ASRock Z87 Motherboard Series Detailed

Baum · May 6, 2013

but i think some people here are right...

i buy asrock but their bios support, update rate, and memory support is not on par with my gigabyte boards

i can only hope they keep support for their boards and not just eol for fun to sell more

if they do they lose :nutkick:

Covert_Death · May 6, 2013

their bios themselves may not be the BEST but their customer support is top notch...

i had an incompatibility with my mouse and the UEFI ( it was inverting the axis), i emailed ASRock and 2 days later they emailed me with a custom BIOS build to see if it fixed my problem, it did, and a month later it was included in a public release. i DO prefer a company i know isn't scared to email customers and is willing to work WITH them to solve a problem, not just put them on the back burner until a fix comes out.

MxPhenom 216 · May 6, 2013

Covert_Death said:
their bios themselves may not be the BEST but their customer support is top notch...

i had an incompatibility with my mouse and the UEFI ( it was inverting the axis), i emailed ASRock and 2 days later they emailed me with a custom BIOS build to see if it fixed my problem, it did, and a month later it was included in a public release. i DO prefer a company i know isn't scared to email customers and is willing to work WITH them to solve a problem, not just put them on the back burner until a fix comes out.

I did the exact same thing. Got one BIOS build that didn't work, they sent me another one no questions asked, and that one did, and I using it to this day.

ensabrenoir · May 7, 2013

....thanks alot asrock..... my drool nearly shorted out my system..... nearly...... now i have to use my son as an excuse to upgrade... :laugh:

m1dg3t · May 8, 2013

What's this? NO iTX?!?!?!

Bastards. :eek:

rtwjunkie · May 8, 2013

bim27142 said:
How about BIOS? Asus makes crappy one nowadays... not quite sure with ASRock though...

ASRock's UEFI BIOS is very well laid out. I had never seen UEFI till I got my Z68 Fatal1ty last October (yeah, I know, I'm way slow with the times), but I found it intuitive and very easy to use, with lots of overclocking options. If that board is anything to judge, memory compatibility and overclocking are top-notch, the way ASUS used to be. :toast:

MxPhenom 216 · May 8, 2013

bim27142 said:
How about BIOS? Asus makes crappy one nowadays... not quite sure with ASRock though...

Asus had some trouble with their Z77 boards where the BIOS would become corrupt if you had a crash from a failed overclock in windows (Windows 8) which apparently had a lot of to do with the management engine. They have fixed that now with most recent BIOS update deployed to nearly all their current boards.

I think some people who do not like Asus boards, most likely do not know how to tweak them correctly, or did have some issues with them, and had to deal with Asus support. I know that Dave who does motherboard and memory reviews chooses the Asus Z77 ROG boards for when he does memory reviews and overclocking.

Cyras · May 10, 2013

First ASRock Z77 vs. Z87 compare.. and Bios Screen shot. DDR4000 Profile looks very nice

NeoXF · May 13, 2013

Nice boards... Like that at least the gaming/OC ones are clean of PCI-slots...

Too bad Haswell will most probably suck.

Cyras · May 14, 2013

ITX Board..

MxPhenom 216 · May 14, 2013

wish they would use a real black PCB instead of the brownish ones.

cadaveca · May 14, 2013

MxPhenom 216 said:
wish they would use a real black PCB instead of the brownish ones.

They "appear" brown due to the close proximity of copper layers to the top surface. They aren't really brown. Boards that appear "black" have a thicker top layer, more often than not.

m1dg3t · May 14, 2013

@ Dave: Will you be getting any of these in for review?

Cyras said:
ITX Board..

Sweet! I see they moved things around, i wonder if the WiFi module will affect the GFX card at all? Prolly not but it just looks so close in proximity... The extra SATA ports will be welcomed for sure and the chipset sink looks better than z77e

Still only 2 PWM fan ports :eek:

Connector layout looks a bit tricky, 8 pin & SATA, but i guess that depends completely on setup if they will interfere or not... I porefer to have them on the top edge of the board

Edit: My board looks black to me, might have to do with the flash/lighting?

System Name	ChaosMoes
Processor	Intel® Core™ i5-3570K no OC yet
Motherboard	Asrock Z77 Extreme4
Cooling	Scythe Ninja 3 Rev. B
Memory	16GB 2xPatriot DIMM 8 GB DDR3-1866 Kit (PV38G186C9KRD, Viper 3 Venom Red)
Video Card(s)	ASRock Radeon RX 590 Phantom Gaming X 8GB GDDR5 188€@13.07.19 Amazon Sale
Storage	Samsung 840 Pro SSD 256GB, + ST32000645NS Seagate Constellation 109€ reichelt.de 2012
Display(s)	27" Phillips PHL 276E9Q 189€ @ Saturn(Germany) 1.09.2018
Case	Zaria A20 !!!THANK YOU TECHPOWERUP.COM!!!
Audio Device(s)	onboard Sound
Power Supply	SeaSonic Prime Ultra Titanium 750W
Mouse	Logitech M705
Keyboard	Microsoft SideWinder X4 Keyboard
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

System Name	scrapper
Processor	Intel i5-6600k @ 4.0Ghz
Motherboard	ASUS Z-170A
Cooling	H100i
Memory	Corsair Vengence 16gb ddr4 @3000
Video Card(s)	GTX 1070 EVGA SC
Storage	2x 500GB Samsung 850 SSD
Display(s)	CrossOver 27" 1440p LG IPS @ 120Hz
Case	Corsair 650D
Power Supply	AX-850W

System Name	Ryzen Reflection
Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 5900x
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570S Aorus Master
Cooling	2x EK PE360 \| TechN AM4 AMD Block Black \| EK Quantum Vector Trinity GPU Nickel + Plexi
Memory	Teamgroup T-Force Xtreem 2x16GB B-Die 3600 @ 14-14-14-28-42-288-2T 1.45v
Video Card(s)	Zotac AMP HoloBlack RTX 3080Ti 12G \| 950mV 1950Mhz
Storage	WD SN850 500GB (OS) \| Samsung 980 Pro 1TB (Games_1) \| Samsung 970 Evo 1TB (Games_2)
Display(s)	Asus XG27AQM 240Hz G-Sync Fast-IPS \| Gigabyte M27Q-P 165Hz 1440P IPS \| Asus 24" IPS (portrait mode)
Case	Lian Li PC-011D XL \| Custom cables by Cablemodz
Audio Device(s)	FiiO K7 \| Sennheiser HD650 + Beyerdynamic FOX Mic
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime Ultra Platinum 850
Mouse	Razer Viper v2 Pro
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman Tournament Edition
Software	Windows 11 Pro 64-Bit

System Name	The Stone that the Builders Refused / iJayo
Processor	R5 1600/ R7 3700X
Motherboard	Asrock AB350 Pro4 / Asus Rog Strix B450-F gaming
Cooling	Cryorig M9 / Noctua NH-D14
Memory	G skill 16 Gigs ddr4 / 16 gigs PNY ddr4
Video Card(s)	Nvdia GTX 660 / Nvidia RTX 2070 Super
Storage	120gig 840 evo, 120gig adata sp900 / 1tb Mushkin M.2 ssd 1 & 3 tb seagate hdd, 120 gig Hyper X ssd
Display(s)	42" Nec retail display monitor/ 34" Dell curved 165hz monitor
Case	Pink Enermax Ostrog / Phanteks Enthoo Evolv Tempered Glass edition
Audio Device(s)	Altec Lansing Expressionist Bass/ M-Audio monitors
Power Supply	Corsair450 / Be Quiet Dark Power Pro 650
Mouse	corsair vengence M65 / Zalman Knossos
Keyboard	corsair k95 / Roccat Vulcan 121
Software	Window 10 pro / Windows 10 pro
Benchmark Scores	meh... feel me on the battle field!

System Name	m1dg3t \| DeathBox \| HairPi 3
Processor	3570k @ 4.0 1.15v BIOS \| q9550 @ 3.77 1.325v BIOS
Motherboard	Asrock z77e iTX \| p5q Dlx 2301 BIOS
Cooling	Custom Water \| D-14 & HR-03gt \| Passive HSF
Memory	Samsung MV-3V4G3D 4g x 2 @ 1866 1.35v \| OcZ RpR 2g x 4 @ 1067 2.2v
Video Card(s)	MSi 7950 tf3 @1000 / 1350 \| Asus 5870 V2 @ 900 / 1275
Storage	Adata sx900 256Gb / WD 2500 HHTZ \| WD 1001 FALS x 2
Display(s)	BenQ gw2750hm \| 46" Sharp Quatron
Case	BitFenix Prodigy - m0dd3d \| Antec Fusion Remote MAX
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Toslink > Yamaha HTR 6290 \| Xonar HDAV1.3 > Yamaha DSP z7
Power Supply	Ocz mXp700w \| Ocz zx850w \| Cannakit 5v 2.5a
Mouse	Logitech G700s \| Logitech G9x - Cable Repaired
Keyboard	TT Meka G1 - Black w Cherry Blacks\| Logitech G11
Software	Win7 Home \| Xp sp3 & Vista ultimate \| Raspbian
Benchmark Scores	Epeen!! Who needs epeen??

ASRock Z87 Motherboard Series Detailed

Baum

Covert_Death

MxPhenom 216

ASIC Engineer

ensabrenoir

m1dg3t

rtwjunkie

PC Gaming Enthusiast

MxPhenom 216

ASIC Engineer

Cyras

Attachments

NeoXF

Cyras

MxPhenom 216

ASIC Engineer

cadaveca

My name is Dave

m1dg3t

System Name	Bayou Phantom
Processor	Core i7-8700k 4.4Ghz @ 1.18v
Motherboard	ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming 6
Cooling	All air: 2x140mm Fractal exhaust; 3x 140mm Cougar Intake; Enermax T40F Black CPU cooler
Memory	2x 16GB Mushkin Redline DDR-4 3200
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 2080 Ti Xc
Storage	1x 500 MX500 SSD; 2x 6TB WD Black; 1x 4TB WD Black; 1x400GB VelRptr; 1x 4TB WD Blue storage (eSATA)
Display(s)	HP 27q 27" IPS @ 2560 x 1440
Case	Fractal Design Define R4 Black w/Titanium front -windowed
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster Z
Power Supply	Seasonic X-850
Mouse	Coolermaster Sentinel III (large palm grip!)
Keyboard	Logitech G610 Orion mechanical (Cherry Brown switches)
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (Start10 & Fences 3.0 installed)

Processor	Intel I7-3970X @ 5GHz
Motherboard	ASRock X79 Extreme9
Cooling	Water Cooling
Video Card(s)	NVidia Titan Black /SLI
Storage	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB

System Name	[WIP]
Processor	Intel Pentium G3420 [i7-4790K SOON(tm)]
Motherboard	MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming
Cooling	[Corsair H100i]
Memory	G.Skill TridentX 2x8GB-2400-CL10 DDR3
Video Card(s)	[MSI AMD Radeon R9-290 Gaming]
Storage	Seagate 2TB Desktop SSHD / [Samsung 256GB 840 PRO]
Display(s)	[BenQ XL2420Z]
Case	[Corsair Obsidian 750D]
Power Supply	Corsair RM750
Software	Windows 8.1 x64 Pro / Linux Mint 15 / SteamOS