Shootouts

High-End Intel Z87 Motherboard Shootout

By Wong Chung Wee - 14 Apr 2014

Results - Futuremark PCMark 8, Futuremark 3DMark (2013) & Tomb Raider

Results - Futuremark PCMark 8

For this synthetic benchmark, we expected the winning trio from the SYSmark 2012 tests to show their mettle here. Instead, the ASRock board managed to displace ECS board; hence, the three boards that pulled ahead are the Gigabyte Z87X-OC, with the ASRock Z87 OC Formula, and MSI Z87 MPower Max respectively.

 

Results - Futuremark 3DMark (2013) & Tomb Raider

 

For the two gaming benchmarks, it was the ASUS Maximus VI Extreme that stood out given the similar graphics subsystem across the comparison. It managed to churn out the highest average frame rates during our Tomb Raider tests; while for the 3DMark 2013 test scenarios, it showed strong and consistent performance when peering at the detailed test rundown. The Gigabyte board however got the highest overall score in 3DMark 201, but it wasn't ahead of the ASUS board by much.

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