3D Performance Results

Once we completed our CPU test suite, we took some time to play some games with the TPU community to get an overall feel for gaming. After a couple of days we settled in to complete our 3D benchmarking, feeling confident that the ASUS board was going to put on a good show. Let's take a look at what numbers the board provided.

3DMark11

Once we ran 3DMark11, we were very surprised, with the ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z nearly matching the Gigabyte G1.Sniper2, but it did take an extra 300 MHz to do so.

Civilization 5

Our first real-world 3D performance test comes in the form of Civilization 5, using the included benchmark. We let the game recommend us settings, and then disabled V-SYNC and AA to eliminate bottlenecks introduced by the GPU itself. We weren't disappointed in the ASUS Maximus IV as it managed to duplicate average numbers given by the boards we've looked at earlier. The Civilization 5 benchmark does serve to show that everything is working as it should, as any deviations from the average numbers here indicates a problem, and the ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z showed no issues, but is at the lower end of the results.

F1 2010

Our second real-world 3D performance test comes from CodeMasters, in the form of the "F1 2010" included benchmark. We let the game recommend us settings, which included 8xAA with our HD 6950 2 GB from Sapphire. Again we find the numbers a bit high, but now this is what we expected, given the board's exceptional memory performance, and its clockspeed advantage.