We have talked much about the IvyBridge CPUs of Intel and now they had launched their new generation of CPU to make full domination in the market. The SandyBridge and the IvyBridge CPUs made great money for Intel and also users are much pleased with the performance of the last two generations. This new platform also open the door for the Z87 based motherboard in the market as these 4rh Gen CPUs are based on new socket and chipset so every brand is launching its z78 based motherboard and one most important thing to mention here is that these Z87 systems will support more USB 3.0 ports than previous Z77 based systems. Today we are gonna review a Z87 based motherboard from one of the top brand in the motherboard market and especially gamers knows it, AsRock, and the motherboard on the review table is AsRock Z87 Extreme6.
The AsRock Z87 Extreme6 is a good looking motherboard with some improvements both technology and design wise. The AsRock Z87 Extreme6 has black and grey color scheme which dominates the overall design and looks. The heat sinks are bit more improved than its predecessor of Z77 based series. The AsRock Z87 Extreme6’s main features are its dual network controllers and dual HDMI ports which is great. The AsRock Z87 Extreme6 also has DVI port for display. The 4x USB 3.0 ports at the rear give great value and there are total 10 SATA ports at front and the great thing is that they all are 6Gbps so the 3 PCIe 3.0 x16 slot are available and support 4 way SLI/CrossFire as well. There are also power and reset buttons are available. The UEFI BIOS is really great and there plenty of options for the overclocker to overclock the CPU by just selecting the profiles and overclocking is pretty easy as you can easily achieve 4.5/4.6 Ghz. The AsRock A-tuning software also get new design and some new feature are also added so I am not going to talk too much and remain near to the facts so lets check some benchmarks…..
AsRock boards are solid performer and we know that, in case of AsRock Z87 Extreme 6 that thing is true, it does perform really well and having good looks with great features such as 4x USB 3.0 at rear and 10x SATA 6 Gbps at front and not to forget, it has dual network controller and dual HDMI ports as well, performance is great, easy and good overclocking make it best motherboard in this price range, i think it is one of the best board around in less than $230.
- Great design.
- Great and solid build quality.
- Plenty of options such as 4x USB 3.0 at rear and 10x SATA 6Gbps.
- Great performance.
- Nice and easy Overclocking.
- DTS connect.
- Price is a bit high, should be $200 maximum.
- Some inconsistency in sensors.
