ASUS Maximus VI Impact - Performance Test
Introduction:
The Maximus VI Impact (M6I) is ASUS' first Republic of Gamers (ROG) mini-ITX motherboard (mobo) based on Z87 chipset. Offering strong performance with pure stability, impressive power delivery efficiency and state-of-the art thermal solution, the M6I fits in mini-ITX cases while retaining ROG's gold - being an overclocking champion more flexible than ever. Recently, I had opportunity to test the M6I and now I am sharing the overclocking results to your attention. Let's see what this little monster has to ofter.
Overview of M6I:
Specifications:
Full specifications of M6I can be found HERE
Unboxing:
Like other ROG mobos, the M6I is packed in a red box. Not too big, not too small. Just about the size of the tiny board.
With a black and red color scheme, the M6I houses an LGA1150 socket and supports Intel 4th Generation Core i7, i5 & i3/ Pentium/ Celeron processors. The mobo is a mini-ITX with a dimension of (17.0 x 17.0) cm and comes with four SATA3 ports to provide adequate storage. There are two RAM slots supporting up to 16GB of of DDR3 Dual Channel as fast as 3000 MHz+.
The M6I is powered by a unique Impact Power consisting Digital 8 Phase Power Design (8 Phase VCCIN) with ASUS CPU Power Utility & FIVR Control. Additionally, there are also 2 Phase Digital Power Design with Asus DRAM Power Utility to deliver sufficient power for extreme memory overclocking.
There is one mini-PCIe II connector sitting between the I/O Panel and PCIe slot, providing Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity and even supporting a new M.2(NGFF) Solid State Drive (SSD). Due to limited space of this tiny board, ASUS decided to put the SupremeFX Impact audio as a daughter PCB, to provide high quality sound output. Also spotted, a PCIe 3.0 16x slot which supports the latest graphics card.
The rear I/O panel packs one DisplayPort (DP), one HDMI, one Optical S/PDIF out, one Clear CMOS button, one DirectKey button, one MemOK! button, a Q-Code LED, four USB 2.0 ports (one port can be switched to ROG Connect), four USB 3.0 ports (blue), one eSATA port, one LAN (RJ45) port, as well as three audio jacks from the SupremeFX module.
Introduction:
The Maximus VI Impact (M6I) is ASUS' first Republic of Gamers (ROG) mini-ITX motherboard (mobo) based on Z87 chipset. Offering strong performance with pure stability, impressive power delivery efficiency and state-of-the art thermal solution, the M6I fits in mini-ITX cases while retaining ROG's gold - being an overclocking champion more flexible than ever. Recently, I had opportunity to test the M6I and now I am sharing the overclocking results to your attention. Let's see what this little monster has to ofter.
Overview of M6I:
Specifications:
Full specifications of M6I can be found HERE
Unboxing:
Like other ROG mobos, the M6I is packed in a red box. Not too big, not too small. Just about the size of the tiny board.
With a black and red color scheme, the M6I houses an LGA1150 socket and supports Intel 4th Generation Core i7, i5 & i3/ Pentium/ Celeron processors. The mobo is a mini-ITX with a dimension of (17.0 x 17.0) cm and comes with four SATA3 ports to provide adequate storage. There are two RAM slots supporting up to 16GB of of DDR3 Dual Channel as fast as 3000 MHz+.
The M6I is powered by a unique Impact Power consisting Digital 8 Phase Power Design (8 Phase VCCIN) with ASUS CPU Power Utility & FIVR Control. Additionally, there are also 2 Phase Digital Power Design with Asus DRAM Power Utility to deliver sufficient power for extreme memory overclocking.
There is one mini-PCIe II connector sitting between the I/O Panel and PCIe slot, providing Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity and even supporting a new M.2(NGFF) Solid State Drive (SSD). Due to limited space of this tiny board, ASUS decided to put the SupremeFX Impact audio as a daughter PCB, to provide high quality sound output. Also spotted, a PCIe 3.0 16x slot which supports the latest graphics card.
The rear I/O panel packs one DisplayPort (DP), one HDMI, one Optical S/PDIF out, one Clear CMOS button, one DirectKey button, one MemOK! button, a Q-Code LED, four USB 2.0 ports (one port can be switched to ROG Connect), four USB 3.0 ports (blue), one eSATA port, one LAN (RJ45) port, as well as three audio jacks from the SupremeFX module.