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 Gene. After a couple of days we settled in to complete our 3D benchmarking, feeling confident that the ASUS Maximus V Gene was going to put on a good show. Let's take a look at what numbers the board provided.

3DMark11

3DMark11 proved to show the real power of the ASUS Maximus V Gene, with it again taking the top spot across all current Intel platforms. That should translate into fantastic gaming performance too.

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 Gene 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 newly added HD 6950 2 GB from XFX. Again we were impressed, as F1 2010 proves to be one of our personal favorites, and the ASUS Maximus V Gene again noticed higher performance than the other Intel products we've tested in the past few months, including the Intel X79 Express-based ones.

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 Gene.