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 on the ASUS Maximus V Formula/ThunderFX. After a couple of days, we settled in to complete our 3D benchmarking, hoping that the ASUS Maximus V Formula/ThunderFX was going to do a bit better. Let's take a look at what numbers the board provided.

3DMark11

Once I ran 3DMark11, I was completely shocked. The ASUS Maximus V Formula/ThunderFX gave us our second best result ever, neatly beating out by its little brother, the ASUS Maximus V Gene. Take that, Bro!

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. Here the numbers were exactly as expected, with very little variation compared to previous results. A problem in this particular benchmark points to other issues, but the ASUS Maximus V Formula/ThunderFX passed with flying colors.

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 2GB from XFX. F1 2010 proves to be one of my personal favorites, and the ASUS Maximus V Formula/ThunderFX performed average compared to the other Intel Z77 Express products we've tested in the past few weeks.

With the CPU and 3D performance compares out of the way, we took a closer look at the other performance features offered by the ASUS Maximus V Formula/ThunderFX.