The Z87 OC Formula is ASRock's new high-end motherboard regarding overclocking. Additionally there is a beefed up audio solution with a decent headphone amp, which makes this board more appealing to gamers too. There is even the possibility to integrate the chipset into a watercooling loop, which is certainly great for modding. Overall, it looks like ASRock is trying to kill several birds with one stone. Are they going to succeed?


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The Z87 OC Formula is ASRock's high-end overclocking motherboard regarding Intels latest Z87 chipset. Therefore we're really curious what they've come up with and how it will do in our review.

Page 1 - Introduction	Page 14 - SiSoft Sandra 2
Page 2 - Specs and Delivery	Page 15 - UC Bench
Page 3 - Features	Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
Page 4 - Layout	Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
Page 5 - Connectors and I/O	Page 18 - Cinebench
Page 6 - BIOS	Page 19 - Bioshock: Infinite
Page 7 - Test setup	Page 20 - Metro Last Light
Page 8 - Preview / Gallery	Page 21 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 9 - 3D Mark	Page 22 - Power Consumption
Page 10 - 3D Mark 11	Page 23 - Performance Rating
Page 11 - 3D Mark Vantage	Page 24 - Price Comparison
Page 12 - PC Mark 7	Page 25 - Conclusion
Page 13 - SiSoft Sandra 1