Core 2 Duo BIOS Update – Asus Z96J Posted by Jonathan Hung | Aug 8, 2006 | Processors | 0 Manufacturer: Intel ContentsIntroduction and Test ConfigurationThere’s a new Core 2 Duo BIOS for the Asus Z96JS. Does this fix the power and performance issues we revealed on July 27th? We redo all the tests and find out what has improved. Not much changes except for one critical feature.CPU and FPU PerformanceCPU Performance – Number CrunchingMemory Performance3DMark and Game PerformancePCMark and Mobile MarkBattery Life and Conclusions (so far)CPU Performance – Number Crunching We will now test the ability of the CPU using some real applications. Once again nothing has changed in updating the BIOS. However, there is a very slight decrease in performance using the v901 BIOS. Curious.« Previous1. Introduction and Test Configuration2. CPU and FPU Performance3. CPU Performance – Number Crunching4. Memory Performance5. 3DMark and Game Performance6. PCMark and Mobile Mark7. Battery Life and Conclusions (so far)Next » Video News