Testing Configuration and Benchmarks Used
Our testing methodology for the ASUS Rampage II Extreme motherboard is the same as our setup for the ASUS P6T Deluxe we reviewed previously, so not much is changing here.
At idle ASUS motherboard runs the system at 1600 MHz, the lowest speed possible on the new Core i7 chips.
Our Corsair Dominator modules were setup and running at DDR3-1333 speeds without a hiccup.
Our test system for the Core i7 processors includes 6GB or memory, a GeForce GTX 280 graphics card and an Intel X25-M 80GB solid state drive for storage; it’s the same configuration used in our initial Nehalem processor review as well as the ASUS P6T Deluxe review. Obviously then the new ASUS Rampage II Extreme is going to be put up against the P6T Deluxe and the Intel’s own DX58SO ‘Smackover’ motherboard as well as a P45-based Core 2 system and 790GX-based AMD Phenom 9950 system.
Our test system for the Core i7 processors includes 6GB or memory, a GeForce GTX 280 graphics card and an Intel X25-M 80GB solid state drive for storage; it’s the same configuration used in our initial Nehalem processor review as well as the ASUS P6T Deluxe review. Obviously then the new ASUS Rampage II Extreme is going to be put up against the P6T Deluxe and the Intel’s own DX58SO ‘Smackover’ motherboard as well as a P45-based Core 2 system and 790GX-based AMD Phenom 9950 system.
- SiSoft Sandra 2009 SP1
- CineBench 10
- LAME 3.97a MP3 Encoder
- Handbrake DVD compression
- 3DMark Vantage
- Crysis
- Far Cry 2
- PCMark Vantage
- HDTach 3.0.4.0 – SATA, eSATA, USB
