Testing Configuration and Benchmarks Used
We compared the ASUS Maximus III Gene against the EVGA P55 FTW against the Gigabyte P55-UD6. Even though the Maximus III Gene is a micro ATX solution, we felt it had more than enough features and horse power to go against both of these ATX motherboard solutions. As we get more micro ATX, LGA 1156 boards we will re-run these benchmarks against the Maximus III Gene to see who will take the micro ATX crown in the P55 platform.
CPU-Z screenshots
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Test System Setup |
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CPU |
Intel i7-860 (running at 2.8GHz, 133×21) |
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Motherboards |
ASUS Maximus III Gene
Gigabyte P55-UD6 EVGA P55 FTW |
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Memory |
Patriot Sector 5 (2 x 2GB) DDR3-2000 Dual Channel |
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Hard Drive |
Western Digital 320GB SATA 3GB/s |
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Sound Card |
Onboard sound |
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Video Card |
Gigabyte GTS 250 512MB |
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Video Drivers |
NVIDIA: 196.21 |
| Power Supply | PC Power and Cooling Silencer 750w |
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DirectX Version |
DX10 / DX9c |
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Operating System |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit |
Our 64-bit test bench for LGA 1156 processors includes 4GBs of dual channel DDR3 memory, a GTS 250 512MB graphics card, and a Western Digital 160GB SATA hard drive for storage. This configuration is based off a typical mid-range users LGA 1156 system and focuses on evaluating the motherboard’s features and abilities and less on the rest of the hardware components.
Benchmarks used:
– SiSoft Sandra 2009 SP1
– CineBench 10 64-bit
– Handbrake DVD compression
– 3DMark Vantage
– Crysis Warhead
– Far Cry 2
– PCMark Vantage
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