Pilihan motherboard gaming di pasaran tergolong beragam dan terkadang menyulitkan pilihan pengguna mengingat banyaknya populasi. Walaupun begitu, di antara beragam pilihan tersebut mungkin di antara Anda pernah mendengar seri Fatal1ty dari ASRock. Singkat kata, motherboard gaming tersebut merupakan hasil kerjasama antara seorang gamer profesional bernama Fatal1ty dan ASRock dalam mewujudkan sebuah motherboard yang dioptimalkan untuk memaksimalkan pengalaman bermain game. Hasil kerjasama tersebut ditandai dengan tampilnya nama Fatal1ty untuk seri motherboard gaming dari ASRock.
Hadirnya platform Intel Haswell tentu saja menandakan akan hadirnya seri Fatal1ty untuk motherboard produksi ASRock. Dan belum lama ini kami akhirnya memiliki kesempatan menguji ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Killer, dimana motherboard tersebut merupakan seri Fatal1ty termurah dengan chipset Intel Z87. Bagaimanakah performa motherboard tersebut dan feature unggulan apa saja yang ASRock benamkan di dalamnya? Jawabannya akan kita temukan di dalam artikel berikut ini.
Intel Z87
Spesifikasi
| General | |
| A-Style | - Purity Sound™ - HDMI-In |
| CPU | - Supports 4th generation Intel® Core™ i7 / i5 / i3 / Xeon® / Pentium® / Celeron® in LGA1150 package - Digi Power design - 8 Power Phase design - Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology - Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPUs - Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking |
| Chipset | - Intel® Z87 |
| Memory | - Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology
- 4 x DDR3 DIMM Slots
- Supports DDR3 3050+(OC)/2800(OC)/2400(OC)/2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
- Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB*
- Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2
*Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® 32-bit OS. For Windows® 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation. |
| BIOS | - 2 x 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support (1 x Main BIOS and 1 x Backup BIOS) - Supports Secure Backup UEFI Technology - ACPI 1.1 Compliant wake up events - SMBIOS 2.3.1 support - CPU, DRAM, PCH 1.05V, PCH 1.5V Voltage multi-adjustment |
| Audio, Video and Networking | |
| Graphics | - Supports Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel® Quick Sync Video with AVC, MVC (S3D) and MPEG-2 Full HW Encode1, Intel® InTru™ 3D, Intel® Clear Video HD Technology, Intel® Insider™, Intel®HD Graphics 4400/4600
- Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 11.1
- Max. shared memory 1792MB
- Three graphics output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI
- Supports Triple Monitor
- Supports HDMI Technology with max. resolution up to 4K × 2K (4096x2304) @ 24Hz
- Supports DVI-D with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz
- Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz
- Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI Port (Compliant HDMI monitor is required)
- Supports HDCP with DVI-D and HDMI Ports
- Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with DVI-D and HDMI Ports
*Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated.**Due to chipset limitation, the Blu-ray playback of Intel® HD Graphics is only supported under Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista™ / Vista™ 64-bit.***Intel® InTru™ 3D is only supported under Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit.
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| Audio | - 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1150 Audio Codec) - Premium Blu-ray Audio support - Supports Purity Sound™ - 115dB SNR DAC with differential amplifier - TI NE5532 Premium Headset Amplifier (Supports up to 600 ohm headsets) - Direct Drive Technology - EMI shielding cover - PCB isolate shielding - Supports DTS Connect |
| LAN | - PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s - Qualcomm Atheros Killer™ E2200 Series - Supports Wake-On-LAN - Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az - Supports PXE |
| Expansion / Connectivity | |
| Slots | - 3 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slots (PCIE2/PCIE5/PCIE7: single at x16 (PCIE2); dual at x8 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE5); triple at x8 (PCIE2) / x4 (PCIE5) / x4 (PCIE7)) - 4 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slots - Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™, 3-Way CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™ - Supports NVIDIA® Quad SLI™ and SLI™ |
| Storage | - 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 12 and Intel® Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug |
| Connector | - 1 x IR Header - 1 x COM Port Header - 1 x Power LED Header - 2 x CPU Fan Connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin) - 3 x Chassis Fan Connectors (1 x 4-pin, 2 x 3-pin) - 1 x Power Fan Connector (3-pin) - 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector - 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power Connector) - 1 x SLI/XFire Power Connector - 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector - 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) - 1 x USB 3.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) |
| Rear Panel I/O | - 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port - 1 x D-Sub Port - 1 x DVI-D Port - 1 x HDMI-Out Port - 1 x HDMI-In Port - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port - 3 x USB 2.0 Ports - 1 x Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB 2.0) - 4 x USB 3.0 Ports - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) - HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone |
| Other Features / Miscellaneous | |
| Unique Feature | - ASRock F-Stream - ASRock Instant Flash - ASRock APP Charger - ASRock XFast USB - ASRock XFast RAM - ASRock Crashless BIOS - ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard) - ASRock Internet Flash - ASRock UEFI System Browser - ASRock UEFI Tech Service - ASRock Dehumidifier - ASRock Easy RAID Installer - ASRock Easy Driver Installer - ASRock Interactive UEFI - ASRock Fast Boot - ASRock Restart to UEFI - ASRock USB Key - ASRock Key Master - ASRock FAN-Tastic Tuning - Hybrid Booster: - CPU Frequency Stepless Control - ASRock U-COP - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) - Good Night LED |
| Support CD | - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar, Start8 (30 days trial), XSplit, Killer Network Manager |
| Accessories | - 1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card - Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield - 4 x SATA Data Cables |
| Hardware Monitor | - CPU/Chassis temperature sensing - CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer - CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan (Auto adjust fan speed by CPU temperature) - CPU/Chassis Fan multi-speed control - Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore Voltage |
| Form Factor | - ATX Form Factor - Premium Gold Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality conductive polymer capacitors) |
Platform Pengujian ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Killer
- Prosesor: Intel Core i7 4770K
- Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Killer
- Graphics Card: GeForce GTX 680
- Memory: 2x 4GB DDR3 @2400MHz
- Storage: Kingston HyperX 3K SSD
- Flash Drive: Kingston DataTraveler HyperX 3.0
- Power Supply: Corsair AX850
- CPU Heatsink: Corsair H80
- Monitor: LCD Monitor 1920×1080
- Input: Generic Keyboard and Mouse
- OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1