CPU Performance Results

I spent a week with the ASUS Maximus V Formula/ThunderFX before beginning our performance testing, running various configurations and CPUs to check hardware compatibility. We verified our power consumption numbers using various different power supplies and played a few hours of games with some members of the TPU community to get an overall feel for the board and to verify stability. Once completed, we tore down the system, mounted our Noctua cooler and put the board through the paces.

SuperPi

SuperPI serves as our memory-focused benchmark, being highly single-threaded. The ASUS Maximus V Formula/ThunderFX ended up right on top here. Good job, ASUS!

wPrime

wPrime is much more CPU-focused, but memory plays its role as well. In this test, the numbers were much the same with the ASUS Maximus V Formula/ThunderFX on the top end of Intel Z77 Express results.

WinRAR

Part of our motherboard benchmarking suite is the built-in benchmark that is part of the WinRAR software suite. In this test, the ASUS Maximus V Formula/ThunderFX was, again, overwhelming.

AIDA64

We employed AIDA64's memory bench to highlight memory bandwidth. We isolate the write performance metric as it serves as a good indicator of overall memory performance. Here the ASUS Maximus V Formula/ThunderFX scored average, sitting just behind the Asrock Z77 Extreme9.

HandBrake Encoding

HandBrake is used for encoding testing, and provided results much similar to previous benchmarks, with the ASUS Maximus V Formula/ThunderFX sitting a bit ahead.

CineBench Encoding

In Cinebench, the ASUS Maximus V Formula/ThunderFX was, yet again, a bit faster than the other tested Intel Z77 Express products on the GPU side with the CPU portion being just the same.