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August 2013
(88%)
82 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(80%)
51 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Stock performance
Black and Red ROG-inspired color scheme
Board layout
OC Panel device
Included ASUS utilities
Including ROG RAMDisk software
Board flexibility from multitude of integrated features
UEFI BIOS design and usability
Motherboard manual
4 Way SLI Support
WiFi AC/BT 4.0 bundled add in card
MSATA NGFF Support
Large SATA 6G offering
DIGIIII Extreme Engine
Just looks awesome
Extensive UEFI overclocking tuning
Many useful new UEFI Features
Subzero Sense
VGA Hotwire
ROG OC Panel Inc
The return of the trusted EXTREME ROG SKU for those looking to get the most out of Intel's Z87
Packed with high-end features to keep your system stable
Excellent stock and overclocked performance
PCIe x4 slot connected to Z87 PCH for memory overclockin
The editors didn't like
Lack of CMOS reset jumper
CMOS battery placement
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Published: 2013-05-22, Author: Ian , review by: anandtech.com
Abstract: With time quickly approaching the launch of Haswell, leaks on both motherboards and CPU performance are coming out of the woodworks. Similar to our advance Ivy Bridge coverage, here is a current roundup of everything we were allowed to show or is currentl...
Over the course of the years I have been writing for OCC I have looked at a broad range of ASUS motherboards. One segment has stood out as the gold standard for all things extreme and has grown almost into a brand of its own: ASUS ROG or Republic of Gamer...
Abstract: In our comparison tables, meanwhile you find benchmark values regarding 43 recent Z97 and Z87 motherboards. Furthermore we do not comment the benchmark values. The idea and also the goal is to present to you a market overview which helps you choose the ri...
Abstract: For some time now ASUS haven't been shy to release a wide range of boards for each socket/CPU. In fact some of their product families are well into the double digits in terms of different models. Size, features, price, performance... all can be tweaked...
ASUS Z87 Motherboard Roundup October 2013featuring:Maximus VI ExtremeMaximus VI GeneMaximus VI Hero &Maximus VI ImpactOver the last week we have spent a lot of time looking at the latest range of Radeon GPUs, including the ASUS R9 280X and R9 270X. We hav...
we would have expected this board to be quite a bit quicker Particularly interesting were the memory bandwidth results After double checking with ASUS, we were told that the memory subtimings are very loose, which explains the low bandwidth Apart from th...
Plenty of features for extreme overclockers, Excellent highspeed memory support, OC Panel is a useful tool, High performance power delivery components, Supports 4way SLI/CrossFire configurations, Excellent UEFI BIOS, Lots of hardware features (ten SATA ports, 802.11ac WiFi, M.2 SSD support), Good set of general usage software features (ROG RAMDisk, SSD Secure Erase, USB 3.0 Boost),
Solid CPU and memory overclocking potential, a host of enthusiast-geared features, an extreme overclocking foundation, and an excellent UEFI BIOS are just some of the characteristics that make the Asus Maximus VI Extreme a ‘Must Have’ for hardened ove...
Abstract: On 1 June 2013, Intel introduced the fourth generation of its Core processors , also known as Haswell. That day we published a group test of 33 motherboards, but as the prices weren't known at the time, it wasn't possible to draw accurate conclusions ye...
the OC Panel was a smart move, since ASUS is able to move quite a few features from the board into an external device If all those features were onboard the would have had to go for a larger PCB In this case the space offered by a standard ATX board is e...
Due to some tight deadlines leading up to this NDA, not to mention a new graphics card launch and tradeshows too, we weren't able to test the Maximus VI Extreme using anything more exotic than a high-end all-in-one liquid cooler. And given how toasty t...
