Media and Rendering Tests

ASUS Maximus III Gene LGA 1156 Micro ATX Motherboard Review - Motherboards 74

CineBench 10
This rendering benchmark based off of the Cinema 4D engine is a terrific indicator for multi-threaded processing.


 

ASUS Maximus III Gene LGA 1156 Micro ATX Motherboard Review - Motherboards 75

ASUS Maximus III Gene LGA 1156 Micro ATX Motherboard Review - Motherboards 76

Handbrake
Known mainly for its DVD re-encoding prowess, our test uses the Handbrake command line interface.


 

ASUS Maximus III Gene LGA 1156 Micro ATX Motherboard Review - Motherboards 77

In a surprising twist, the Maximus III Gene gave us the best single and multi-thread benchmark scores in Cinebench. This board really seemed to pull away from the pack when we enabled all eight threads and ran the core at full load. This is a good indication of the power management and performance capabilities the ASUS Maximus III Gene brings to the table. 


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