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We used 3DMark‘s ‘Fire Strike’ benchmark which is designed to be used on gaming PCs. We opted for the Normal setting, NOT the Extreme mode.
We used the ‘Performance’ test in the 3DMark 11 benchmark.
Our ASRock Z87 Extreme11/ac-based system struggles against the comparison Z87 boards in Futuremark tests. This is due to the latency-increasing PEX 8747 chip limiting the performance of the system's PCI-E sub-system, hence impacting the graphics score in both 3DMark tests.
The measured decrease in the system's graphics score isn't devastating but the 100-160 point drop is clearly noticeable.
Memory bandwidth and processor arithmetic scores for the Z87 Extreme11/ac follow the typical trend for a Z87 motherboard.
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