The Maximus VIII Extreme, is ASUS's new flagship overclocking and gaming motherboard regarding Intels latest Z170 chipset. Next to a never-ending feature list there is the new ROG design. Meanwhile we're curious to find out more about all the different components ASUS has put on this motherboard and how this beast performs.


The Maximus VIII Extreme is ASUS's latest and greatest high-end overclocking motherboard based on Intel's Z170 chipset. It's also interesting to see that the vendor decided to launch an Extreme board for the mainstream platform again. With Z97 the most high-end board was the Formula and that generation featured no Extreme model. In other words it's now already quite a few years that ASUS last launched an Extreme board in the mainstream segment, which makes this board even more interesting.

Page 1 - Introduction	Page 14 - SiSoft Sandra 2
Page 2 - Spécifications / Bundle	Page 15 - UC Bench
Page 3 - Features	Page 16 - Super Pi 1M / 32M
Page 4 - Layout	Page 17 - wPrime 1024M Multi Core
Page 5 - Connectique et I/O	Page 18 - Cinebench
Page 6 - BIOS	Page 19 - Tomb Raider
Page 7 - Configuration de test	Page 20 - Metro Last Light
Page 8 - Aperçu / Galerie	Page 21 - Sleeping Dogs
Page 9 - 3D Mark	Page 22 - Consommation électrique
Page 10 - 3D Mark 11	Page 23 - Indice de Performance
Page 11 - 3D Mark Vantage	Page 24 - Comparaison des prix
Page 12 - PC Mark 8	Page 25 - Conclusion
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