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 P9X79 Deluxe. After a couple of days we settled in to complete our 3D benchmarking, feeling confident that the ASUS P9X79 Deluxe was going to put on a good show. Let's take a look at what numbers the board provided.

3DMark11

Once we ran 3DMark11, it became clear that a trend really was emerging. The numbers again have the ASUS P9X79 Deluxe just a single point above the ECS X79R-AX.

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 P9X79 Deluxe 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 Sapphire. Again we were impressed, as F1 2010 proves to be one of our personal favorites, and the ASUS P9X79 Deluxe again noticed higher performance than the other Intel X79 Express product we've tested in the past few weeks. Although there are two higher results here, these are very obviously because of the higher default clockspeeds on those two products.

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 P9X79 Deluxe.