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 Z77-UD5H WiFi. After a couple of days we settled in to complete our 3D benchmarking, feeling confident that the Gigabyte Z77-UD5H WiFi 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 Gigabyte Z77-UD5H WiFi as the fastest SKT1155 tested product to date. The numbers again have the Gigabyte Z77-UD5H WiFi a fair bit above the other SKT 1155 products, and just a few points behind X79 Express-based products.

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 Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H WiFi 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. Here, the Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H WiFi does well, but it was beat by other SKT1155 products that had a clock advantage.

With the CPU and 3D performance compares out of the way, we took a closer look at the other performance features offered by the Gigabyte Z77-UD5H WiFi.