Testseek.com have collected 58 expert reviews of the Asus Maximus 7 Impact and the average rating is 87%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Asus Maximus 7 Impact.
November 2014
(87%)
58 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(82%)
78 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
87010058
The editors liked
Stock performance
Overclocking performance
Board layout and design
Motherboard manual details and quality
UEFI BIOS design and usability
Space saving features such as CPU power circuitry daughter card
Addon sound card
And diagnostic led/button plac
The editors didn't like
High CPU utilization when using Intel NIC for download testing
The ASUS Maximus VII Impact is one of the best LGA 1150 motherboards we have worked with in a good while. Is was not too many years ago that the diminutive form factor meant you had to sacrifice a lot in terms of features and stability, especially when it...
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Published: 2014-12-16, Author: Ian , review by: anandtech.com
At the beginning of this review, we mentioned that the Maximus VI Impact, the version from Z87, would be a tough act to follow. Both products cater for Haswell and Broadwell processors, so the major benefit from the hardware point of view is the Z97 addit...
Stock performance, Overclocking performance, Board layout and design, Motherboard manual details and quality, UEFI BIOS design and usability, Space saving features such as CPU power circuitry daughter card, addon sound card, and diagnostic led/button plac
High CPU utilization when using Intel NIC for download testing, Price
ASUS again proves the strength of their ROG designs with the Maximus VII Impact board. The board may have a small status, but its got the heart of a champion. ASUS designed the board's layout masterfully, providing sufficient space between all integrated ...
When the first Impact board came out I didn't have the chance to check it out. We used the Z87I-Deluxe for our LunchBox build. This time around using the new Z97 Impact in our black and red In Win D-Frame Mini was just too good to pass up. I came into t...
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Published: 2014-10-16, Author: Dan , review by: legitreviews.com
The ASUS Maximus VII Impact mITX Z97 motherboard is going to be one of those motherboards that stands out from the crowd. ASUS pretty much packed everything but the kitchen sink onto the Maximus VII Impact motherboard. Considering that the Maximus VII Imp...
Once again, ASUS has raised the bar in the small form factor arena with their Maximus VII Impact. When you look at all the features it offers, it really is an engineering marvel. The M7I proves you don't have to sacrifice performance to enjoy the benefi...
Sitting at around the mid $200 price point, this isn't a cheap Z97 motherboard, especially when you consider the size of it. The simple fact is that ASUS design these boards so well that they were able to pack many features onto such a small PCB - so man...
Abstract: An energy friendly HTPC or a monster gaming gaming PC: with the latest generation of mini ITX motherboards anything is possible in a small form factor case. We tested a total of 15 ITX boards for Intel Haswell processors, in a price range of 50 to 200 p...
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Published: 2014-12-30, Author: Luke , review by: kitguru.net
Particularly strong power delivery system with solid overclocking results, Good set of gaming features – enhanced audio, networking software, Sonic Radar II, Twostream, dualband 802.11ac wireless (and Bluetooth 4.0), PCIe 3.0 x4 32Gbps M.2 connector, Exce
Costly, especially for miniITX, Some of the overclocking features may be wasted by gamers, and vice versa.
If you are looking for a mini-ITX motherboard that allows you to downsize your enthusiast-grade gaming machine, without compromising its performance, Asus' Maximus VII Impact is the board to look for. The mITX ROG board offers an array of features that ri...
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...
