 2 x Base Clock control buttons
    • 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
    • 1 x Power button
    • 1 x OC Genie mode switch
    • 1 x 2-Digit Debug Code LED
    • 1 x Wi-Fi/ Bluetooth module connector
    Extrenal Connectors
    • 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port
    • 1 x Clear CMOS button
    • 1 x Optical S/PDIF-out  port
    • 2 x USB 2.0  ports
    • 6 x USB 3.0  ports
    • 1 x RJ45 LAN jack
    • 1 x 6 in 1 OFC audio jack
    • 1 x DisplayPort with max. resolution up to 4096x2160@24Hz, 24bpp/ 3840x1600@60Hz, 24bpp
    • 2 x HDMI ports with max. resolution up to 4096x2160@24Hz, 24bpp/2560x1600@60Hz, 24bpp/ 1920x1080@60Hz, 36bpp
    Forfactor ATX (30.4cm x 24.4cm)
    BIOS 2 x 64Mb flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS



       




    Page 1 - Introduction Page 14 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 2 - Specs and Delivery Page 15 - UC Bench
    Page 3 - Features Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 4 - Layout Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 18 - Cinebench
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 19 - Bioshock: Infinite
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 20 - Metro Last Light
    Page 8 - Preview / Gallery Page 21 - Sleeping Dogs
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Page 22 - Power Consumption
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 11 Page 23 - Performance Rating
    Page 11 - 3D Mark Vantage  Page 24 - Price Comparison
    Page 12 - PC Mark 7 Page 25 - Conclusion
    Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 1  
    [pagebreak]

    Features

    Military Class 4 Components

    		 MSI's fancy name for high quality components. Military Class 4 Components certified motherboard are equiped with Hi-c CAP, Super Ferrite Choke and Dark CAPs for better stability, durability, efficiency and current.
     

    DigitALL Power PWM

    		 Like all the large motherboard manufacturers, also MSI has been equipping its motherboards with digital power design, since quite a few years meanwhile.
       

    Audio Boost

    		 MSI equips its motherboard with an improved audio implementation that includes a Realtek ALC1150 chip, EMI isolation, built-in headphone amplifier, high quality capacitors and PCB separation.
       

    Wi-Fi/Bluetooth Module

    		 MSI bundle its motherboard with an unpluggable mPCIe card equiped with a Wi-Fi/Bluetooth module from Intel. The latter supports 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and Intel WiDi.
       

    Killer Ethernet

    		 It is rather obvious, that MSI is not only optimizing this board towards overclocking but also for gaming. Next to the beefed up audio solution there is a Killer Ethernet chip, which gives gamers additional control over a variety of network settings, which in the end can help reduce latency.


    Page 1 - Introduction Page 14 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 2 - Specs and Delivery Page 15 - UC Bench
    Page 3 - Features Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 4 - Layout Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 18 - Cinebench
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 19 - Bioshock: Infinite
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 20 - Metro Last Light
    Page 8 - Preview / Gallery Page 21 - Sleeping Dogs
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Page 22 - Power Consumption
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 11 Page 23 - Performance Rating
    Page 11 - 3D Mark Vantage  Page 24 - Price Comparison
    Page 12 - PC Mark 7 Page 25 - Conclusion
    Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 1  
    [pagebreak]

    Layout

    Like we mentioned in the introduction the MSI Z87 MPower Max motherboard comes with a Twin Frozr IV based design. Therefore the PCB has a matte black finish with a few yellow touches on the heatsinks. The heatsinks themselves have been shaped with a lot of attention to detail and come with a matte black colour scheme. Combined it makes the design unique and good looking. The layout itself has been well thought and there are plenty of useful features, like six USB 3.0 ports on the back, SATA 6Gbps Ports, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, overclocking features and more.



    MSI equipped the Z87 MPower Max with a 20 phase digital power design with an IR3563B from International Rectifier taking care of the CPU VRM. Unlike the previous MPower (Z77), the Z87 MPower Max power design has one DRMOS for two phases rather than one DRMOS for one phase. All those solid capacitors are part of MSI's Military Class IV group of components so that's one pretty strong power design.
    The memory gets a 3 phases digital power design here driven by a UPI uP1606R, one more phase than usual.


    Totally you'll find four DIMM-slots on the Z87 MPower Max. Officially supported are DDR3 3000 / 2800 / 2666 / 2600 / 2400 / 2200 / 2133 / 2000 / 1866 / 1600 / 1333 / 1066 MHz (O.C.). There is engough space between the DIMM-slots and the CPU socket which means that you won't run into issues with large coolers even if you choose to install memory with big heatspreaders. Also supported are Xtreme Memory Profiles (XMP) in version 1.3.


    Southbridge as well as current converters are being held at adequate temperatures via passive heatsinks. The current converters heatsink is made from a single aluminium block that uses one 8mm nickel-plated copper heatpipe. The southbridge heatsink hasn't been integrated into the heatpipe loop and is quite simple and flat. The cooling blocks have been very well made and also they're very well attached to the board to provide enough pressure on the components they have to cool down. They are entirely black colored with yellow strips to remind the Twin Frozr IV graphics card cooler.

       


    Page 1 - Introduction Page 14 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 2 - Specs and Delivery Page 15 - UC Bench
    Page 3 - Features Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 4 - Layout Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 18 - Cinebench
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 19 - Bioshock: Infinite
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 20 - Metro Last Light
    Page 8 - Preview / Gallery Page 21 - Sleeping Dogs
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Page 22 - Power Consumption
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 11 Page 23 - Performance Rating
    Page 11 - 3D Mark Vantage  Page 24 - Price Comparison
    Page 12 - PC Mark 7 Page 25 - Conclusion
    Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 1  
    [pagebreak]

    Connectors and I/O

    Totally MSI equipped the Z87 MPower with eight SATA 6Gbps connectors. This means you get six native SATA-III ports from the PCH and two SATA-III from another chip which is in this case an ASM1061 from ASMedia.
    With this motherboard you get three PCIe 16x Gen 3.0 and and four PCIe 1x Gen 2.0 slot and all of them have been coloured black. From top to bottom for the PCIe 16x you have: 16 lanes, 8 lanes and 8 lanes. This means you can do 8x/8x SLI/CrossFire and 8x/4x/4x CrossFireX (3-way). Basically that are the standard options you get with any Intel's Z87 based motherboard, that doesn't feature a PLX chip. The placement of the PCIe connectors has been well thought. There are for example two slots inbetween the two main PCIe 16x in order to provide a multi-GPU configuration with fresh air.
    Something that is almost standard nowadays with premium motherboards are the practical onboard power- and reset-buttons as well as a debug LED. But MSI added some extra stuff like a two physical BIOS as well as another switch to select which one you actually want to use. Furthermore there is an OC Genie button, voltage reading points and a Go-BIOS button. This last one is here to help you get into the BIOS on next boot after pressing it.
    The BIOS can be cleared by removing the battery or simply by pushing the clr_CMOS button located in the back panel.

     


    Totally you'll find five fan headers on the MSI Z87 MPower Max, which is enough to provide an overclocking rig or even a high-end gaming machine with plenty of fresh air. A closer look at the pictures below shows where they have been placed. Other than that there are only PWM (4-pin) fan headers.

       


    Looking at external connectors directly at the I/O-panel MSI equipped the Z87 MPower Max with a P/S2 connector, six USB 3.0 ports, one Gigabit Ethernet port, two HDMI connectors, a DisplayPort two USB 2.0 ports, the clr_cmos button as well as an optical out and the analogue audio panel.



    Page 1 - Introduction Page 14 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 2 - Specs and Delivery Page 15 - UC Bench
    Page 3 - Features Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 4 - Layout Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 18 - Cinebench
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 19 - Bioshock: Infinite
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 20 - Metro Last Light
    Page 8 - Preview / Gallery Page 21 - Sleeping Dogs
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Page 22 - Power Consumption
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 11 Page 23 - Performance Rating
    Page 11 - 3D Mark Vantage  Page 24 - Price Comparison
    Page 12 - PC Mark 7 Page 25 - Conclusion
    Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 1  
    [pagebreak]

    BIOS

    Recent MSI BIOS are getting better and better from the design to the features. Today on the MPower Max, the BIOS is very mature, quite easy to use and has a lot of standard and advanced options.

       

       

       

       

       

       



    Page 1 - Introduction Page 14 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 2 - Specs and Delivery Page 15 - UC Bench
    Page 3 - Featureses Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 4 - Layout Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 18 - Cinebench
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 19 - Bioshock: Infinite
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 20 - Metro Last Light
    Page 8 - Preview / Gallery Page 21 - Sleeping Dogs
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Page 22 - Power Consumption
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 11 Page 23 - Performance Rating
    Page 11 - 3D Mark Vantage  Page 24 - Price Comparison
    Page 12 - PC Mark 7 Page 25 - Conclusion
    Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 1  
    [pagebreak]

    Test setup

    Hardware
    Motherboard
    • ASRock Z87 Profess1onal
    • ASRock Z87 OC Formula
    • ASRock Z87M Extreme4
    • ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    • ASUS Gryphon Z87
    • ASUS Maximus VI Extreme
    • ASUS Maximus VI Formula
    • ASUS Maximus VI Gene
    • ASUS Maximus VI Hero
    • ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    • ASUS Sabertooth Z87
    • ASUS Z87-A
    • ASUS Z87-Deluxe
    • ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
    • ASUS Z87-Expert
    • ASUS Z87-Plus
    • ASUS Z87I-Pro
    • Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
    • Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    • Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    • MSI Z87 MPower Max
    Processor Intel Core i7-4770K, 3.5 GHz
    Memory 8 GB (2x4) G.Skill Ares DDR3-2133 @ 1'066 MHz CL10-11-10-27-Auto
    Graphics card ASUS GeForce GTX 680
    Driver ForceWare 320.18
    Hard disk Intel 335 Series SSD 120 GB
    Power supply Seasonic Platinum Fanless 520W


    Page 1 - Introduction Page 14 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 2 - Specs and Delivery Page 15 - UC Bench
    Page 3 - Features Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 4 - Layout Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 18 - Cinebench
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 19 - Bioshock: Infinite
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 20 - Metro Last Light
    Page 8 - Preview / Gallery Page 21 - Sleeping Dogs
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Page 22 - Power Consumption
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 11 Page 23 - Performance Rating
    Page 11 - 3D Mark Vantage  Page 24 - Price Comparison
    Page 12 - PC Mark 7 Page 25 - Conclusion
    Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 1  
    [pagebreak]

    Preview / Gallery

    Product Picture Link to Gallery
       

    ASRock Z87 Profess1onal
       

    ASRock Z87 OC Formula
       

    ASRock Z87M Extreme4
       

    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
       

    ASUS Gryphon Z87
       

    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme
       

    ASUS Maximus VI Formula
       

    ASUS Maximus VI Gene
       

    ASUS Maximus VI Hero
       

    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
       

    ASUS Sabertooth Z87
       

    ASUS Z87-A
       

    ASUS Z87-Deluxe
       

    ASUS Deluxe Dual
       

    ASUS Z87-Expert
       

    ASUS Z87-Plus
       

    ASUS Z87I-Pro
       

    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
       

    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
       

    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
       

    MSI Z87 MPower Max


    Page 1 - Introduction Page 14 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 2 - Specs and Delivery Page 15 - UC Bench
    Page 3 - Features Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 4 - Layout Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 18 - Cinebench
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 19 - Bioshock: Infinite
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 20 - Metro Last Light
    Page 8 - Preview / Gallery Page 21 - Sleeping Dogs
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Page 22 - Power Consumption
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 11 Page 23 - Performance Rating
    Page 11 - 3D Mark Vantage  Page 24 - Price Comparison
    Page 12 - PC Mark 7 Page 25 - Conclusion
    Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 1  
    [pagebreak]

    3D Mark

    Ice Storm

    3D Mark Ice Storm Score
    Review Rating
    		 Percent
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 153'524 107.04 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 152'141 106.07 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 151'761 105.81 %
    ASUS Z87-A 151'740 105.80 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		151'732 105.79 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 150'951 105.25 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 150'751 105.11 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 149'601 104.30 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		149'207 104.03 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 148'647 103.64 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 148'605 103.61 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 147'814 103.06 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 147'546 102.87 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 147'490 102.83 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 147'120 102.57 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 146'682 102.27 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 146'081 101.85 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 146'066 101.84 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 146'005 101.80 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 145'788 101.65 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 143'428 100.00 %
    more is better


    Ice Storm Physics

    3D Mark Ice Storm Physics Score
    Review Rating
    		 Percent
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 53'077 106.19 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		52'920 105.87 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 52'001 104.03 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 51'963 103.96 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 51'870 103.77 %
    ASUS Z87-A 51'770 103.57 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 51'324 102.68 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 50'729 101.49 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 50'586 101.20 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		50'537 101.10 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 50'117 100.26 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 49'985 100.00 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 49'819 99.67 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 49'615 99.26 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 49'582 99.19 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 49'477 98.98 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 49'393 98.82 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 49'313 98.66 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 48'881 97.79 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 48'802 97.63 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 48'800 97.63 %
    more is better


    Fire Strike

    3D Mark Fire Strike Score
    Review Rating
    		 Percent
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 6'338 100.00 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 6'338 100.00 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 6'327 99.83 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 6'327 99.83 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 6'326 99.81 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 6'325 99.79 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 6'322 99.75 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 6'320 99.72 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 6'319 99.70 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 6'318 99.68 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		6'318 99.68 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		6'317 99.67 %
    ASUS Z87-A 6'317 99.67 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 6'315 99.64 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 6'315 99.64 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 6'314 99.62 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 6'312 99.59 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 6'312 99.59 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 6'309 99.54 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 6'307 99.51 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 6'304 99.46 %
    more is better


    Fire Strike Physics

    3D Mark Fire Strike Physics Score
    Review Rating
    		 Percent
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 10'152 100.85 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 10'148 100.81 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 10'146 100.79 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 10'145 100.78 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 10'144 100.77 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 10'140 100.74 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 10'135 100.69 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 10'122 100.56 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		10'120 100.54 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 10'119 100.53 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 10'117 100.51 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 10'112 100.46 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 10'109 100.43 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 10'107 100.41 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 10'103 100.37 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		10'103 100.37 %
    ASUS Z87-A 10'097 100.31 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 10'092 100.26 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 10'089 100.23 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 10'066 100.00 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 10'053 99.87 %
    more is better



    Page 1 - Introduction Page 14 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 2 - Specs and Delivery Page 15 - UC Bench
    Page 3 - Features Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 4 - Layout Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 18 - Cinebench
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 19 - Bioshock: Infinite
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 20 - Metro Last Light
    Page 8 - Preview / Gallery Page 21 - Sleeping Dogs
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Page 22 - Power Consumption
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 11 Page 23 - Performance Rating
    Page 11 - 3D Mark Vantage  Page 24 - Price Comparison
    Page 12 - PC Mark 7 Page 25 - Conclusion
    Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 1  
    [pagebreak]

    3D Mark 11

    3D Mark 11 Total
    Review Rating
    		 Percent
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 9'700 101.38 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 9'696 101.34 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 9'694 101.32 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 9'691 101.29 %
    ASUS Z87-A 9'691 101.29 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		9'691 101.29 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 9'690 101.28 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 9'689 101.26 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 9'684 101.21 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 9'684 101.21 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		9'683 101.20 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 9'683 101.20 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 9'678 101.15 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 9'677 101.14 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 9'676 101.13 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 9'674 101.11 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 9'670 101.07 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 9'668 101.05 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 9'664 101.00 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 9'651 100.86 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 9'568 100.00 %
    more is better


    CPU

    3D Mark 11 Physics
    Review Rating
    		 Percent
    ASUS Z87-Expert 10'130 108.88 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 10'120 108.77 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 10'118 108.75 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 10'113 108.70 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 10'109 108.65 %
    ASUS Z87-A 10'106 108.62 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 10'106 108.62 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 10'095 108.50 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 10'091 108.46 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 10'068 108.21 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 10'058 108.10 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		10'036 107.87 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 10'019 107.68 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		10'018 107.67 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 10'013 107.62 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 10'007 107.56 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 9'983 107.30 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 9'916 106.58 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 9'885 106.24 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 9'882 106.21 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 9'304 100.00 %
    more is better


    Page 1 - Introduction Page 14 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 2 - Specs and Delivery Page 15 - UC Bench
    Page 3 - Features Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 4 - Layout Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 18 - Cinebench
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 19 - Bioshock: Infinite
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 20 - Metro Last Light
    Page 8 - Preview / Gallery Page 21 - Sleeping Dogs
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Page 22 - Power Consumption
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 11 Page 23 - Performance Rating
    Page 11 - 3D Mark Vantage  Page 24 - Price Comparison
    Page 12 - PC Mark 7 Page 25 - Conclusion
    Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 1  
    [pagebreak]

    3D Mark Vantage

    3D Mark Vantage Total
    Review Rating
    		 Percent
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 33'057 102.49 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 33'006 102.33 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 32'925 102.08 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 32'916 102.05 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 32'880 101.94 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 32'877 101.93 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 32'872 101.91 %
    ASUS Z87-A 32'869 101.90 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 32'860 101.88 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 32'847 101.84 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		32'831 101.79 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 32'830 101.78 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 32'825 101.77 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 32'818 101.75 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 32'799 101.69 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 32'788 101.65 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 32'741 101.51 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 32'740 101.50 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		32'696 101.37 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 32'657 101.25 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 32'255 100.00 %
    more is better


    3D Mark Vantage CPU
    Review Rating
    		 Percent
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 26'874 103.32 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 26'870 103.30 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 26'783 102.97 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 26'777 102.94 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 26'764 102.89 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 26'757 102.87 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 26'752 102.85 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 26'719 102.72 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 26'701 102.65 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 26'672 102.54 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		26'670 102.53 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 26'640 102.42 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 26'620 102.34 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 26'592 102.23 %
    ASUS Z87-A 26'563 102.12 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 26'536 102.02 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		26'525 101.98 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 26'510 101.92 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 26'436 101.63 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 26'333 101.24 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 26'011 100.00 %
    more is better



    Page 1 - Introduction Page 14 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 2 - Specs and Delivery Page 15 - UC Bench
    Page 3 - Features Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 4 - Layout Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 18 - Cinebench
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 19 - Bioshock: Infinite
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 20 - Metro Last Light
    Page 8 - Preview / Gallery Page 21 - Sleeping Dogs
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Page 22 - Power Consumption
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 11 Page 23 - Performance Rating
    Page 11 - 3D Mark Vantage  Page 24 - Price Comparison
    Page 12 - PC Mark 7 Page 25 - Conclusion
    Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 1  
    [pagebreak]

    PC Mark 07

    Total

    PC Mark 07 Total
    Review Rating
    		 Percent
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 6'175 102.02 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 6'162 101.80 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 6'156 101.70 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 6'155 101.69 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 6'153 101.65 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 6'152 101.64 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 6'150 101.60 %
    ASUS Z87-A 6'149 101.59 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 6'145 101.52 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 6'142 101.47 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 6'135 101.35 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 6'133 101.32 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 6'129 101.26 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 6'129 101.26 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		6'128 101.24 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		6'125 101.19 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 6'124 101.17 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 6'098 100.74 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 6'077 100.40 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 6'055 100.03 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 6'053 100.00 %
    more is better


    Video playback and transcoding / Video playback
    Review Rating
    		 fps Percent
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 23.98 100.08 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 23.98 100.08 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 23.98 100.08 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		23.98 100.08 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 23.97 100.04 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 23.97 100.04 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		23.97 100.04 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 23.97 100.04 %
    ASUS Z87-A 23.97 100.04 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 23.97 100.04 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 23.97 100.04 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 23.97 100.04 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 23.96 100.00 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 23.96 100.00 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 23.96 100.00 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 23.96 100.00 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 23.96 100.00 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 23.96 100.00 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 23.95 99.96 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 23.95 99.96 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 23.95 99.96 %
    more is better


    Graphics - DirectX 9 / Graphics - DirectX 9
    Review Rating
    		 fps Percent
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 113.78 103.92 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 113.69 103.84 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 113.62 103.77 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 113.57 103.73 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 113.49 103.65 %
    ASUS Z87-A 113.48 103.64 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 113.30 103.48 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 113.23 103.42 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 113.11 103.31 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		113.11 103.31 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 113.05 103.25 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 112.99 103.20 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 112.84 103.06 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 112.80 103.02 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		112.38 102.64 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 112.34 102.60 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 111.48 101.82 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 109.49 100.00 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 108.57 99.16 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 107.88 98.53 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 107.79 98.45 %
    more is better


    Image manipulation / Image manipulation
    Review Rating
    		 Mpx/s Percent
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 25.22 104.82 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 25.16 104.57 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 25.15 104.53 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 25.14 104.49 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 25.12 104.41 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 25.12 104.41 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 25.10 104.32 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 25.05 104.11 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 25.05 104.11 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 25.04 104.07 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		25.03 104.03 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 25.03 104.03 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 25.02 103.99 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 25.02 103.99 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 25.00 103.91 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 25.00 103.91 %
    ASUS Z87-A 24.98 103.82 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		24.97 103.78 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 24.90 103.49 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 24.86 103.33 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 24.06 100.00 %
    more is better


    Web browsing and decrypting / Web browsing
    Review Rating
    		 Pages/s Percent
    ASUS Z87-Expert 25.89 110.03 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 25.66 109.05 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 25.55 108.58 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 25.42 108.03 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 25.41 107.99 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 25.40 107.95 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 25.38 107.86 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		25.38 107.86 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 25.38 107.86 %
    ASUS Z87-A 25.33 107.65 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 25.31 107.56 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 25.26 107.35 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 25.25 107.31 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 25.14 106.84 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 25.13 106.80 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		25.07 106.54 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 25.02 106.33 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 24.70 104.97 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 24.19 102.80 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 23.53 100.00 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 21.15 89.89 %
    more is better


    Page 1 - Introduction Page 14 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 2 - Specs and Delivery Page 15 - UC Bench
    Page 3 - Features Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 4 - Layout Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 18 - Cinebench
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 19 - Bioshock: Infinite
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 20 - Metro Last Light
    Page 8 - Preview / Gallery Page 21 - Sleeping Dogs
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Page 22 - Power Consumption
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 11 Page 23 - Performance Rating
    Page 11 - 3D Mark Vantage  Page 24 - Price Comparison
    Page 12 - PC Mark 7 Page 25 - Conclusion
    Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 1  
    [pagebreak]

    Arithmetic Benchmark

    SiSoft Sandra - Arithmetic Benchmark - Dhrystone
    Review Rating
    		 GIPS Percent
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 118.39 100.14 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 118.31 100.08 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 118.22 100.00 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		118.20 99.98 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 118.15 99.94 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 118.14 99.93 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 118.14 99.93 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 118.13 99.92 %
    ASUS Z87-A 118.13 99.92 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 118.07 99.87 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 118.00 99.81 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 118.00 99.81 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 118.00 99.81 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		118.00 99.81 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 118.00 99.81 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 118.00 99.81 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 118.00 99.81 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 118.00 99.81 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 117.90 99.73 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 117.85 99.69 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 117.73 99.59 %
    more is better


    SiSoft Sandra - Arithmetic Benchmark - Whetstone
    Review Rating
    		 GFLOPS Percent
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 90.82 101.33 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 90.70 101.19 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 90.48 100.95 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 90.47 100.94 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 90.39 100.86 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		90.36 100.81 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 90.30 100.75 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		90.29 100.74 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 90.20 100.64 %
    ASUS Z87-A 90.10 100.52 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 90.08 100.50 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 90.00 100.41 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 90.00 100.41 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 90.00 100.41 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 90.00 100.41 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 90.00 100.41 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 90.00 100.41 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 89.91 100.31 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 89.63 100.00 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 89.62 99.99 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 89.32 99.65 %
    more is better


    Multimedia

    SiSoft Sandra - Multimedia - Integer
    Review Rating
    		 MPixels/sec Percent
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 382.26 100.11 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 382.20 100.28 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 382.17 100.08 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 382'00 100.04 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 382.00 100.04 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 382.00 100.04 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 382.00 100.04 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		381.92 100.02 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 381.91 100.02 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 381.85 100.00 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 381.85 100.00 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 381.69 99.96 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 381.69 99.96 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 381.46 99.90 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		381.38 99.88 %
    ASUS Z87-A 381.32 99.86 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 381.08 99.80 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 381.00 99.78 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 381.00 99.78 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 380.89 99.75 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 380.51 99.65 %
    more is better


    SiSoft Sandra - Multimedia - Floating Point
    Review Rating
    		 MPixels/sec Percent
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 376.35 100.44 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 376.10 100.37 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 375.68 100.26 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 375.68 100.26 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 375.23 100.14 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 375.21 100.14 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 375.16 100.12 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 375.00 100.08 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		374.92 100.06 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 374.81 100.03 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		374.77 100.02 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 374.70 100.00 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 374.64 99.98 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 374.58 99.97 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 374.49 99.94 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 374.16 99.86 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 374.01 99.82 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 374.00 99.81 %
    ASUS Z87-A 373.83 99.77 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 369.00 99.48 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 367.77 98.15 %
    more is better


    Crytography

    SiSoft Sandra - Crytography - AES 256
    Review Rating
    		 GB/sec Percent
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 8.93 102.41 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 8.92 102.29 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 8.90 102.06 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		8.90 102.06 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 8.89 101.95 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 8.89 101.95 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 8.88 101.83 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 8.88 101.83 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 8.86 101.61 %
    ASUS Z87-A 8.85 101.49 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 8.84 101.38 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 8.74 100.23 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 8.72 100.00 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 8.71 99.89 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 8.68 99.54 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		8.67 99.43 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 8.65 99.20 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 7.26 83.26 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 7.26 83.26 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 7.15 82.00 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 7.13 81.77 %
    more is better


    SiSoft Sandra - Crytography - SHA 256
    Review Rating
    		 GB/sec Percent
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 1.13 100.00 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 1.13 100.00 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 1.13 100.00 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 1.13 100.00 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 1.13 100.00 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 1.13 100.00 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 1.13 100.00 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 1.13 100.00 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 1.13 100.00 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		1.13 100.00 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 1.13 100.00 %
    ASUS Z87-A 1.13 100.00 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 1.13 100.00 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 1.13 100.00 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 1.13 100.00 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 1.13 100.00 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 1.13 100.00 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		1.13 100.00 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 1.13 100.00 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 1.13 100.00 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 1.13 100.00 %
    more is better


    Page 1 - Introduction Page 14 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 2 - Specs and Delivery Page 15 - UC Bench
    Page 3 - Features Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 4 - Layout Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 18 - Cinebench
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 19 - Bioshock: Infinite
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 20 - Metro Last Light
    Page 8 - Preview / Gallery Page 21 - Sleeping Dogs
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Page 22 - Power Consumption
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 11 Page 23 - Performance Rating
    Page 11 - 3D Mark Vantage  Page 24 - Price Comparison
    Page 12 - PC Mark 7 Page 25 - Conclusion
    Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 1  
    [pagebreak]

    SiSoft Sandra 2

    Memory bandwidth

    SiSoft Sandra - Memory bandwidth - Integer
    Review Rating
    		 GB/sec Percent
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		28.03 103.36 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 28.01 103.28 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 28.00 103.24 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 28.00 103.24 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 27.90 102.88 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 27.88 102.80 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 27.85 102.69 %
    ASUS Z87-A 27.84 102.65 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 27.83 102.62 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 27.83 102.62 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 27.76 102.36 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 27.42 101.11 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		27.35 100.85 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 27.31 100.70 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 27.12 100.00 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 26.84 98.97 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 26.83 98.93 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 23.00 84.81 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 22.90 84.44 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 22.40 82.60 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 22.37 82.49 %
    more is better


    SiSoft Sandra - Memory bandwidth - floating point
    Review Rating
    		 GB/sec Percent
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		28.21 102.92 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 28.19 102.85 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 28.12 102.59 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 28.09 102.48 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 28.00 102.15 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 28.00 102.15 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 28.00 102.15 %
    ASUS Z87-A 28.00 102.15 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 28.00 102.15 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 28.00 102.15 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 27.90 101.79 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		27.46 100.18 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 27.41 100.00 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 27.40 99.96 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 27.36 99.82 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 26.72 97.48 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 26.69 97.37 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 23.00 83.91 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 23.00 83.91 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 22.46 81.94 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 22.32 81.43 %
    more is better


    Memory latency

    SiSoft Sandra - Memory latency
    Review Rating
    		 ns Percent
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 21.2 119.81 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 21.3 119.25 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 21.3 119.25 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 21.3 119.25 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 21.3 119.25 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 21.3 119.25 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 21.3 119.25 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 21.3 119.25 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 21.3 119.25 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		21.3 119.25 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 21.3 119.25 %
    ASUS Z87-A 21.3 119.25 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 21.3 119.25 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 21.3 119.25 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 21.3 119.25 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 21.3 119.25 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		21.3 119.25 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 21.3 119.25 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 21.3 119.25 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 21.4 118.69 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 25.4 100.00 %
    less is better more is better


    Memory and cache access

    SiSoft Sandra - Memory and cache access
    Review Rating
    		 GB/sec Percent
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 169.28 106.49 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 169.24 106.46 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 169.00 106.31 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		168.90 106.25 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 168.74 106.15 %
    ASUS Z87-A 168.71 106.13 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 168.62 106.07 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 168.36 105.91 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 168.34 105.89 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 168.33 105.89 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 168.15 105.77 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 168.08 105.73 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		168.07 105.72 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 167.95 105.65 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 167.86 105.59 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 167.00 105.05 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 158.97 100.00 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 154.40 97.13 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 153.87 96.79 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 153.64 96.65 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 152.51 95.64 %
    more is better


    Page 1 - Introduction Page 14 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 2 - Specs and Delivery Page 15 - UC Bench
    Page 3 - Features Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 4 - Layout Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 18 - Cinebench
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 19 - Bioshock: Infinite
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 20 - Metro Last Light
    Page 8 - Preview / Gallery Page 21 - Sleeping Dogs
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Page 22 - Power Consumption
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 11 Page 23 - Performance Rating
    Page 11 - 3D Mark Vantage  Page 24 - Price Comparison
    Page 12 - PC Mark 7 Page 25 - Conclusion
    Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 1  
    [pagebreak]

    UC Bench

    UC Bench
    Review Rating
    		 PW/sec Percent
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 889.7 100.24 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 889.5 100.21 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		889.4 100.20 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 889.1 100.17 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 889.1 100.17 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 889.1 100.17 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 889.1 100.17 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 889.1 100.17 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 889.1 100.17 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 889.1 100.17 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 889.1 100.17 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 889.1 100.17 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 889.1 100.17 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 889.0 100.16 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 889.0 100.16 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 888.9 100.15 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		888.8 100.14 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 888.7 100.12 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 888.7 100.12 %
    ASUS Z87-A 888.3 100.08 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 887.6 100.00 %
    more is better



    Page 1 - Introduction Page 14 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 2 - Specs and Delivery Page 15 - UC Bench
    Page 3 - Features Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 4 - Layout Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 18 - Cinebench
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 19 - Bioshock: Infinite
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 20 - Metro Last Light
    Page 8 - Preview / Gallery Page 21 - Sleeping Dogs
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Page 22 - Power Consumption
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 11 Page 23 - Performance Rating
    Page 11 - 3D Mark Vantage  Page 24 - Price Comparison
    Page 12 - PC Mark 7 Page 25 - Conclusion
    Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 1  
    [pagebreak]

    Super Pi 1M - 32M

    Super Pi 1M

    Super Pi 1.5 XS - 1M
    Review Rating
    		 sec Percent
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 10.187 101.69 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 10.187 101.69 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 10.202 101.54 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 10.202 101.54 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		10.202 101.54 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 10.202 101.54 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 10.203 101.53 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 10.203 101.53 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 10.203 101.53 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 10.218 101.38 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 10.218 101.38 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 10.218 101.38 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 10.218 101.38 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 10.233 101.23 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 10.234 101.22 %
    ASUS Z87-A 10.234 101.22 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 10.249 101.07 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 10.249 101.07 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 10.265 100.92 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		10.265 100.92 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 10.359 100.00 %
    less is better more is better

    Super Pi 32M

    Super Pi 1.5 XS - 32M
    Review Rating
    		 sec Percent
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 527.499 103.18 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 527.700 103.14 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 527.764 103.13 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 528.139 103.05 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 528.373 103.01 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 528.513 102.98 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 528.607 102.96 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 528.654 102.95 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 528.685 102.95 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 528.857 102.91 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 529.090 102.87 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 529.387 102.81 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 529.403 102.81 %
    ASUS Z87-A 529.418 102.81 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 529.449 102.80 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		529.777 102.74 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 529.808 102.73 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 529.871 102.72 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 530.338 102.63 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		532.148 102.28 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 544.270 100.00 %
    less is better more is better


    Page 1 - Introduction Page 14 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 2 - Specs and Delivery Page 15 - UC Bench
    Page 3 - Features Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 4 - Layout Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 18 - Cinebench
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 19 - Bioshock: Infinite
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 20 - Metro Last Light
    Page 8 - Preview / Gallery Page 21 - Sleeping Dogs
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Page 22 - Power Consumption
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 11 Page 23 - Performance Rating
    Page 11 - 3D Mark Vantage  Page 24 - Price Comparison
    Page 12 - PC Mark 7 Page 25 - Conclusion
    Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 1  
    [pagebreak]

    wPrime 1024M Multicore

    wPrime - 1024M Multi Core
    Review Rating
    		 sec Percent
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 206.545 100.14 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		206.576 100.13 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 206.577 100.12 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 206.591 100.12 %
    ASUS Z87-A 206.622 100.11 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 206.655 100.09 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 206.668 100.08 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 206.669 100.08 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 206.682 100.08 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 206.700 100.07 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 206.732 100.05 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		206.732 100.05 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 206.744 100.05 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 206.762 100.04 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 206.775 100.03 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 206.807 100.02 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 206.809 100.02 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 206.827 100.01 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 206.827 100.01 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 206.841 100.00 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 206.919 99.96 %
    less is better more is better



    Page 1 - Introduction Page 14 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 2 - Specs and Delivery Page 15 - UC Bench
    Page 3 - Features Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 4 - Layout Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 18 - Cinebench
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 19 - Bioshock: Infinite
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 20 - Metro Last Light
    Page 8 - Preview / Gallery Page 21 - Sleeping Dogs
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Page 22 - Power Consumption
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 11 Page 23 - Performance Rating
    Page 11 - 3D Mark Vantage  Page 24 - Price Comparison
    Page 12 - PC Mark 7 Page 25 - Conclusion
    Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 1  
    [pagebreak]

    Cinebench R11.5

    Cinebench R11.5 - Multi Core

    Cinebench R11.5 - Multi Core
    Review Rating
    		 pts Percent
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		7.80 102.36 %
    ASUS Z87-A 7.80 102.36 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 7.79 102.33 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 7.79 102.23 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 7.79 102.23 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 7.78 102.10 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 7.77 101.97 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 7.77 101.97 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 7.77 101.97 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 7.77 101.97 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 7.77 101.97 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 7.77 101.97 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		7.77 101.97 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 7.76 101.84 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 7.76 101.84 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 7.75 101.71 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 7.75 101.71 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 7.74 101.57 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 7.74 101.57 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 7.70 101.05 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 7.62 100.00 %
    more is better more is better



    Page 1 - Introduction Page 14 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 2 - Specs and Delivery Page 15 - UC Bench
    Page 3 - Features Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 4 - Layout Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 18 - Cinebench
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 19 - Bioshock: Infinite
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 20 - Metro Last Light
    Page 8 - Preview / Gallery Page 21 - Sleeping Dogs
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Page 22 - Power Consumption
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 11 Page 23 - Performance Rating
    Page 11 - 3D Mark Vantage  Page 24 - Price Comparison
    Page 12 - PC Mark 7 Page 25 - Conclusion
    Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 1  
    [pagebreak]

    Bioshock: Infinite

    Low resolution, low details

    Bioshock: Infinite (low resolution, low details)
    Review Rating
    		 fps Percent
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 381.27 111.05 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 379.88 110.64 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 379.68 110.58 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 375.71 109.43 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 374.96 109.21 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 372.85 108.59 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 371.01 108.06 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 370.03 107.77 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 368.42 107.30 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 366.76 106.82 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 365.75 106.53 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 364.53 106.13 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 364.46 106.15 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		360.68 105.05 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 356.76 103.91 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 354.00 103.10 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 343.34 100.00 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 339.67 98.93 %
    ASUS Z87-A 337.56 98.32 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		336.77 98.09 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 326.77 95.17 %
    more is better


    High resolution, high details

    Bioshock: Infinite (high resolution, high details)
    Review Rating
    		 fps Percent
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 75.11 101.42 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 75.02 101.30 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 74.91 101.15 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 74.89 101.12 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 74.86 101.08 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 74.85 101.07 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 74.84 101.05 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 74.83 101.04 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 74.80 101.00 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 74.78 100.97 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 74.77 100.96 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 74.76 100.95 %
    ASUS Z87-A 74.74 100.92 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 74.72 100.89 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 74.48 100.57 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		74.46 100.54 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 74.43 100.50 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 74.29 100.31 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 74.18 100.16 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 74.06 100.00 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		74.04 99.97 %
    more is better



    Page 1 - Introduction Page 14 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 2 - Specs and Delivery Page 15 - UC Bench
    Page 3 - Features Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 4 - Layout Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 18 - Cinebench
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 19 - Bioshock: Infinite
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 20 - Metro Last Light
    Page 8 - Preview / Gallery Page 21 - Sleeping Dogs
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Page 22 - Power Consumption
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 11 Page 23 - Performance Rating
    Page 11 - 3D Mark Vantage  Page 24 - Price Comparison
    Page 12 - PC Mark 7 Page 25 - Conclusion
    Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 1  
    [pagebreak]

    Metro Last Light

    Low resolution, low details

    Metro Last Light (low details, low resolution)
    Review Rating
    		 fps Percent
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		149.88 108.83 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 149.41 108.49 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 149.18 108.32 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 148.77 108.02 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 147.32 106.97 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 148.74 108.00 %
    ASUS Z87-A 147.74 108.00 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		148.73 107.99 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 148.48 107.81 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 148.47 107.81 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 147.32 106.97 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 147.02 106.75 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 146.78 106.58 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 146.47 106.35 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 145.76 105.84 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 145.15 105.40 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 144.81 105.15 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 144.40 104.85 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 143.99 104.55 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 142.28 103.31 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 137.72 100.00 %
    more is better


    High resolution, high details

    Metro Last Light (high details, high resolution)
    Review Rating
    		 fps Percent
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 31.37 101.46 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 31.08 100.52 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 31.07 100.49 %
    ASUS Z87-A 31.02 100.32 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		31.00 100.26 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 30.99 100.23 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		30.98 100.19 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 30.98 100.19 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 30.96 100.13 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 30.92 100.13 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 30.92 100.00 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 30.89 99.90 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 30.86 99.81 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 30.81 99.64 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 30.80 99.61 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 30.80 99.61 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 30.79 99.58 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 30.78 99.55 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 30.78 99.55 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 30.76 99.48 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 30.71 99.32 %
    more is better



    Page 1 - Introduction Page 14 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 2 - Specs and Delivery Page 15 - UC Bench
    Page 3 - Features Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 4 - Layout Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 18 - Cinebench
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 19 - Bioshock: Infinite
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 20 - Metro Last Light
    Page 8 - Preview / Gallery Page 21 - Sleeping Dogs
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Page 22 - Power Consumption
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 11 Page 23 - Performance Rating
    Page 11 - 3D Mark Vantage  Page 24 - Price Comparison
    Page 12 - PC Mark 7 Page 25 - Conclusion
    Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 1  
    [pagebreak]

    Sleeping Dogs

    Low resolution, low details

    Sleeping Dog (low details, low resolution)
    Review Rating
    		 fps Percent
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 226.2 110.89 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 218.2 106.96 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 215.0 105.39 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 209.3 102.60 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 209.2 102.55 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 208.4 102.16 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 208.4 102.16 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		207.6 101.76 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 207.4 101.67 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		205.8 100.88 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 204.0 100.00 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 198.8 97.45 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 196.6 96.37 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 192.7 94.46 %
    ASUS Z87-A 191.7 93.97 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 190.3 93.28 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 190.2 93.24 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 183.4 89.90 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 177.3 86.91 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 176.8 86.67 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 174.8 85.69 %
    more is better


    High resolution, high details

    Sleeping Dogs (high details, high resolution)
    Review Rating
    		 fps Percent
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 45.4 101.79 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 45.2 101.35 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 45.2 101.35 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 45.1 101.12 %
    ASUS Z87-A 45.0 100.90 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 45.0 100.90 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 45.0 100.90 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 44.8 100.45 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 44.7 100.22 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 44.6 100.00 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		44.5 99.78 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 43.8 98.21 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 43.6 97.76 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 43.5 97.53 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 43.5 97.53 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 43.4 97.31 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 43.4 97.31 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 43.2 92.31 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		43.2 92.31 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 43.1 96.64 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 42.9 96.19 %
    more is better



    Page 1 - Introduction Page 14 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 2 - Specs and Delivery Page 15 - UC Bench
    Page 3 - Features Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 4 - Layout Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 18 - Cinebench
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 19 - Bioshock: Infinite
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 20 - Metro Last Light
    Page 8 - Preview / Gallery Page 21 - Sleeping Dogs
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Page 22 - Power Consumption
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 11 Page 23 - Performance Rating
    Page 11 - 3D Mark Vantage  Page 24 - Price Comparison
    Page 12 - PC Mark 7 Page 25 - Conclusion
    Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 1  
    [pagebreak]

    Power Consumption

    Idle

    Idle
    Review Rating
    		 Watt Percent
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 56 107.14 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 56 107.14 %
    ASUS Z87-A 57 105.26 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 58 103.45 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 59 101.69 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 59 101.69 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		59 101.69 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 59 101.69 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 59 101.69 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		59 101.69 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 60 100.00 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 60 100.00 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 61 98.36 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 61 98.36 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 61 98.36 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 61 98.36 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 63 95.24 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 64 93.75 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 65 92.31 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 65 92.31 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 69 86.96 %
    less is better more is better


    Load

    Load
    Review Rating
    		 Watt Percent
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 102 103.92 %
    ASUS Z87-A 104 101.92 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 105 100.95 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 105 100.95 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 105 100.95 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		105 100.95 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 105 100.95 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 106 100.00 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 106 100.00 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 106 100.00 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 108 98.15 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 108 98.15 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		109 97.25 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 111 95.50 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 112 94.64 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 112 94.64 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 112 94.64 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 114 92.98 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 116 91.38 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 117 90.60 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 119 89.08 %
    less is better more is better



    Page 1 - Introduction Page 14 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 2 - Specs and Delivery Page 15 - UC Bench
    Page 3 - Features Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 4 - Layout Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 18 - Cinebench
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 19 - Bioshock: Infinite
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 20 - Metro Last Light
    Page 8 - Preview / Gallery Page 21 - Sleeping Dogs
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Page 22 - Power Consumption
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 11 Page 23 - Performance Rating
    Page 11 - 3D Mark Vantage  Page 24 - Price Comparison
    Page 12 - PC Mark 7 Page 25 - Conclusion
    Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 1  
    [pagebreak]

    Performance Rating

    3D and Gaming Benchmarks
    Review Rating
    		 Percent
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 103.00 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 102.80 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 102.79 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 102.39 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		102.36 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 102.35 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 102.23 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 102.13 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 102.19 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 101.92 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		101.81 %
    ASUS Z87-A 101.79 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 101.71 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 101.68 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 101.68 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 101.55 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 101.46 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 101.38 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 101.29 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 100.87 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 100.00 %
    more is better


    2D Benchmarks
    Review Rating
    		 Percent
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 102.95 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 102.93 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		102.90 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 102.89 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 102.79 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 102.75 %
    ASUS Z87-A 102.75 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 102.54 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 102.43 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 102.38 %
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 102.38 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 102.35 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		102.28 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 102.25 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 102.19 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 101.92 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 100.06 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 100.00 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 99.52 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 99.27 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 98.91 %
    more is better


    Performance per Watt
    Review Rating
    		 Percent
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    No Review
    		 96.80 %
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4 96.81 %
    ASUS Z87-A 98.73 %
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    No Review
    		 100.00 %
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    No Review
    		 100.75 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    		100.99 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero 101.40 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87 102.10 %
    ASUS Z87I-Pro 102.15 %
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H 102.37 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional 102.40 %
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula 102.70 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact
    		102.90 %
    ASUS Z87-Expert 104.26 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene 104.64 %
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula
    No Review
    		 106.71 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula 107.34 %
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 107.77 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe 111.72 %
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual 111.72 %
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    No Review
    		 112.15 %
    less is better


    Page 1 - Introduction Page 14 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 2 - Specs and Delivery Page 15 - UC Bench
    Page 3 - Features Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 4 - Layout Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 18 - Cinebench
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 19 - Bioshock: Infinite
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 20 - Metro Last Light
    Page 8 - Preview / Gallery Page 21 - Sleeping Dogs
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Page 22 - Power Consumption
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 11 Page 23 - Performance Rating
    Page 11 - 3D Mark Vantage  Page 24 - Price Comparison
    Page 12 - PC Mark 7 Page 25 - Conclusion
    Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 1  
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    Price comparison

    Model

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    ASRock Z87 Profess1onal

    n/A
    ASRock Z87 OC Formula

    n/A
    ASRock Z87M OC Formula

    n/A
    ASRock Z87M Extreme4
    n/A
    ASUS Gryphon Z87
    n/A
    ASUS Maximus VI Extreme
    n/A
    ASUS Maximus VI Formula

    n/A
    ASUS Maximus VI Gene
    n/A
    ASUS Maximus VI Hero
    n/A
    ASUS Maximus VI Impact

    n/A
    ASUS Sabertooth Z87
    n/A
    ASUS Z87-A
    n/A
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe
    n/A
    ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
    n/A
    ASUS Z87-Expert
    n/A
    ASUS Z87-Plus
    n/A
    ASUS Z87I-Pro

    n/A
    Gigabyte Z87X-OC
    n/A
    Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H

    n/A
    Intel DZ87KLT-75K
    n/A
    n/A
    MSI Z87 MPower Max
    n/A



    Page 1 - Introduction Page 14 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 2 - Specs and Delivery Page 15 - UC Bench
    Page 3 - Features Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 4 - Layout Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 18 - Cinebench
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 19 - Bioshock: Infinite
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 20 - Metro Last Light
    Page 8 - Preview / Gallery Page 21 - Sleeping Dogs
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Page 22 - Power Consumption
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 11 Page 23 - Performance Rating
    Page 11 - 3D Mark Vantage  Page 24 - Price Comparison
    Page 12 - PC Mark 7 Page 25 - Conclusion
    Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 1  
    [pagebreak]

    Conclusion

    General   + -
    A closer look at the motherboard lineup from MSI reveals that the Z87 MPower Max is the second best equipped model. Therefore it comes with some really neat features, like for example a highly powerful powerdesign regarding CPU and memory. 20 phases are going to be more than enough for any overclocker out there in the wild, no matter what record wants to be broken. MSI also equipped this board with features for gamers. There is a Killer LAN chip, a beefed-up audio solution as well as WiFi and Bluetooh. Apart from the features for gamers, the delivery is rich and there is more than you'll ever need with this board.   - Features
    - Bundle    		  
           
    Layout   + -
    Overall the MSI Z87 MPower Max's layout has been well thought. Once more practical are the angled SATA connectors that you can find on almost all motherboards nowadays. Other than that there is also an angled USB3 connector. There are also practical power- and reset-buttons along with a clr_CMOS which one is located at the I/O panel. Furthermore there's even a debug display which is very useful in case you should have issues with a component in your system or the board itself. Totally you find three PCI Express Gen3 x16 slots, which have been very well positioned. Between the two main PCIe x16 you will find two slot space to provide good airflow for a dual graphics card setup. Otherwise you have four PCIe Gen2 x1 connectors.
    MSI also provided their board with an unpluggable PCIe Wi-Fi/Bluetooth module. The rest is almost standard (six USB3, eight SATA3, one internal USB3 connector (for two USB3 ports).
    As MSI's overclocking motherboard you get voltage reading points, OC Genie buttons and two physical BIOS with a DIP switch to select the one you want.    		   - Angled SATA and USB3 connectors - Power/Reset-Button onboard
    - Debug display / CLR_CMOS
    - 6x USB 3.0
    - Bluetooth/Wi-Fi
    - 2x BIOS    		  
           
    Performance   + -
    A closer look at the performance averages of this motherboard reveals the following. In case of 3D performance this board comes in 3rd to bottom and regarding 2D performance the result is average. When we consider powerconsumption it becomes clearly visible, that this a board, that comes with quite a few features and therefore, especially under idle, draws a lot of power, which is why there is a last spot for this board when it comes to idle power consumption. When looking at load power consumption, the picture looks a bit better but the Z87 MPower Max still ranks 5th to bottom. Overall performance as well as power consumption could definitely be improved.   - Metro Last Light Low - SiSoft Sandra Arithmetik Dhrystone
    - SiSoft Sandra Multimedia Floating Point
    - SiSoft Sandra Cryptography SHA 256
    - wPrime 1024M
    - Bioshock: Inifinite Low
           
    Overclocking / BIOS   + -
    Finally the overclocking part but first let's talk about the BIOS. The BIOS is excellent, MSI did a great job. It is not perfect but it is a very huge jump compared to the BIOS the manufacturer used to have.
    The overclocking on this motherboard is easy and pleasant. The BIOS is very easy to configure and the motherboard worked well and did what we expected. Also memory overclocking was easy and good.    		   - Best BIOS from MSI ever - Room for improvement
           
    Recommendation   + -
    Should you be thinking about buying a rock solid motherboard, that is also well suitable for overclocking, then the Z87 MPower Max from MSI is a good choice. This board features a unique and great looking color scheme and even the price attractive. On the other hand MSI should really improve performance of this motherboard.   - Overclocking
    - Enthusiast
    - Gaming    		  
           
    Rating
    We give the MSI Z87 MPower Max 4 out of 5 stars.





    Page 1 - Introduction Page 14 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 2 - Specs and Delivery Page 15 - UC Bench
    Page 3 - Features Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
    Page 4 - Layout Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
    Page 5 - Connectors and I/O Page 18 - Cinebench
    Page 6 - BIOS Page 19 - Bioshock: Infinite
    Page 7 - Test setup Page 20 - Metro Last Light
    Page 8 - Preview / Gallery Page 21 - Sleeping Dogs
    Page 9 - 3D Mark Page 22 - Power Consumption
    Page 10 - 3D Mark 11 Page 23 - Performance Rating
    Page 11 - 3D Mark Vantage  Page 24 - Price Comparison
    Page 12 - PC Mark 7 Page 25 - Conclusion
    Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 1  


    Author: m.buechel@ocaholic.ch