Review: ASRock Z77 Extreme 6 with Sandy Bridge
Category : Z77
Published by Marc Büchel on 29.03.12
ASRock is also one of the brands that already have Z77 based motherboards in their product portfolio. First of all we take a closer look on of their high-end boards, the Extreme 6. This motherboard waits with a many features and a very nice design. Of course we're also curious how this board will perform compared to compared to the Z68 based competition.


On the following pages we will show what's possible with the ASRock Z77 Extreme 6 and what's not.

Page 1 - Introduction Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 1
Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 9 - SiSoft Sandra 2
Page 3 - Layout Page 10 - Super Pi / wPrime
Page 4 - Connectors and I/O Page 11 - Games
Page 5 - BIOS Page 12 - Overclocking
Page 6 - Test setup Page 13 - Conclusion
Page 7 - Futuremark  



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Specifications / Delivery

CPU Intel Socket 1155 for 3rd/2nd Generation Processors
Chipset Intel Z77
Memory 4 x DIMM, Max. 32GB, DDR3
Multi-GPU Supports NVIDIA 3-Way-SLI Technology
Supports AMD 3-Way-CrossFireX Technology
Supports Lucid Virtu MVP
Slots 2 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x16 or dual x
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (x4 mode, black)
1 x PCIe 2.0 x1
1 x mini-PCI Express slot
2 x PCI Slots
Audio Realtek ALC898, 7.1 Channel
Storage 2 x SATA 6 Gb/s port (Intel RAID 0, 1, 5, 10)
4 x SATA 3 Gb/s port (Intel RAID 0, 1, 5, 10)
2 x SATA 6 Gb/s port (ASMedia 1061)
1 x eSATA 6 Gb/s port (ASMedia 1061)
LAN 1 x Broadcom BCM57781
I/O internal / Connectors
  • 4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors
  • 4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors
  • 1 x Floppy connector
  • 1 x IR header
  • 1 x CIR header
  • 1 x COM port header
  • 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header
  • 1 x IEEE 1394 header
  • 1 x Power LED header
  • CPU/Chassis/Power FAN connector
  • 24 pin ATX power connector
  • 8 pin 12V power connector
  • SLI/XFire power connector
  • Front panel audio connector
  • 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports)
  • 1 x USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports)
  • 1 x Dr. Debug with LED
    		•
    I/O external
  • 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port
  • 1 x D-Sub Port
  • 1 x DVI-D Port
  • 1 x HDMI Port
  • 1 x DisplayPort
  • 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
  • 2 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
  • 1 x eSATA3 Connector
  • 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Ports
  • 1 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED
  • 1 x IEEE 1394 Port
  • 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED
  • HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
    		•
    Formfactor ATX (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm)
    BIOS 64Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS GUI


    Accessories

     


  • 1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card
  • Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
  • 4 x SATA Data Cables (optional)
  • 1 x Front USB 3.0 Panel
  • 4 x HDD Screws
  • 6 x Chassis Screws
  • 1 x Rear USB 3.0 Bracket
    		•   


    Features

    PCI-Express 3.0 The ASRock Extreme 6 Gen3 already has PCI-Express 3.0 Support onboard. Therefore from this point of view the board is ready for Intels upcoming Ivy Bridge. Sandy Bridge doesn't support PCI-e 3.0. You'll have to use PCI-Express 2.0 in this case.
       
    Digital Power Design The ASRock Extreme 6 comes with a digital power design onboard. This enables a more efficient current supply as well as a minimum of electromagnetic radiation.
       
    Lucid Virtu Lucids Virtu software allows a dynamic load balancing between the integrated graphics and a discrete graphics card possible. The software in this case can for example deactivate the discrete graphics card and only use the integrated graphics from the CPU. This makes sense when applications only need 2D compute power. Another example would be a 3D application where Virtu dynamically assigns load to either both the integrated as well as discrete graphics in order to maximize performance.


    Page 1 - Introduction Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 1
    Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 9 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 3 - Layout Page 10 - Super Pi / wPrime
    Page 4 - Connectors and I/O Page 11 - Games
    Page 5 - BIOS Page 12 - Overclocking
    Page 6 - Test setup Page 13 - Conclusion
    Page 7 - Futuremark  



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    Layout

    The Extreme 6 comes with a black PCB as well as black expansion slots. Southbridge cooler as well as the coolers on the current converters got a cover which is kept in grey and gold. Altogether the design looks calm and nice. Furthermore the components are well placed and the PCB doens't look too crowded.


    ASRock equipped their latest Extreme 6 motherboard with an 8+4 phase VRM design. Eight phases are there to provide stable and clean power to the CPU. The four additional phases are there to deliver power to the memory as well as other components on the board. This really is enough even for overclocking.


    Totally you'll find four DIMM-slots on the ASRock Extreme 6. The official clock speeds that are still under NDA. Therefore we'll release them whit the launch of Intels upcoming CPUs.


    The current converters are being held at adequate temperatures via a passive heatpipe cooling solution. There are two separate cooling blocks covering the area which are connected via a heatpipe. The southbridge got a cooling block too, which has not been integrated into the heatpipe loop of the VRM. The fact that the cooling blocks around the CPU socket aren't too big makes it comfortable to install a big aircooler. We also noticed the very high manufacturing quality of the cooling blocks.

      


    Page 1 - Introduction Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 1
    Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 9 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 3 - Layout Page 10 - Super Pi / wPrime
    Page 4 - Connectors and I/O Page 11 - Games
    Page 5 - BIOS Page 12 - Overclocking
    Page 6 - Test setup Page 13 - Conclusion
    Page 7 - Futuremark  



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    Anschlüsse und I/O

    Totally ASRock equipped the Extreme 6 with eight angled SATA ports which should be enough for any office PC or gaming system. There are also practical onboard power- and reset-buttons. ASRock also equipped the Extreme 6 with a debug display which is very useful if you should once have issues with one of the components in your system. It is quite common that the last PCI-Express x16 slot is also the expansion slot is the closest to the bottom edge of the board. That has the consequence that the connectors at this place aren't accessible anymore. The Extreme 6 is no exception in this case. On the other hand there is two slots of space between the first and the second full size PCI Express port. This means that an SLI setup will be very well ventilated.

      

    Totally you'll find six fan headers on the ASRock Extreme 6 which is more than enough even if you want to provide fresh air to a high-end setup. ASRock has chosen to place connectors next to the CPU socket, at the bottom edge of the board as well as right above the first PCI Express slot.

      

    Looking at the external connectors directly at the back-panel ASRock equipped the Extreme 6 with four USB 3.0/2.0 ports, two USB 2.0 port, one eSATA 6 Gbps ports, one gigabit ethernet port, an analogue audio panel with an optical out, an HDMI port, a VGA connector, a DVI connector and a DisplayPort connector. Furthermore there also is a PS/2 mouse/keyboard port and a CLR CMOS button.



    Page 1 - Introduction Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 1
    Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 9 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 3 - Layout Page 10 - Super Pi / wPrime
    Page 4 - Connectors and I/O Page 11 - Games
    Page 5 - BIOS Page 12 - Overclocking
    Page 6 - Test setup Page 13 - Conclusion
    Page 7 - Futuremark  



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    BIOS

    What you're meanwhile getting with every single board is the feature to save and afterwards reload different BIOS profiles. Once again ASRock succeeded in creating yet another well structured BIOS. The UEFI BIOS awaits you with a graphical user interface, throughout which you can navigate using your mouse. Furthermore the ASUS UEFI-BIOS come with very nice background graphics which makes overclocking the board even nicer. The Extreme 6 is a high end motherboard and it therefore also comes with a lot of overclocking features.

      


      


      


      


      


      



    Page 1 - Introduction Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 1
    Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 9 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 3 - Layout Page 10 - Super Pi / wPrime
    Page 4 - Connectors and I/O Page 11 - Games
    Page 5 - BIOS Page 12 - Overclocking
    Page 6 - Test setup Page 13 - Conclusion
    Page 7 - Futuremark  



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    Test setup

    Hardware
    Motherboard - ASRock Z77 Extreme 6
    - ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    - ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    - ASRock Extreme7 Gen3
    - ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z
    - ASUS P8B WS (Memory @ 1333 MHz)
         - Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
    - Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3
    - ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
    - Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3
    - ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
    -     ASUS P8H67-M Evo
    - ASRock     Fatal1ty P67 Professional
    -     ASUS P8H67-I Deluxe
    - Intel DH67BL
    - Intel DP67BG
    - MSI P67A-GD65
    - MSI Big Bang Marshal P67
    -     ASUS Sabertooth P67
    - Gigabyte P67A-UD4
    - ASUS Maximus IV Extreme
    - ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution
    - ASUS P8P67-M EVO
    - Gigabyte P67A-UD7
    Processor Intel Core i5 2500K
    Memory 2 GB Kingston PC3 16'000 9-9-9-27
    Graphic card Asus 5850
    Hard disk Samsung Spinpoint F1 320 GByte
    Power supply bequiet! Dark Power Pro 1000Watt


    Page 1 - Introduction Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 1
    Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 9 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 3 - Layout Page 10 - Super Pi / wPrime
    Page 4 - Connectors and I/O Page 11 - Games
    Page 5 - BIOS Page 12 - Overclocking
    Page 6 - Test setup Page 13 - Conclusion
    Page 7 - Futuremark  



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    Futuremark

    3DMark11

    3DMark 11 is Futuremarks latest benchmark for the entire graphical subsystem. The benchmark uses DirectX 11 and it supports all recent features which can possibly generate high load on a GPU. Therefore you find tessellation, compute shader calculations, divers lighting effects and different depth of filed animations. Following we publish values regarding the performance preset of 3DMark 11.

    Total

    3DMark 11 Total

    Rating

    		   Percent
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 3'899 105.89 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 3'881 105.40 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme 6
    No Review
    		 3'867 105.02 %
    ASRock Extreme7 Gen3
    No Review
    		 3'854 104.67 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z
    No Review
    		 3'854 104.67 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
    		3'854 104.67 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
    		3'853 104.64 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3
    		3'852 104.62 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3
    		3'831 104.05 %
    ASUS P8B WS (Memory @ 1333 MHz
    		3'740 101.58 %
    ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
    		3'719 101.00 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional
    		3'714 100.87 %
    ASUS Sabertooth P67
    		3'709 100.73 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD4
    		3'709 100.73 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 3'709 100.73 %
    MSI P67A-GD65
    		3'707 100.68 %
    ASUS P8H67-M Evo
    		3'707 100.68 %
    ASUS P8P67-M EVO
    No Review
    		 3'705 100.62 %
    Intel mATX DH67BL
    No Review
    		 3'704 100.60 %
    ASUS P8H67-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 3'702 100.54 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD7
    		3'688 100.16 %
    Asus P8P67 WS Revolution
    		3'682 100.00 %
    ASUS P8Z68-V Pro (with Lucid Virtu)
    		3'678 99.89 %
    MSI Big Bang Marshal P67
    		3'632 98.64 %
    Intel DP67BG
    		3'620 98.32 %
      more is better


    Physic

    3DMark 11 Physic Score

    Rating

    		   Percent
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 6'467 102.75 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD7
    		6'461 102.65 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 6'454 102.54 %
    ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
    		6'421 102.02 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional
    		6'399 101.67 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3
    		6'391 101.54 %
    ASUS P8Z68-V Pro (with Lucid Virtu)
    		6'317 100.37 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 6'300 100.10 %
    Asus P8P67 WS Revolution
    		6'294 100.00 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme 6
    No Review
    		 6'275 99.70 %
    Intel DP67BG
    		6'274 99.68 %
    ASUS Sabertooth P67
    		6'271 99.73 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD4
    		6'269 99.60 %
    MSI Big Bang Marshal P67
    		6'268 99 59 %
    MSI P67A-GD65
    		6'244 99.21 %
    ASUS P8H67-M Evo
    		6'201 98.52 %
    ASUS P8P67-M EVO
    No Review
    		 6'188 98.32 %
    Intel mATX DH67BL
    No Review
    		 6'193 98.40 %
    ASUS P8H67-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 6'142 97.59 %
    ASRock Extreme7 Gen3
    No Review
    		 6'119 97.22 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
    		6'040 95.96 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z
    No Review
    		 6'038 95.93 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
    		6'020 95.64 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3
    		6'004 95.39 %
    ASUS P8B WS (Memory @ 1333 MHz
    		5'827 92.58 %
      more is better


    3DMark Vantage

    3DMark Vantage is able to squeeze nearly everything out of a recent system. Therefore the feature liste is also pretty long: DirectX10, FP16-HDR, motion blur, parallax occlusion mapping, GPU-physics simulation and different shader effects are being used to even make recent high-end systems struggle.

    Total

    3DMark Vantage Total

    Rating

    		   Percent
    ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
    		16'569 106.58 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z
    No Review
    		 16'542 106.41 %
    ASRock Extreme7 Gen3
    No Review
    		 16'529 106.32 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
    		16'500 106.14 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3
    		16'482 106.02 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3
    		16'438 105.74 %
    ASUS P8B WS (Memory @ 1333 MHz
    		16'348 105.16 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 16'248 104.52 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 16'153 103.90 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional
    		16'153 103.90 %
    ASUS P8H67-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 16'107 103.61 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme 6
    No Review
    		 16'077 103.42 %
    ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
    		16'075 103.40 %
    ASUS P8H67-M Evo
    		16'069 103.36 %
    Intel DP67BG
    		15'924 102.43 %
    MSI P67A-GD65
    		15'835 101.86 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD4
    		15'776 101.48 %
    Intel mATX DH67BL
    No Review
    		 15'710 101.05 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 15'760 101.38 %
    ASUS Sabertooth P67
    		15'757 101.36 %
    ASUS P8P67-M EVO
    No Review
    		 15'749 101.31 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD7
    		15'605 100.38 %
    Asus P8P67 WS Revolution
    		15'546 100.00 %
    ASUS P8Z68-V Pro (with Lucid Virtu)
    		15'485 99.61 %
    MSI Big Bang Marshal P67
    		15'157 97.50 %
      more is better


    CPU

    3DMark Vantage CPU

    Rating

    		   Percent
    ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
    		17'347 101.17 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z
    No Review
    		 17'346 101.16 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional
    		17'379 101.35 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD7
    		17'354 101.21 %
    ASRock Extreme7 Gen3
    No Review
    		 17'279 100.77 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3
    		17'261 100.66 %
    MSI P67A-GD65
    		17'186 100.23 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3
    		17'181 100.20 %
    ASUS Sabertooth P67
    		17'179 100.19 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
    		17'167 100.12 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 17'164 100.10 %
    Asus P8P67 WS Revolution
    		17'147 100.00 %
    ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
    		17'126 99.88 %
    Intel DP67BG
    		17'121 99.85 %
    MSI Big Bang Marshal P67
    		17'118 99.83 %
    ASUS P8H67-M Evo
    		17'101 99.73 %
    ASUS P8H67-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 17'043 99.39 %
    ASUS P8P67-M EVO
    No Review
    		 17'017 99.24 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD4
    		16'979 99.02 %
    ASUS P8B WS (Memory @ 1333 MHz
    		16'941 98.80 %
    Intel mATX DH67BL
    No Review
    		 16'873 98.40 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 16'336 95.27 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme 6
    No Review
    		 16'211 94.54 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 16'112 93.96 %
    ASUS P8Z68-V Pro (with Lucid Virtu)
    		15'055 87.80 %
      more is better


    Page 1 - Introduction Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 1
    Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 9 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 3 - Layout Page 10 - Super Pi / wPrime
    Page 4 - Connectors and I/O Page 11 - Games
    Page 5 - BIOS Page 12 - Overclocking
    Page 6 - Test setup Page 13 - Conclusion
    Page 7 - Futuremark  



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    SiSoft Sandra 1

    SiSoft Sandra is a theoretical multi purpose benchmark suite which is able to show differences in CPU architectures. We split the tests with SiSoft Sandra into two parts. Therefore on this page you'll find Arithmetic-, Multimedia- and Cryptography-benchmarks.

    Arithmetic Benchmark

    SiSoft Sandra - Arithmetic Benchmark - Total

    Rating

    		 GIPS Percent
    ASRock Z77 Extreme 6
    No Review
    		 70.25 104.46 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 70.23 104.43 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 68.12 101.29 %
    ASRock Extreme7 Gen3
    No Review
    		 68.06 101.20 %
    ASUS P8H67-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 68.00 101.12 %
    ASUS P8H67-M Evo
    		67.83 100.86 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 67.77 100.77 %
    ASUS P8B WS (Memory @ 1333 MHz
    		67.73 100.71 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
    		67.70 100.67 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional
    		67.67 100.62 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD4
    		67.62 100.55 %
    Intel DP67BG
    		67.60 100.52 %
    MSI Big Bang Marshal P67
    		67.59 100.51 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3
    		67.58 100.49 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z
    No Review
    		 67.56 100.46 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
    		67.39 100.21 %
    ASUS P8P67-M EVO
    No Review
    		 67.37 100.18 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3
    		67.26 100.01 %
    Intel mATX DH67BL
    No Review
    		 67.25 100.00 %
    Asus P8P67 WS Revolution
    		67.25 100.00 %
    ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
    		67.19 99.91 %
    ASUS Sabertooth P67
    		67.13 99.82 %
    MSI P67A-GD65
    		67.00 99.63 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD7
    		67.00 99.63 %
      more is better


    SiSoft Sandra - Arithmetic Benchmark - Whetstone

    Rating

    		 GFLOPS Percent
    ASRock Extreme7 Gen3
    No Review
    		 49.08 100.68 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z
    No Review
    		 49.00 100.51 %
    ASUS P8B WS (Memory @ 1333 MHz
    		49.00 100.51 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
    		49.00 100.51 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3
    		49.00 100.51 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
    		49.00 100.51 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3
    		49.00 100.51 %
    ASUS Sabertooth P67
    		49.00 100.51 %
    ASUS P8P67-M EVO
    No Review
    		 49.00 100.51 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional
    		48.81 100.12 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD4
    		48.80 100.10 %
    MSI P67A-GD65
    		48.80 100.10 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD7
    		48.78 100.06 %
    ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
    		48.76 100.02 %
    Asus P8P67 WS Revolution
    		48.75 100.00 %
    Intel mATX DH67BL
    No Review
    		 48.71 99.92 %
    Intel DP67BG
    		48.70 99.90 %
    MSI Big Bang Marshal P67
    		48.69 99.88 %
    ASUS P8H67-M Evo
    		48.43 99.34 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme 6
    No Review
    		 48.31 99.10 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 48.30 99.08 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 47.77 97.99 %
    ASUS P8H67-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 47.52 97.48 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 46.47 95.32 %
      more is better


    Multimedia

    SiSoft Sandra - Multimedia - Integer

    Rating

    		 MPixels/sec Percent
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 162.00 134.52 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 155.90 129.45 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme 6
    No Review
    		 155.68 129.27 %
    ASRock Extreme7 Gen3
    No Review
    		 120.88 100.37 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
    		120.84 100.34 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z
    No Review
    		 120.73 100.25 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
    		120.70 100.22 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3
    		120.68 100.21 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3
    		120.62 100.16 %
    Asus P8P67 WS Revolution
    		120.43 100.00 %
    ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
    		120.41 99.98 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional
    		120.41 99.98 %
    ASUS P8B WS (Memory @ 1333 MHz
    		120.36 99.94 %
    ASUS Sabertooth P67
    		120.34 99.93 %
    ASUS P8P67-M EVO
    No Review
    		 120.34 99.93 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 120.33 99.92 %
    ASUS P8H67-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 120.30 99.89 %
    Intel DP67BG
    		120.23 99.83 %
    MSI P67A-GD65
    		120.19 99.80 %
    ASUS P8H67-M Evo
    		120.10 99.73 %
    Intel mATX DH67BL
    No Review
    		 120.00 99.64 %
    MSI Big Bang Marshal P67
    		120.00 99.64 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD4
    		120.00 99.64 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD7
    		120.00 99.64 %
      more is better


    SiSoft Sandra - Multimedia - floating point

    Rating

    		 MPixels/sec Percent
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 104.24 146.38 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme 6
    No Review
    		 103.56 145.43 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 100.31 140.87 %
    ASRock Extreme7 Gen3
    No Review
    		 71.48 100.38 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z
    No Review
    		 71.43 100.31 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
    		71.37 100.22 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3
    		71.37 100.22 %
    Asus P8P67 WS Revolution
    		71.21 100.00 %
    ASUS P8B WS (Memory @ 1333 MHz
    		71.20 99.99 %
    ASUS P8H67-M Evo
    		71.20 99.99 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional
    		71.20 99.99 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3
    		71.19 99.97 %
    ASUS P8H67-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 71.19 99.97 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 71.18 99.96 %
    ASUS Sabertooth P67
    		71.17 99.94 %
    ASUS P8P67-M EVO
    No Review
    		 71.16 99.93 %
    Intel mATX DH67BL
    No Review
    		 71.00 99.71 %
    MSI P67A-GD65
    		71.00 99.71 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD4
    		71.00 99.71 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD7
    		71.00 99.71 %
    MSI Big Bang Marshal P67
    		70.87 99.52 %
    ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
    		70.65 99.21 %
    Intel DP67BG
    		70.57 99.10 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
    		69.83 98.06 %
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    Crytography

    SiSoft Sandra - Crytography - AES 256

    Rating

    		 GB/sec Percent
    ASRock Extreme7 Gen3
    No Review
    		 7.59 120.48 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
    		7.39 117.30 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 7.38 117.14 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD7
    		7.30 115.87 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 7.00 111.11 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme 6
    No Review
    		 7.00 111.11 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 7.00 111.11 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z
    No Review
    		 7.00 111.11 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
    		7.00 111.11 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3
    		7.00 111.11 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3
    		7.00 111.11 %
    Intel DP67BG
    		7.00 111.11 %
    ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
    		6.87 109.05 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional
    		6.85 108.73 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD4
    		6.30 100.00 %
    Asus P8P67 WS Revolution
    		6.30 100.00 %
    ASUS Sabertooth P67
    		6.30 100.00 %
    MSI Big Bang Marshal P67
    		6.26 99.37 %
    MSI P67A-GD65
    		6.25 99.21 %
    ASUS P8P67-M EVO
    No Review
    		 6.00 95.24 %
    ASUS P8H67-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 5.78 91.75 %
    ASUS P8B WS (Memory @ 1333 MHz
    		5.77 91.59 %
    Intel mATX DH67BL
    No Review
    		 5.74 91.11 %
    ASUS P8H67-M Evo
    		5.70 90.48 %
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    SiSoft Sandra - Crytography - SHA 256

    Rating

    		 MB/sec Percent
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 939 173.25 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 924 170.48 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme 6
    No Review
    		 780 143.91 %
    ASRock Extreme7 Gen3
    No Review
    		 553 102.03 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z
    No Review
    		 552 101.85 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
    		552 101.85 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
    		552 101.85 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3
    		551 101.66 %
    ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
    		550 101.48 %
    ASUS Sabertooth P67
    		550 101.48 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 550 101.48 %
    ASUS P8P67-M EVO
    No Review
    		 550 101.48 %
    ASUS P8H67-M Evo
    		550 101.48 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional
    		550 101.48 %
    ASUS P8B WS (Memory @ 1333 MHz
    		549 101.29 %
    MSI P67A-GD65
    		549 101.29 %
    Intel DP67BG
    		549 101.29 %
    MSI Big Bang Marshal P67
    		549 101.29 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD4
    		549 101.29 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD7
    		549 101.29 %
    Intel mATX DH67BL
    No Review
    		 548 101.11 %
    Asus P8P67 WS Revolution
    		542 100.00 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3
    		530 97.79 %
    ASUS P8H67-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 510 94.10 %
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    Page 1 - Introduction Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 1
    Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 9 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 3 - Layout Page 10 - Super Pi / wPrime
    Page 4 - Connectors and I/O Page 11 - Games
    Page 5 - BIOS Page 12 - Overclocking
    Page 6 - Test setup Page 13 - Conclusion
    Page 7 - Futuremark  



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    SiSoft Sandra 2

    At this point we deliver the values regarding Memory Bandwidth, Memory Latency as well as Memory and Cache Access.

    Memory bandwidth

    SiSoft Sandra - Memory bandwidth - Integer

    Rating

    		 GB/sec Percent
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 22.68 117.63 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD7
    		22.40 116.18 %
    ASRock Extreme7 Gen3
    No Review
    		 21.55 111.77 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3
    		21.54 111.72 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
    		21.53 111.67 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3
    		21.52 111.62 %
    Intel DP67BG
    		21.46 111.31 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z
    No Review
    		 21.38 110.89 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
    		21.30 110.48 %
    ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
    		21.27 110.32 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 21.25 110.22 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme 6
    No Review
    		 21.18 109.85 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional
    		21.13 109.60 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 21.12 109.54 %
    ASUS Sabertooth P67
    		19.36 100.41 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD4
    		19.30 100.10 %
    Asus P8P67 WS Revolution
    		19.28 100.00 %
    MSI P67A-GD65
    		19.22 99.69 %
    MSI Big Bang Marshal P67
    		19.16 99.38 %
    ASUS P8P67-M EVO
    No Review
    		 18.84 97.72 %
    ASUS P8H67-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 18.00 93.36 %
    ASUS P8B WS (Memory @ 1333 MHz
    		17.82 92.43 %
    Intel mATX DH67BL
    No Review
    		 17.75 92.06 %
    ASUS P8H67-M Evo
    		17.70 91.80 %
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    SiSoft Sandra - Memory bandwidth - floating point

    Rating

    		 GB/sec Percent
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 22.69 117.81 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD7
    		22.40 116.30 %
    ASRock Extreme7 Gen3
    No Review
    		 21.54 111.84 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3
    		21.53 111.79 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
    		21.53 111.79 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3
    		21.53 111.79 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z
    No Review
    		 21.38 111.01 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
    		21.35 110.85 %
    Intel DP67BG
    		21.47 111.47 %
    ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
    		21.25 110.33 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 21.21 110.12 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme 6
    No Review
    		 21.17 109.92 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 21.14 109.76 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional
    		21.14 109.76 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD4
    		19.36 100.52 %
    ASUS Sabertooth P67
    		19.35 100.47 %
    Asus P8P67 WS Revolution
    		19.26 100.00 %
    MSI P67A-GD65
    		19.22 99.79 %
    MSI Big Bang Marshal P67
    		19.20 99.69 %
    ASUS P8P67-M EVO
    No Review
    		 18.83 97.77 %
    ASUS P8B WS (Memory @ 1333 MHz
    		17.82 92.52 %
    ASUS P8H67-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 18.00 93.46 %
    Intel mATX DH67BL
    No Review
    		 17.75 92.16 %
    ASUS P8H67-M Evo
    		17.72 92.00 %
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    Memory latency

    SiSoft Sandra - Memory latency

    Rating

    		 ns Percent
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 59.0 90.91 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD7
    		59.3 91.37 %
    ASRock Extreme7 Gen3
    No Review
    		 61.2 94.30 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional
    		63.5 97.84 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z
    No Review
    		 64.5 99.38 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
    		64.5 99.38 %
    Intel DP67BG
    		64.5 99.38 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3
    		64.7 99.69 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
    		64.7 99.69 %
    ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
    		64.7 99.69 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3
    		64.8 99.85 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD4
    		64.9 100.00 %
    Asus P8P67 WS Revolution
    		64.9 100.00 %
    ASUS Sabertooth P67
    		65.1 100.31 %
    MSI P67A-GD65
    		65.2 100.46 %
    MSI Big Bang Marshal P67
    		65.3 100.62 %
    ASUS P8P67-M EVO
    No Review
    		 68.9 106.16 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme 6
    No Review
    		 69.3 106.78 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 69.7 107.40 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 70.5 108.63 %
    ASUS P8H67-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 70.8 109.09 %
    ASUS P8B WS (Memory @ 1333 MHz
    		73.0 112.48 %
    ASUS P8H67-M Evo
    		73.0 112.48 %
    Intel mATX DH67BL
    No Review
    		 73.3 112.94 %
      less is better


    Memory and cache access

    SiSoft Sandra - Memory and cache access

    Rating

    		 GB/sec Percent
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 105.48 110.18 %
    ASRock Extreme7 Gen3
    No Review
    		 103.91 108.54 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3
    		103.13 107.73 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3
    		102.66 107.24 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
    		102.51 107.08 %
    Intel DP67BG
    		102.44 107.01 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z
    No Review
    		 102.33 106.89 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 102.20 106.76 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
    		101.83 106.37 %
    ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
    		101.65 106.18 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional
    		101.60 106.13 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD7
    		101.50 106.03 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 99.80 104.25 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme 6
    No Review
    		 99.31 103.74 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD4
    		96.00 100.28 %
    ASUS P8H67-M Evo
    		96.64 100.95 %
    ASUS Sabertooth P67
    		96.00 100.28 %
    Asus P8P67 WS Revolution
    		95.73 100.00 %
    MSI P67A-GD65
    		95.62 99.89 %
    ASUS P8B WS (Memory @ 1333 MHz
    		95.00 99.24 %
    ASUS P8H67-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 95.00 99.24 %
    MSI Big Bang Marshal P67
    		95.31 99.56 %
    Intel mATX DH67BL
    No Review
    		 94.45 98.66 %
    ASUS P8P67-M EVO
    No Review
    		 93.45 97.62%
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    Page 1 - Introduction Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 1
    Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 9 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 3 - Layout Page 10 - Super Pi / wPrime
    Page 4 - Connectors and I/O Page 11 - Games
    Page 5 - BIOS Page 12 - Overclocking
    Page 6 - Test setup Page 13 - Conclusion
    Page 7 - Futuremark  



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    Super Pi 1M - 32M / wPrime 32M

    Meanwhile Super Pi even in its latest version has become pretty old. Never the less it is able to show scaling to the clock speed nicely.

    Super Pi 1M

    Super Pi 1.5 XS - 1M

    Rating

    		 sec Percent
    ASRock Extreme7 Gen3
    No Review
    		 11.288 99.67 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z
    No Review
    		 11.294 99.73 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
    		11.295 99.74 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 11.310 99.87 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
    		11.310 99.87 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3
    		11.325 100.00 %
    Asus P8P67 WS Revolution
    		11.325 100.00 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme 6
    No Review
    		 11.326 100.01 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 11.341 100.14 %
    ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
    		11.341 100.14 %
    ASUS P8H67-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 11.341 100.14 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional
    		11.347 100.19 %
    ASUS P8H67-M Evo
    		11.356 100.27 %
    MSI Big Bang Marshal P67
    		11.356 100.27 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 11.357 100.28 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3
    		11.357 100.28 %
    ASUS P8P67-M EVO
    No Review
    		 11.357 100.28 %
    ASUS P8B WS (Memory @ 1333 MHz
    		11.372 100.42 %
    ASUS Sabertooth P67
    		11.372 100.42 %
    Intel DP67BG
    		11.373 100.42 %
    MSI P67A-GD65
    		11.404 100.70 %
    Intel mATX DH67BL
    No Review
    		 11.404 100.70 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD4
    		11.435 100.97 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD7
    		11.466 101.25 %
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    Super Pi 32M

    Super Pi 1.5 XS - 32M

    Rating

    		 sec Percent
    ASRock Extreme7 Gen3
    No Review
    		 604.217 97.07 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 606.295 97.40 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional
    		607.120 97.53 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 608.931 97.82 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3
    		608.978 97.83 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
    		609.976 97.99 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD7
    		609.992 97.99 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z
    No Review
    		 610.788 98.12 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3
    		610.959 98.15 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
    		611.115 98.18 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 611.396 98.22 %
    ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
    		613.299 98.53 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme 6
    No Review
    		 613.768 98.60 %
    Intel DP67BG
    		615.530 98.89 %
    ASUS P8H67-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 623.877 98.88 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD4
    		620.803 99.73 %
    ASUS P8H67-M Evo
    		620.928 99.75 %
    ASUS Sabertooth P67
    		621.552 99.85 %
    MSI P67A-GD65
    		621.942 99.91 %
    Asus P8P67 WS Revolution
    		622.473 100.00 %
    Intel mATX DH67BL
    No Review
    		 623.002 100.08 %
    ASUS P8P67-M EVO
    No Review
    		 623.143 100.11 %
    ASUS P8B WS (Memory @ 1333 MHz
    		623.252 100.13 %
    MSI Big Bang Marshal P67
    		623.549 100.17 %
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    wPrime 32M

    wPrime is based on a multithreaded algorithm to calculate the square root to up to 32 billion digits. Therefore it is possible to put 100 percent load on every core or thread and to see differences between architectures.

    wPrime - 32M

    Rating

    		 sec Percent
    Asus P8P67 WS Revolution
    		9.263 100.00 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 9.264 100.01 %
    ASUS Sabertooth P67
    		9.268 100.05 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD4
    		9.280 100.18 %
    MSI P67A-GD65
    		9.298 100.38 %
    ASUS P8P67-M EVO
    No Review
    		 9.298 100.38 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD7
    		9.314 100.55 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 9.390 101.37 %
    MSI Big Bang Marshal P67
    		9.469 102.22 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3
    		9.595 103.58 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
    		9.642 104.09 %
    Intel DP67BG
    		9.657 104.25 %
    ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
    		9.658 104.26 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3
    		9.733 105.07 %
    ASUS P8H67-M Evo
    		9.748 105.24 %
    ASUS P8B WS (Memory @ 1333 MHz
    		9.766 105.43 %
    ASUS P8H67-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 9.779 105.57 %
    ASRock Extreme7 Gen3
    No Review
    		 9.780 105.58 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional
    		9.812 105.93 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z
    No Review
    		 9.886 106.73 %
    Intel mATX DH67BL
    No Review
    		 9.953 107.45 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
    		9.966 107.59 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 10.546 113.85 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme 6
    No Review
    		 10.842 117.05 %
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    Page 1 - Introduction Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 1
    Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 9 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 3 - Layout Page 10 - Super Pi / wPrime
    Page 4 - Connectors and I/O Page 11 - Games
    Page 5 - BIOS Page 12 - Overclocking
    Page 6 - Test setup Page 13 - Conclusion
    Page 7 - Futuremark  



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    Games

    Crysis 800 x 600, low details

    Crysis is still one of the games which has very high system requirements. Therefore developer Crytek implemented Direct3D-10-API, High-Dynamic-Range-Rendering, Parallax Occlusion Mapping, Soft Shadows, Motion Blur, Depth of Field as well as Soft Particles. We test Crysis by using DirectX9 to show CPU-sacaling especially which low resolutions. If we look at the high resolutions we are able to spot that the CPUs influence compared to the graphic card becomes much less important.

    Crysis DirectX9 (800 x 600 low details)

    Rating

    		 fps Percent
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 97.29 112.27 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme 6
    No Review
    		 95.34 110.02 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD7
    		90.16 104.04 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 90.16 104.04 %
    MSI Big Bang Marshal P67
    		89.80 103.62 %
    MSI P67A-GD65
    		89.75 103.57 %
    ASUS P8P67-M EVO
    No Review
    		 89.05 102.76 %
    ASUS Sabertooth P67
    		89.01 102.71 %
    Asus P8P67 WS Revolution
    		86.66 100.00 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD4
    		86.61 99.94 %
    ASRock Extreme7 Gen3
    No Review
    		 84.95 98.27 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional
    		84.64 97.67 %
    ASUS P8H67-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 84.64 97.67 %
    ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
    		84.26 97.23 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
    		84.13 97.08 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z
    No Review
    		 84.05 96.99 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
    		83.88 96.79 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3
    		83.43 96.27 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3
    		83.42 96.26 %
    Intel DP67BG
    		83.27 96.09 %
    ASUS P8H67-M Evo
    		81.77 94.36 %
    Intel mATX DH67BL
    No Review
    		 81.22 93.72 %
    ASUS P8B WS (Memory @ 1333 MHz
    		80.55 92.95 %
    ASUS P8Z68-V Pro (with Lucid Virtu)
    		78.94 91.09 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 77.20 89.08 %
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    Resident Evil 800 x 600, low details

    Resident Evil uses nearly every modern rendering technology: HDR, Hemisphere Lighting, Soft Shadows, Soft Particles, Field- und Motion-Blur oder auch Alpha to Coverage and static Ambient Occlusion. Furthermore Resident Evil 5 has been optimized for multicore architectures and already comes DirectX11 ready. By using the DirectX9 benchmark we can again show CPU-scaling with low resolutions and the compared to the CPU overproportional influence of the graphics card at high resolutions.

    Resident Evil DirectX9 (800 x 600 low details)

    Rating

    		 fps Percent
    ASRock Extreme7 Gen3
    No Review
    		 176.7 108.21 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z
    No Review
    		 175.5 107.47 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3
    		175.1 107.23 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional
    		174.8 107.04 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
    		174.5 106.86 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 174.5 106.86 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3
    		174.4 106.80 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
    		174.1 106.61 %
    ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
    		173.4 106.18 %
    Intel DP67BG
    		172.6 105.70 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD7
    		171.6 105.08 %
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 169.9 104.04 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD4
    		169.5 103.80 %
    ASUS P8H67-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 169.4 103.74 %
    Intel mATX DH67BL
    No Review
    		 167.3 102.45 %
    MSI Big Bang Marshal P67
    		169.4 103.74 %
    ASUS Sabertooth P67
    		169.3 103.67 %
    MSI P67A-GD65
    		168.5 103.18 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 167.3 102.45 %
    ASUS P8Z68-V Pro (with Lucid Virtu)
    		167.0 102.27 %
    ASUS P8H67-M Evo
    		166.7 102.08 %
    ASUS P8B WS (Memory @ 1333 MHz
    		167.4 102.51 %
    ASUS P8P67-M EVO
    No Review
    		 166.5 101.96 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme 6
    No Review
    		 164.6 100.80 %
    Asus P8P67 WS Revolution
    		163.3 100.00 %
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    Street Fighter 4 800 x 600, low details

    Street Fighter 4 comes with an extra benchmark version which makes testing you system childrens play. At low resolutions the system requirements are pretty low and we can see CPU-scaling in the results. At high resolution the graphic card becomes more important and the CPUs clock speed has less influence on the fps.

    Street Fighter 4 (800 x 600 low details)

    Rating

    		 fps Percent
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 592.61 104.00 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 591.09 103.74 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme 6
    No Review
    		 584.87 102.61 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 573.97 100.73 %
    Asus P8P67 WS Revolution
    		569.79 100.00 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD7
    		569.21 99.90 %
    ASUS Sabertooth P67
    		568.30 99.74 %
    MSI P67A-GD65
    		568.25 99.73 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD4
    		568.00 99.69 %
    ASUS P8P67-M EVO
    No Review
    		 567.88 99.66 %
    MSI Big Bang Marshal P67
    		563.66 98.92 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional
    		550.85 96.68 %
    ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
    		547.15 96.03 %
    ASUS P8H67-M Evo
    		543.94 95.46 %
    ASUS P8H67-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 543.77 95.43 %
    Intel mATX DH67BL
    No Review
    		 541.17 94.98 %
    Intel DP67BG
    		538.99 94.59 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
    		529.11 92.86 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z
    No Review
    		 523.85 91.94 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
    		523.83 91.93 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3
    		523.70 91.91 %
    ASRock Extreme7 Gen3
    No Review
    		 523.18 91.82 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3
    		514.97 90.38 %
    ASUS P8B WS (Memory @ 1333 MHz
    		514.94 90.37 %
    ASUS P8Z68-V Pro (with Lucid Virtu, only integrated graphics active)   163.34 28.67 %
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    Page 1 - Introduction Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 1
    Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 9 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 3 - Layout Page 10 - Super Pi / wPrime
    Page 4 - Connectors and I/O Page 11 - Games
    Page 5 - BIOS Page 12 - Overclocking
    Page 6 - Test setup Page 13 - Conclusion
    Page 7 - Futuremark  



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    Overclocking

    CPU-z

    Rating

    		 MHz Percent
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 5'200 100.00 %
    ASRock Z77 Extreme 6
    No Review
    		 5'200 100.00 %
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 5'200 100.00 %
    ASRock Extreme7 Gen3
    No Review
    		 5'200 100.00 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z
    No Review
    		 5'200 100.00 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
    		5'200 100.00 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3
    		5'200 100.00 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
    		5'200 100.00 %
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3
    		5'200 100.00 %
    ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
    		5'200 100.00 %
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 5'200 100.00 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD7
    		5'200 100.00 %
    Gigabyte P67A-UD4
    		5'200 100.00 %
    ASUS Sabertooth P67
    		5'200 100.00 %
    MSI Big Bang Marshal P67
    		5'200 100.00 %
    MSI P67A-GD65
    		5'200 100.00 %
    Intel DP67BG
    		5'200 100.00 %
    ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional
    		4'600 88.46 %
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    Super Pi 1M

    Rating

    		 sec
    ASRock Extreme7 Gen3
    No Review
    		 7.178
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z
    No Review
    		 7.191
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
    		7.195
    ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe
    No Review
    		 7.199
    ASUS Maximus IV Extreme 7.207
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3
    		7.214
    ASUS P8Z68-V Pro
    		7.216
    ASRock Z77 Extreme 6
    No Review
    		 7.219
    ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z
    		7.222
    ASUS Sabertooth P67
    		7.241
    MSI Big Bang Marshal P67
    		7.252
    ASUS Sabertooth Z77
    No Review
    		 7.257
    Gigabyte Z68X-UD7-B3
    		7.264
    Gigabyte P67A-UD4
    		7.282
    Gigabyte P67A-UD7
    		7.298
    MSI P67A-GD65
    		7.302
    ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional
    		8.128
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    Page 1 - Introduction Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 1
    Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 9 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 3 - Layout Page 10 - Super Pi / wPrime
    Page 4 - Connectors and I/O Page 11 - Games
    Page 5 - BIOS Page 12 - Overclocking
    Page 6 - Test setup Page 13 - Conclusion
    Page 7 - Futuremark  



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    Conclusion

    Allgemein   + -
    The Extreme 6 generally is a well equipped and interesting board. You'll find everything needed in order to build a powerful and reliable system. Meanwhile ASRock is one of the manufacturers which have their own and unique design, that is really nice and differs substantially from their competitors.   - Design  
           
    Layout   + -

    Generally the ASRock Extreme 6s layout is very well thought. Once more very practical are the angled SATA connectors. There are also practical power/reset buttons onboard as well as a debug LED. Unfortunately the last expansion slots is a full size PCI Express port, which means that if you choose to install a dual slots graphics card at this place you're going to cover the connectors at the bottom edge of the board. On the other hand there are two slots between the PCIe-x16 slots which means that an SLI or CrossFire setup will get a perfect environment when it comes to cooling. We also liked that ASRock chose to equip this motherboard with no less then six fan headers. Like this every setup can be cooled adequately and the fan headers are furthermore well positioned and therefore easy accessible.

    		  - Angled SATA connectors
    - Two slots between first two PCIe-x16 slots
    - Power/Reset/Clr-CMOS Button
    - 6 fan headers    		 - Full-Size PCI-Express as last slot
           
    Performance   + -
    With the Extreme 6, ASRock definitely succeeded in building a motherboard with a good overall performance level. Compared to the other Z77 we've had for testing so far, it really can keep up with them. If we take a closer look at the performance difference between Z77 and Z68, we see that in certain benchmarks Z77 lacks behind - like wPrime, Resident Evil 5 and 3D Mark Vantage CPU - and in others it is well ahead - SiSoft Sandra and Super Pi. But generally you get a little bit more performance with the Z77 than with the Z68.   - SiSoft Sandra
    - Super Pi    		 - wPrime
    - Resident Evil 5
    - 3D Mark Vantage CPU
           
    BIOS / Overclocking   + -
    Also in the overclocking part the Extreme 6 was a very convincing product. Therefore it's been childrens play to reach the clock wall of our test CPU. Furthermore the UEFI BIOS is very easy to use and one can quickly find the settings needed. There are BIOSes from other manufacturers which are nicer to look at, but that's it.   - Well structured BIOS - UEFI-BIOS  
           
    Recommendation   + -
    If you want to build a high end comptuer or gaming system then the ASRock Extreme 6 will be a good choice.   - High-End
    - Gaming
    - Overclocking    		  
           
    Rating
    We give the ASRock Extreme 6 Gen3 good four out of five stars.



    Page 1 - Introduction Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 1
    Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery Page 9 - SiSoft Sandra 2
    Page 3 - Layout Page 10 - Super Pi / wPrime
    Page 4 - Connectors and I/O Page 11 - Games
    Page 5 - BIOS Page 12 - Overclocking
    Page 6 - Test setup Page 13 - Conclusion
    Page 7 - Futuremark  


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    Author: m.buechel@ocaholic.ch Copy edited and translated: m.buechel@ocaholic.ch c.ney@ocaholic.ch