ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional Review
Category : Z87
Published by Marc Büchel on 11.10.13
With their Fatal1ty Z87 Professional ASRock have a Z87 based gaming motherboard in their portfolio which comes with a really decent feature mix and these days this board also boasts a highly competitive price tag. For a bit more than 100 Euro you get a motherboard, that is actually worth quite a bit more. So it looks like this thing could be quite a bargain.



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The Z87 Profess1onal is ASRock's high-end gaming motherboard regarding Intels latest Z87 chipset. Therefore we're really curious what they've come up with and how it will do in our review.

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, 2933(OC) / 2800(OC) / 2400(OC) / 2133(OC) / 1866(OC) / 1600 / 1333 / 1066 Non-ECC,Un-buffered
Multi-GPU
  • Supports NVIDIA Quad-SLI Technology
  • Supports AMD Quad-CrossFireX Technology
Slots
  • 3 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x16, dual x8/x8 or triple x8/x4/x4)
  • 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (x4 mode)
  • 2 x PCIe 2.0 x1
  • 2 x PCI
  • 1x mini-PCI Express slot
Sound Realtek ALC1150
  • 7.1 CH HD Audio
  • Creative Sound Core3D quad-core sound and voice processor
  • Supports SBX Pro Studio
  • Supports CrystalVoice
  • Supports Scout Mode
  • Supports EAX1.0 to EAX5.0
  • Premium Headset Amplifier (PHA)
 
Storage Intel Z87 chipset
  • 6 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s)
  • Support Raid 0, 1, 5, 10
  • Intel Rapid Storage Technology 12 support
  • Supports Intel Smart Response Technology, Intel Rapid Storage Technology
ASMedia ASM1061 controller
  • 4 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s)
Network
  • Intel I211AT Gigabit LAN
Internal Connectors
  • 1 x IR header
  • 1 x COM Port header
  • 1 x Power LED header
  • 2 x CPU Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin)
  • 3 x Chassis Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 2 x 3-pin)
  • 1 x Power Fan connector (3-pin)
  • 1 x 24 pin ATX power connector
  • 1 x 8 pin 12V power connector
  • 1 x SLI/XFire power connector
  • 1 x Front panel audio connector
  • 1 x SPDIF Out connector
  • 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports)
  • 2 x USB 3.0 headers (support 4 USB 3.0 ports)
  • 1 x Dr. Debug with LED
  • 1 x Power Switch with LED
  • 1 x Reset Switch with LED
Extrenal Connectors
  • 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port
  • 1 x HDMI-Out Port
  • 1 x HDMI-In Port
  • 1 x DisplayPort
  • 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
  • 1 x eSATA Connector
  • 3 x USB 2.0 Ports
  • 1 x Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB 2.0)
  • 4 x USB 3.0 Ports (ASMedia Hub)
  • 2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
  • 1 x Clear CMOS Switch
  • HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
Forfactor ATX (30.5cm x 24.4cm)
BIOS Bios (2 x 64 Mb 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  
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Features

12 Phase Power Design

 Since quite some time ASRock has been equipping its boards with digital power designs. With the Fatal1ty Professional they are very proud about their complex solution which consists of Dual-Stack MOSFET's (DSM), three different filter caps (DIP solid caps, POSCAP's and MLCC's), as well as high quality alloy chokes.

 

F-Stream

 F-Stream is ASRock's software suite, which contains tools like XFast RAM, Dehumidifier, Good Night LED, Fan-Tastic, OC Tweaker as well as more.  
 

XFast RAM

 If you activate XFast RAM, then the software is handling unused memory as a RAM disk. This in the end increases the overall system performance and to a certain extent it reduces the workload on SSD's.  
   

ASRock Fan-Tastic

 Fan-Tastic is part of F-Stream. This feature allows users to set up to five different fan speeds per fan header. This can be done setting target points on a graph. Everytime a certain temperature is hit, the fan speed changes accordingly.


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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Layout

At a first glance the ASRock Z87 Fatal1ty Professional leaves a very good impression with its harmonic design. The manfucaturer decided to go for a combination of black, red and gold, which suites nicely and in the end you get an aesthetic product. The layout itself is well thought and there is for example plenty of space around the CPU socket to install even todays largest CPU coolers. The fact that there are SATA connectors which have been angled by 90 degrees allow an easy installation of oversized graphics cards.



The Z87 Fatal1ty Professional comes with a digital 12 phase power design. As we've already mentioned on the feature's page, ASRock decided to chose a complex power design where there are for example three different filtering stages to get smooth and highly constant voltages. Especially when it comes to extreme overclocking, the power design can be what tipped the scales in the end.

Totally you'll find four DIMM-slots on the OC Formula. Officially supported are DDR3, 2933(OC) / 2800(OC) / 2400(OC) / 2133(OC) / 1866(OC) / 1600 / 1333 / 1066 MHz. There is engough space between the DIMM-slots and the CPU socket which means that you wont encounter compatibility problems with big coolers even when you choose to install RAM with big heatspreaders. Also supported are Xtreme Memory Profiles (XMP) in version 1.3.

On the ASRock Z87 Fatal1ty Professional the southbridge as well as current converters got separate cooling blocks. In case of the southbridge there is a single block made from aluminium, which provides appropriate cooling. A closer look at the current converters shows that there are two individual blocks connected to one another by a heatpipe. We also liked that this board is quite heavy, which is always an indicator for a high-quality product.

  


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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Connectors and I/O

Totally ASRock equipped the Z87 Fatal1ty Professional with no less then ten angled SATA ports. This is enough for any office setup, gaming system or overclocking setup. You'll also find practical onboard power- and reset-buttons in the top right corner of the board. There is even a debug display. Other than that there are three full-size PCI-Express slots. Two of which, when only one is in use, feature 16 lanes. As soon as you put a card into each of the slots, you get an x8/x8 setup.

 


Totally you'll find six fan header on the Z87 Fatal1ty Professional which is more than enough, to provide a well equipped high-end or overclocking-system with fresh air. The fan headers are located around the CPU socket as spread over the motherboard.

  

Looking at the external connectors directly at the back-panel ASRock equipped the Z87 Fatal1ty Professional with four USB 3.0/2.0 ports, two USB 2.0/1.1 ports, two gigabit ethernet ports, an HDMI in and an HDMI out connector as well as an optical out and an analogue audio panel. Additionally there is a PS/2 connector and a BIOS reset switch.



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

Compared to other manufacturer, ASRock's interpretation of an UEFI BIOS is not that sophisticated yet. At this point we're only talking about the design of the BIOS. When it comes to functionality, the BIOS team did a great job. There really is everything you need and even a bit more, also for extreme overclocking. Regarding the looks we would for example love to see a clean and calm background. Other than that it would be nice to see, kind of a block arrangement, where the different fields get recognized intuitively as separate units. What would help in this case for example was to have less prominent scrollbars.

   


   


   


   


   


   



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]

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
Graphic 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
No Review
 152'141 106.07 %
ASRock Z87M Extreme4
No Review
 151'761 105.81 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 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
No Review
 149'601 104.30 %
ASUS Maximus VI Impact
149'207 104.03 %
ASUS Sabertooth Z87
No Review
 148'647 103.64 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 148'605 103.61 %
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 147'814 103.06 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 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
No Review
 146'682 102.27 %
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
No Review
 146'081 101.85 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 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
No Review
 52'001 104.03 %
ASRock Z87M OC Formula
No Review
 51'963 103.96 %
ASRock Z87M Extreme4
No Review
 51'870 103.77 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 51'770 103.57 %
ASUS Maximus VI Gene 51'324 102.68 %
ASUS Maximus VI Formula
No Review
 50'729 101.49 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 50'586 101.20 %
ASUS Maximus VI Impact
50'537 101.10 %
ASUS Sabertooth Z87
No Review
 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
No Review
 49'615 99.26 %
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional
No Review
 49'582 99.19 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 49'477 98.98 %
MSI Z87 MPower Max
No Review
 49'393 98.82 %
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
No Review
 49'313 98.66 %
ASUS Maximus VI Hero 48'881 97.79 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 48'802 97.63 %
ASUS Gryphon Z87
No Review
 48'800 97.63 %
more is better


Fire Strike

3D Mark Fire Strike
Review Rating
 Percent
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 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
No Review
 6'322 99.75 %
ASUS Sabertooth Z87
No Review
 6'320 99.72 %
ASRock Z87M OC Formula
No Review
 6'319 99.70 %
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
No Review
 6'318 99.68 %
Gigabyte Z87X-OC
6'318 99.68 %
ASUS Maximus VI Impact
6'317 99.67 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 6'317 99.67 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 6'315 99.64 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 6'315 99.64 %
ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 6'314 99.62 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 6'312 99.59 %
ASUS Z87-Plus
No Review
 6'312 99.59 %
ASUS Maximus VI Formula
No Review
 6'309 99.54 %
ASRock Z87M Extreme4
No Review
 6'307 99.51 %
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional
No Review
 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
No Review
 10'148 100.81 %
ASUS Maximus VI Hero 10'146 100.79 %
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
No Review
 10'145 100.78 %
ASUS Gryphon Z87
No Review
 10'144 100.77 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 10'140 100.74 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 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
No Review
 10'117 100.51 %
MSI Z87 MPower Max
No Review
 10'112 100.46 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 10'109 100.43 %
ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 10'107 100.41 %
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional
No Review
 10'103 100.37 %
ASUS Maximus VI Impact
10'103 100.37 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 10'097 100.31 %
ASRock Z87M Extreme4
No Review
 10'092 100.26 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 10'089 100.23 %
Intel DZ87KLT-75K
No Review
 10'066 100.00 %
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 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
No Review
 9'700 101.38 %
ASUS Sabertooth Z87
No Review
 9'696 101.34 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 9'694 101.32 %
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 9'691 101.29 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 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
No Review
 9'684 101.21 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 9'684 101.21 %
ASUS Maximus VI Impact
9'683 101.20 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 9'683 101.20 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 9'678 101.15 %
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional
No Review
 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
No Review
 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
No Review
 10'130 108.88 %
ASRock Z87M OC Formula
No Review
 10'120 108.77 %
ASUS Sabertooth Z87
No Review
 10'118 108.75 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 10'113 108.70 %
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 10'109 108.65 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 10'106 108.62 %
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
No Review
 10'106 108.62 %
ASUS Maximus VI Hero 10'095 108.50 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 10'091 108.46 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 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
No Review
 10'013 107.62 %
ASUS Gryphon Z87
No Review
 10'007 107.56 %
ASRock Z87M Extreme4
No Review
 9'983 107.30 %
MSI Z87 MPower Max
No Review
 9'916 106.58 %
ASUS Maximus VI Formula
No Review
 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
No Review
 32'925 102.08 %
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 32'916 102.05 %
ASUS Gryphon Z87
No Review
 32'880 101.94 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 32'877 101.93 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 32'872 101.91 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 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
No Review
 32'830 101.78 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 32'825 101.77 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 32'818 101.75 %
MSI Z87 MPower Max
No Review
 32'799 101.69 %
ASUS Sabertooth Z87
No Review
 32'788 101.65 %
ASRock Z87M Extreme4
No Review
 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
No Review
 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
No Review
 26'874 103.32 %
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 26'870 103.30 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 26'783 102.97 %
ASUS Maximus VI Hero 26'777 102.94 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 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
No Review
 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
No Review
 26'640 102.42 %
MSI Z87 MPower Max
No Review
 26'620 102.34 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 26'592 102.23 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 26'563 102.12 %
ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 26'536 102.02 %
Gigabyte Z87X-OC
26'525 101.98 %
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional
No Review
 26'510 101.92 %
ASRock Z87M Extreme4
No Review
 26'436 101.63 %
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
No Review
 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
No Review
 6'175 102.02 %
ASUS Z87-Plus
No Review
 6'162 101.80 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 6'156 101.70 %
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
No Review
 6'155 101.69 %
ASUS Maximus VI Hero 6'153 101.65 %
ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 6'152 101.64 %
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 6'150 101.60 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 6'149 101.59 %
ASRock Z87M OC Formula
No Review
 6'145 101.52 %
ASRock Z87M Extreme4
No Review
 6'142 101.47 %
ASUS Maximus VI Formula
No Review
 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
No Review
 6'124 101.17 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 6'098 100.74 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 6'077 100.40 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 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
No Review
 23.98 100.08 %
ASRock Z87M OC Formula
No Review
 23.98 100.08 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 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
No Review
 23.97 100.04 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 23.97 100.04 %
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 23.97 100.04 %
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
No Review
 23.97 100.04 %
MSI Z87 MPower Max
No Review
 23.97 100.04 %
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional
No Review
 23.96 100.00 %
ASUS Maximus VI Formula
No Review
 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
No Review
 23.96 100.00 %
Intel DZ87KLT-75K
No Review
 23.96 100.00 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 23.95 99.96 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 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
No Review
 113.69 103.84 %
ASUS Maximus VI Formula
No Review
 113.62 103.77 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 113.57 103.73 %
ASUS Z87-Plus
No Review
 113.49 103.65 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 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
No Review
 113.11 103.31 %
ASUS Maximus VI Impact
113.11 103.31 %
ASUS Maximus VI Gene 113.05 103.25 %
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 112.99 103.20 %
ASUS Gryphon Z87
No Review
 112.84 103.06 %
ASRock Z87M Extreme4
No Review
 112.80 103.02 %
Gigabyte Z87X-OC
112.38 102.64 %
ASUS Maximus VI Hero 112.34 102.60 %
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
No Review
 111.48 101.82 %
Intel DZ87KLT-75K
No Review
 109.49 100.00 %
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional
No Review
 108.57 99.16 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 107.88 98.53 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 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
No Review
 25.16 104.57 %
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 25.15 104.53 %
ASUS Maximus VI Hero 25.14 104.49 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 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
No Review
 25.05 104.11 %
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional
No Review
 25.04 104.07 %
ASUS Maximus VI Impact
25.03 104.03 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 25.03 104.03 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 25.02 103.99 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 25.02 103.99 %
ASRock Z87M Extreme4
No Review
 25.00 103.91 %
ASUS Sabertooth Z87
No Review
 25.00 103.91 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 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
No Review
 25.89 110.03 %
ASUS Sabertooth Z87
No Review
 25.66 109.05 %
ASUS Maximus VI Hero 25.55 108.58 %
ASUS Maximus VI Formula
No Review
 25.42 108.03 %
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional
No Review
 25.41 107.99 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 25.40 107.95 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 25.38 107.86 %
ASUS Maximus VI Impact
25.38 107.86 %
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
No Review
 25.38 107.86 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 25.33 107.65 %
ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 25.31 107.56 %
ASRock Z87M Extreme4
No Review
 25.26 107.35 %
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 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
No Review
 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
No Review
 118.31 100.08 %
Intel DZ87KLT-75K
No Review
 118.22 100.00 %
Gigabyte Z87X-OC
118.20 99.98 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 118.15 99.94 %
ASUS Maximus VI Hero 118.14 99.93 %
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
No Review
 118.14 99.93 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 118.13 99.92 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 118.13 99.92 %
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional
No Review
 118.07 99.87 %
ASRock Z87M Extreme4
No Review
 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
No Review
 118.00 99.81 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 118.00 99.81 %
ASUS Z87-Plus
No Review
 118.00 99.81 %
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 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
No Review
 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
No Review
 90.70 101.19 %
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 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
No Review
 90.30 100.75 %
Gigabyte Z87X-OC
90.29 100.74 %
MSI Z87 MPower Max
No Review
 90.20 100.64 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 90.10 100.52 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 90.08 100.50 %
ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 90.00 100.41 %
ASUS Maximus VI Formula
No Review
 90.00 100.41 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 90.00 100.41 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 90.00 100.41 %
ASUS Z87-Plus
No Review
 90.00 100.41 %
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
No Review
 90.00 100.41 %
ASUS Sabertooth Z87
No Review
 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
No Review
 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
No Review
 382.20 100.28 %
ASUS Sabertooth Z87
No Review
 382.17 100.08 %
ASRock Z87M Extreme4
No Review
 382'00 100.04 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 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
No Review
 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
No Review
 381.69 99.96 %
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
No Review
 381.69 99.96 %
ASUS Maximus VI Gene 381.46 99.90 %
Gigabyte Z87X-OC
381.38 99.88 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 381.32 99.86 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 381.08 99.80 %
ASUS Gryphon Z87
No Review
 381.00 99.78 %
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 381.00 99.78 %
ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 380.89 99.75 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 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
No Review
 376.10 100.37 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 375.68 100.26 %
ASUS Z87-Plus
No Review
 375.68 100.26 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 375.23 100.14 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 375.21 100.14 %
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
No Review
 375.16 100.12 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 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
No Review
 374.64 99.98 %
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 374.58 99.97 %
ASUS Maximus VI Hero 374.49 99.94 %
ASUS Sabertooth Z87
No Review
 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
No Review
 373.83 99.77 %
ASUS Gryphon Z87
No Review
 369.00 99.48 %
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional
No Review
 367.77 98.15 %
more is better


Crytography

SiSoft Sandra - Crytography - AES 256
Review Rating
 GB/sec Percent
ASUS Maximus VI Formula
No Review
 8.93 102.41 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 8.92 102.29 %
ASUS Maximus VI Hero 8.90 102.06 %
ASUS Maximus VI Impact
8.90 102.06 %
ASUS Sabertooth Z87
No Review
 8.89 101.95 %
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 8.89 101.95 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 8.88 101.83 %
ASUS Z87-Plus
No Review
 8.88 101.83 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 8.86 101.61 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 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
No Review
 8.68 99.54 %
Gigabyte Z87X-OC
8.67 99.43 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 8.65 99.20 %
ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 7.26 83.26 %
ASUS Maximus VI Gene 7.26 83.26 %
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional
No Review
 7.15 82.00 %
ASRock Z87M Extreme4
No Review
 7.13 81.77 %
more is better


SiSoft Sandra - Crytography - SHA 256
Review Rating
 GB/sec Percent
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional
No Review
 1.13 100.00 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 1.13 100.00 %
ASRock Z87M Extreme4
No Review
 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
No Review
 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
No Review
 1.13 100.00 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 1.13 100.00 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 1.13 100.00 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 1.13 100.00 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 1.13 100.00 %
ASUS Z87-Plus
No Review
 1.13 100.00 %
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 1.13 100.00 %
Gigabyte Z87X-OC
1.13 100.00 %
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
No Review
 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
No Review
 28.01 103.28 %
ASUS Sabertooth Z87
No Review
 28.00 103.24 %
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 28.00 103.24 %
ASUS Maximus VI Hero 27.90 102.88 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 27.88 102.80 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 27.85 102.69 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 27.84 102.65 %
ASUS Gryphon Z87
No Review
 27.83 102.62 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 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
No Review
 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
No Review
 26.83 98.93 %
ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 23.00 84.81 %
ASUS Maximus VI Gene 22.90 84.44 %
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional
No Review
 22.40 82.60 %
ASRock Z87M Extreme4
No Review
 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
No Review
 28.19 102.85 %
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 28.12 102.59 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 28.09 102.48 %
ASUS Gryphon Z87
No Review
 28.00 102.15 %
ASUS Maximus VI Hero 28.00 102.15 %
ASUS Sabertooth Z87
No Review
 28.00 102.15 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 28.00 102.15 %
ASUS Z87-Plus
No Review
 28.00 102.15 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 28.00 102.15 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 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
No Review
 27.36 99.82 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 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
No Review
 22.46 81.94 %
ASRock Z87M Extreme4
No Review
 22.32 81.43 %
more is better


Memory latency

SiSoft Sandra - Memory latency
Review Rating
 ns Percent
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 21.2 119.81 %
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional
No Review
 21.3 119.25 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 21.3 119.25 %
ASRock Z87M Extreme4
No Review
 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
No Review
 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
No Review
 21.3 119.25 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 21.3 119.25 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 21.3 119.25 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 21.3 119.25 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 21.3 119.25 %
ASUS Z87-Plus
No Review
 21.3 119.25 %
Gigabyte Z87X-OC
21.3 119.25 %
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
No Review
 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
No Review
 169.28 106.49 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 169.24 106.46 %
ASUS Sabertooth Z87
No Review
 169.00 106.31 %
ASUS Maximus VI Impact
168.90 106.25 %
ASUS Maximus VI Hero 168.74 106.15 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 168.71 106.13 %
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 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
No Review
 168.33 105.89 %
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
No Review
 168.15 105.77 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 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
No Review
 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
No Review
 153.64 96.65 %
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional
No Review
 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
No Review
 889.7 100.24 %
ASUS Sabertooth Z87
No Review
 889.5 100.21 %
ASUS Maximus VI Impact
889.4 100.20 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 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
No Review
 889.1 100.17 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 889.1 100.17 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 889.1 100.17 %
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 889.1 100.17 %
MSI Z87 MPower Max
No Review
 889.1 100.17 %
ASRock Z87M Extreme4
No Review
 889.0 100.16 %
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
No Review
 889.0 100.16 %
ASUS Z87-Plus
No Review
 888.9 100.15 %
Gigabyte Z87X-OC
888.8 100.14 %
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional
No Review
 888.7 100.12 %
ASRock Z87M OC Formula
No Review
 888.7 100.12 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 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
No Review
 10.187 101.69 %
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 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
No Review
 10.202 101.54 %
ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 10.203 101.53 %
ASUS Sabertooth Z87
No Review
 10.203 101.53 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 10.203 101.53 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 10.218 101.38 %
ASUS Maximus VI Formula
No Review
 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
No Review
 10.233 101.23 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 10.234 101.22 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 10.234 101.22 %
ASUS Gryphon Z87
No Review
 10.249 101.07 %
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
No Review
 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
No Review
 527.499 103.18 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 527.700 103.14 %
ASUS Maximus VI Hero 527.764 103.13 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 528.139 103.05 %
ASUS Z87-Plus
No Review
 528.373 103.01 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 528.513 102.98 %
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 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
No Review
 529.090 102.87 %
ASUS Gryphon Z87
No Review
 529.387 102.81 %
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional
No Review
 529.403 102.81 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 529.418 102.81 %
ASUS Maximus VI Formula
No Review
 529.449 102.80 %
ASUS Maximus VI Impact
529.777 102.74 %
ASUS Maximus VI Gene 529.808 102.73 %
ASRock Z87M Extreme4
No Review
 529.871 102.72 %
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
No Review
 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
No Review
 206.545 100.14 %
ASUS Maximus VI Impact
206.576 100.13 %
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 206.577 100.12 %
ASUS Maximus VI Gene 206.591 100.12 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 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
No Review
 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
No Review
 206.744 100.05 %
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
No Review
 206.762 100.04 %
ASRock Z87M Extreme4
No Review
 206.775 100.03 %
ASUS Sabertooth Z87
No Review
 206.807 100.02 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 206.809 100.02 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 206.827 100.01 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 206.827 100.01 %
Intel DZ87KLT-75K
No Review
 206.841 100.00 %
MSI Z87 MPower Max
No Review
 206.919 99.96 %
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]

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
No Review
 7.80 102.36 %
ASRock Z87M Extreme4
No Review
 7.79 102.33 %
ASUS Sabertooth Z87
No Review
 7.79 102.23 %
ASUS Maximus VI Gene 7.79 102.23 %
ASUS Maximus VI Formula
No Review
 7.78 102.10 %
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional
No Review
 7.77 101.97 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 7.77 101.97 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 7.77 101.97 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 7.77 101.97 %
ASUS Z87-Plus
No Review
 7.77 101.97 %
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 7.77 101.97 %
Gigabyte Z87X-OC
7.77 101.97 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 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
No Review
 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 %
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]

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
No Review
 379.68 110.58 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 375.71 109.43 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 374.96 109.21 %
ASUS Maximus VI Gene 372.85 108.59 %
ASUS Maximus VI Hero 371.01 108.06 %
ASUS Sabertooth Z87
No Review
 370.03 107.77 %
ASRock Z87M OC Formula
No Review
 368.42 107.30 %
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
No Review
 366.76 106.82 %
ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 365.75 106.53 %
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional
No Review
 364.53 106.13 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 364.46 106.15 %
ASUS Maximus VI Impact
360.68 105.05 %
ASRock Z87M Extreme4
No Review
 356.76 103.91 %
ASUS Maximus VI Formula
No Review
 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
No Review
 337.56 98.32 %
Gigabyte Z87X-OC
336.77 98.09 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 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
No Review
 75.02 101.30 %
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional
No Review
 74.91 101.15 %
ASRock Z87M Extreme4
No Review
 74.89 101.12 %
ASUS Gryphon Z87
No Review
 74.86 101.08 %
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 74.85 101.07 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 74.84 101.05 %
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
No Review
 74.83 101.04 %
ASUS Sabertooth Z87
No Review
 74.80 101.00 %
ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 74.78 100.97 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 74.77 100.96 %
ASUS Maximus VI Gene 74.76 100.95 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 74.74 100.92 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 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
No Review
 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
No Review
 149.41 108.49 %
MSI Z87 MPower Max
No Review
 149.18 108.32 %
ASUS Sabertooth Z87
No Review
 148.77 108.02 %
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
No Review
 147.32 106.97 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 148.74 108.00 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 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
No Review
 148.47 107.81 %
ASUS Maximus VI Gene 147.32 106.97 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 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
No Review
 145.15 105.40 %
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional
No Review
 144.81 105.15 %
ASRock Z87M Extreme4
No Review
 144.40 104.85 %
ASRock Z87M OC Formula
No Review
 143.99 104.55 %
ASUS Maximus VI Formula
No Review
 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
No Review
 31.37 101.46 %
ASUS Gryphon Z87
No Review
 31.08 100.52 %
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional
No Review
 31.07 100.49 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 31.02 100.32 %
Gigabyte Z87X-OC
31.00 100.26 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 30.99 100.23 %
ASUS Maximus VI Impact
30.98 100.19 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 30.98 100.19 %
ASUS Sabertooth Z87
No Review
 30.96 100.13 %
ASRock Z87M Extreme4
No Review
 30.92 100.13 %
Intel DZ87KLT-75K
No Review
 30.92 100.00 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 30.89 99.90 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 30.86 99.81 %
ASUS Maximus VI Formula
No Review
 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
No Review
 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
No Review
 226.2 110.89 %
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional
No Review
 218.2 106.96 %
ASUS Sabertooth Z87
No Review
 215.0 105.39 %
ASRock Z87M Extreme4
No Review
 209.3 102.60 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 209.2 102.55 %
ASUS Maximus VI Hero 208.4 102.16 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 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
No Review
 198.8 97.45 %
MSI Z87 MPower Max
No Review
 196.6 96.37 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 192.7 94.46 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 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
No Review
 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
No Review
 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
No Review
 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
No Review
 45.0 100.90 %
MSI Z87 MPower Max
No Review
 45.0 100.90 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 45.0 100.90 %
ASUS Sabertooth Z87
No Review
 44.8 100.45 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 44.7 100.22 %
Intel DZ87KLT-75K
No Review
 44.6 100.00 %
Gigabyte Z87X-OC
44.5 99.78 %
ASUS Maximus VI Formula
No Review
 43.8 98.21 %
ASRock Z87M OC Formula
No Review
 43.6 97.76 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 43.5 97.53 %
ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 43.5 97.53 %
ASRock Z87M Extreme4
No Review
 43.4 97.31 %
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
No Review
 43.4 97.31 %
ASUS Maximus VI Hero 43.2 92.31 %
ASUS Maximus VI Impact
43.2 92.31 %
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 43.1 96.64 %
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional
No Review
 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
No Review
 56 107.14 %
ASUS Gryphon Z87
No Review
 56 107.14 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 57 105.26 %
ASUS Maximus VI Hero 58 103.45 %
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional
No Review
 59 101.69 %
ASRock Z87M OC Formula
No Review
 59 101.69 %
ASUS Maximus VI Impact
59 101.69 %
ASUS Sabertooth Z87
No Review
 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
No Review
 60 100.00 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 61 98.36 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 61 98.36 %
ASUS Maximus VI Gene 61 98.36 %
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
No Review
 61 98.36 %
ASUS Maximus VI Formula
No Review
 63 95.24 %
ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 64 93.75 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 65 92.31 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 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
No Review
 104 101.92 %
ASRock Z87M Extreme4
No Review
 105 100.95 %
ASUS Z87-Plus
No Review
 105 100.95 %
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 105 100.95 %
Gigabyte Z87X-OC
105 100.95 %
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
No Review
 105 100.95 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 106 100.00 %
ASUS Sabertooth Z87
No Review
 106 100.00 %
Intel DZ87KLT-75K
No Review
 106 100.00 %
ASUS Maximus VI Hero 108 98.15 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 108 98.15 %
ASUS Maximus VI Impact
109 97.25 %
ASUS Maximus VI Gene 111 95.50 %
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional
No Review
 112 94.64 %
ASUS Maximus VI Formula
No Review
 112 94.64 %
MSI Z87 MPower Max
No Review
 112 94.64 %
ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 114 92.98 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 116 91.38 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 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
No Review
 103.00 %
ASUS Maximus VI Gene 102.80 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 102.79 %
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 102.39 %
Gigabyte Z87X-OC
102.36 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 102.35 %
ASUS Z87-Plus
No Review
 102.23 %
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional
No Review
 102.13 %
ASRock Z87M Extreme4
No Review
 102.19 %
ASUS Gryphon Z87
No Review
 101.92 %
ASUS Maximus VI Impact
101.81 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 101.79 %
ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 101.71 %
ASUS Maximus VI Hero 101.68 %
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
No Review
 101.68 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 101.55 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 101.46 %
ASRock Z87M OC Formula
No Review
 101.38 %
MSI Z87 MPower Max
No Review
 101.29 %
ASUS Maximus VI Formula
No Review
 100.87 %
Intel DZ87KLT-75K
No Review
 100.00 %
more is better


2D Benchmarks
Review Rating
 Percent
ASUS Maximus VI Formula
No Review
 102.95 %
ASUS Sabertooth Z87
No Review
 102.93 %
ASUS Maximus VI Impact
102.90 %
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 102.89 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 102.79 %
ASUS Maximus VI Hero 102.75 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 102.75 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 102.54 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 102.43 %
MSI Z87 MPower Max
No Review
 102.38 %
ASUS Gryphon Z87
No Review
 102.38 %
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
No Review
 102.35 %
Gigabyte Z87X-OC
102.28 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 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
No Review
 99.27 %
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional
No Review
 98.91 %
more is better


Performance per Watt
Review Rating
 Percent
ASUS Gryphon Z87
No Review
 96.80 %
ASRock Z87M Extreme4
No Review
 96.81 %
ASUS Z87-A
No Review
 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
No Review
 102.10 %
ASUS Z87I-Pro
No Review
 102.15 %
Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
No Review
 102.37 %
ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional
No Review
 102.40 %
ASRock Z87 OC Formula
No Review
 102.70 %
ASUS Maximus VI Impact
102.90 %
ASUS Z87-Expert
No Review
 104.26 %
ASUS Maximus VI Gene 104.64 %
ASRock Z87M OC Formula
No Review
 106.71 %
ASUS Maximus VI Formula
No Review
 107.34 %
ASUS Maximus VI Extreme 107.77 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe
No Review
 111.72 %
ASUS Z87-Deluxe Dual
No Review
 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

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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  
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Conclusion

Allgemein   + -
The first impression the OC Formula from ASRock makes us want more. Like with the predecessor we like the individual design of this board, which actually isn't that easy to achieve anymore. Since ASUS, Gigabyte, MSI and co finally found out that people, especially in the western part of this world, prefer simple and decent color designs, quite a lot of color combinations have already been chosen.
The ASRock Z87 Fatal1ty is a motherboard that really targets extreme overclockers, but nevertheless ASRock succeeded in crafting a product that is equally attractive to the guys handling LN2 or watercooling/aircooling setups. Both worlds will be able to squeeze maximum out of their systems using this board. Apart from overclockers also gamers and modders will enjoy this board, since there is a beefed up audio solution and the chipset can be integrated into a custom water cooling loop. 		  - Design
- PCI-Express 3.0 Slots
- 10x SATA3 (6Gbps)
- Chipset Watercooling
- Audio		  
       
Layout   + -

Basically the ASRock Z87 Fatal1ty's layout has been very well thought. Once more practical are the angled SATA connectors as well as the power- and reset-buttons. There is also a debug display, which in this case features a high resolution display. Even the placement of the PCI-Express x16 is well chosen. There is a total of four of these slots and between two slots there is always an empty slot. We think this is a good number of PCI Express x16 slots for a overclocking/gaming motherboard altough most gamers will never use four graphics cards in their build. But still it leaves you with plenty of options if you want to plug in other expansion cards. Overclockers will also like the voltage readouts and we're quite sure overclockers will really enjoy the conformal coating layer, which basically makes this board waterproof.

  - Angled SATA connectors - Power/Reset-Button onboard
- Debug display
- Space around the CPU socket - Voltage readouts - Watercooling
- OC Buttons
- Conformal Coating		  
       
Performance   + -
Calcualting the average of all 3D and 2D benchmarks we ran, we see that this board ranks in the center span in case of 3D performance and at the end of the tables in case of 2D performance. Especially in 2D we would like this board to be a bit faster. In case of 3D the performance is ok. On another note we had a look at power consumption and in this case we see that this board draws surprisingly little power.   -SiSoft Sandra Memory latency - Super Pi 1M
- Bioshock: Infinite High Res
- Metro Last Light High Res
- Sleeping Dogs Low Res		 - 3DMark Fire Strike
- SiSoft Sandra Arithmetik
- SiSoft Sandra Multimedia
- SiSoft Crytography - SiSoft Sandra Memory bandwidth - SiSoft Sandra Memory and cache access - Sleeping Dogs High Res
       
Overclocking / BIOS   + -
As we meanwhile expect from ASRock you get a BIOS which offers more than plenty of features. Gamers will be happy that they can manipulate a lot of settings. Apart from that we don't yet like the design of the BIOS too much. We would really love to see ASRock overwork it completely and give it much more decent looks.   - Sheer amount of options - Design
       
Recommendation   + -
Should you be looking for a gaming motherboard with an excellent price, then the ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional is a great choice.   - Overclocking
- Enthusiast
- Gaming		  
       
Rating
We give the ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional good 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