The X79 Extreme 4 from ASRock is the manufacturers entry level board into Intels X79 class. Therefore it is based on Intels brand new X79 chipset which is feature rich and should also perform well. On the following pages we're looking at this board from a layout and design perspective. Furthermore it is one of the cheapest X79 motherboards and one can be very curious how it performs.

The Extreme4 is ASRocks entry level product regarding Intels latest X79 Chipset. As always we're really curious if the manufacturer has made convincing product or not.

Page 1 - Introduction	Page 9 - SiSoft Sandra 1
Page 2 - Specs and Delivery	Page 10 - SiSoft Sandra 2
Page 3 - Layout	Page 11 - Super Pi / wPrime
Page 4 - Connectors and I/O	Page 12 - Games
Page 5 - BIOS	Page 13 - Power Consumption
Page 6 - Test setup	Page 14 - Performance Rating
Page 7 - Futuremark	Page 15 - Conclusion
Page 8 - PC Mark 07

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