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 Z68-ITX WiFi. After a couple of days we settled in to complete our 3D benchmarking, feeling confident that the ZOTAC Z68-ITX WiFi was going to put on a good show. Let's take a look at what numbers the board provided.

3DMark11

3DMark11, after the CPU testing portion, gave out the results we expected, with the ZOTAC A75-ITX near the top for A75 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. We weren't disappointed in the ZOTAC A75-ITX WiFi, as it managed to duplicate numbers given by the P67-based boards we looked at last year. I'm in the process of replacing this test with Shogun2, which seems to give much more meaningful results.

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 memory performance offered by the ZOTAC A75-ITX WiFi paid off in spades, getting the very best result with XMP enabled, and just below that with stock settings.