Five Z87 Motherboards Under $220, Reviewed

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Intel’s Haswell architecture displaces Ivy Bridge in its desktop line-up, bringing with it yet another new CPU interface. We tested six motherboards that claimed to be ready for your overclocking efforts, and included the five survivors in today’s review.

Results: SiSoftware Sandra

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We haven’t seen a stand-out product yet, and that hasn’t left us anything to write about. That trend continues in Sandra, except for a tiny deficit in Gigabyte’s memory bandwidth that’s likely attributable to stability-seeking timings.

Thomas Soderstrom
Thomas Soderstrom
Thomas Soderstrom is a Senior Staff Editor at Tom's Hardware US. He tests and reviews cases, cooling, memory and motherboards.