The 4770K offers quite possibly the highest per-clock performance numbers of any consumer-grade processor currently on the market. It's just that fact which makes Haswell's multiplier-unlocked Core i7 a plausible option for workstation applications. And with that possible usage scenario comes the requirement for workstation-grade LGA 1150 motherboards. Is ASRock's flagship LGA 1150 motherboard, the Z87 Extreme11/ac, the perfect partner for a powerful, Haswell-based workstation?