Z87 Hits The High End: Four Sub-$300 Motherboards

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Situated barely below the priciest premium boards, which typically exceed $300, high-end Z87 Express-based motherboards offer enthusiasts almost everything they could want except for three-way SLI support. We put four of these platforms to the test.

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Asus and Gigabyte take slight leads in TotalCode Studio, but probably by far less than the one second shown. Rounding plays a big role in any benchmark that runs less than a minute, but only reports results in one-second increments. 

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.