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 board. After a couple of days we settled in to complete our 3D benchmarking, feeling confident that the motherboard 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, one that has the ECS Golden Board Z77H2-AX just behind the Gigabyte board, with slightly higher clocks. Unsurprising.

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 ECS Golden Board Z77H2-AX 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 HD6950 2GB from XFX. Here, the ECS Golden Board Z77H2-AX matched the Gigabyte board in an even draw.