I cannot help but be a bit disappointed in the ASRock Fatal1ty Z97X KILLER. First, my ASUS SATA Express drive did not work. Well, alright, the board used an early BIOS, so I updated to the most recent BIOS, but that did not work either.

With the ASRock Fatal1ty Z97X KILLER providing decent performance and power consumption when overclocked, I cannot help but hold a bit of love for this board and its lovely red and black color scheme. What can I say, I just love red and black, and this board combines those colors quite well, and once tuned manually, it also does well, really well. Yet how many "gamers" have the know-how to do so?

So there you have it: The ASRock Fatal1ty Z97X KILLER can be good, but is not THAT good right now because it badly needs BIOS updates. Consider it against the competition out there and you may also find more affordable options with a similar feature set, but as a complete package, the ASRock Fatal1ty Z97X Killer could truly be KILLER if you can wait for that BIOS update.