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We will outline the performance increases that can be obtained from using the ASRock Z87 Extreme11/ac motherboard to overclock our system. Our overclocked processor frequency was 4.5GHz and memory speed was 2133MHz.
As a performance comparison, we have included the overclocked results from three other Z87 motherboards. The maximum overclocked configuration achieved with each board was a 4500MHz (45 x 100MHz) processor frequency and 2133MHz CL9 memory speed.
Remaining while the processor is overclocked, ASRock's PLX-equipped board continues to show the same minor performance deficiencies that are forced into its PCI-E sub-system by providing support for 4-way SLI and CrossFire.
Cinebench performance when overclocked is comparable to the other Z87 motherboards that have taken our 4770K to 4.5GHz.
Metro: Last Light continues to place ASRock's Z87 Extreme11/ac at the bottom of its performance chart. The key difference for ASRock's board is its ability to support 4-way SLI and CrossFire solutions which would make its small performance deficit in Metro: Last Light look irrelevant.
Superb review and what a hell of a motherboard, out of my price range, but I agree, its a masterpiece of engineering prowess!
I hear a lot of negative press about asrock, being ‘cheap’ etc, but in recent years its completely changed. I own a Z77 asrock board and its been rock solid, and holds a good overclock. I would buy them again. This is a fully loaded mobo, thats for sure!
Its a good point, Haswell on a core per core basis and clock per clock basis is actually Intels’ ‘fastest’ chip. better than the 4960x etc.
I haven’t read all of the review yet, but it looks to be mighty impressive, with a price tag to match. Good review indeed Luke.
Z87 good chipset. Extreme mainboard