Taipei, Taiwan (18 June, 2013) — ASUS today announced that the Intel® Z87-based Republic of Gamers Maximus VI Extreme motherboard has achieved a decisive 91% success rate at a Computex Taipei 2013 overclocking summit sponsored by Intel® and Corsair®. Additionally, the board tallied eight world performance records at a separate gathering that took place at ASUS headquarters, all mere days after its official launch.
Ten out of eleven wins at the Intel® and Corsair® Computex OC Main Event
Competing against top-tier overclocking motherboards from a variety of brands, Maximus VI Extreme took ten out of eleven top spots (or 91%) at the Intel® and Corsair® Computex OC Main Event. Full details found at this link: http://rog.asus.com/236692013/overclock ... champions/
Eight world records accomplished
As further demonstration of ASUS and Republic of Gamers (ROG) dedication to delivering the best overclocking motherboards on the market, Maximus VI Extreme has already played host to the fastest 4th generation Intel® Core™ i7 processor, running at close to 7.1GHz, done by overclocker Mad222. The board has also recorded four DDR3 DIMMs clocked at an impressive 3957MHz, the fastest four-DIMM DDR3 on any Z87-based motherboard at the time. This level of the performance shows the attention to detail and pursuit of performance leadership that ROG motherboards have become renowned for. No other motherboard vendor has consistently ranked leading in records and usage as ROG motherboards. Since there release to market Extreme and other ROG series motherboards have broken records, set benchmarks and continually redefine what it means to be the best in performance, innovation and design.
An additional six new world records were attained, including PiFast, SuperPi 32M, 3DMark01, 3DMark05, 3DMark06, and AquaMark3. Celebrity overclockers invited to ASUS headquarters worked with renowned overclockers and ROG team members Andre Yang, Shamino, and TL on establishing these new records. Guests included Christian Ney, Fredyama, Hazzan, Slamms, Smoke, Sofos1990, and Youngpro. The event took place 10-13 June, following the conclusion of Computex Taipei 2013.
About Maximus VI Extreme
Maintaining a long tradition of world record-setting excellence, Maximus VI Extreme brings to bear the latest in ASUS ROG motherboard design and engineering know-how. In addition to high-end components that can easily handle even the most demanding competitive overclocking and overvolting scenarios, Maximus VI Extreme delivers the innovative OC Panel internal/external overclocking and monitoring console, Extreme Engine Digi+ III digital power architecture, and mPCIe II Combo with built-in 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, and support for NGFF ultra-thin SSDs, which are fast becoming the choice of hardcore overclockers. Along with offering carefully tuned UEFIs and esoteric hardware design and layout this 3 and 4 way capable motherboard once earns its name in the Extreme.
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