Synthetic and System Benchmark Testing
Sisoft Sandra 2012
The ASUS P8Z77 WS board performed within expectations for both the CPU arithmetic and memory bandwidth tests. This illustrates proper working order of both the CPU and memory board interfaces and subsystems.
LinX
LinX is a graphical interface for CPU-based testing using the Intel Linpack benchmarks. It serves as a good indicator of proper system CPU functioning and is considered one of the most intensive CPU benchmarks currently available. LinX was run with Memory set to All and for a total of 3 runs. This test was repeated three times with the highest repeatable GFlops (Giga-Floating Point Operations Per Second) score recorded.
The ASUS P8Z77 WS again easily kept pace with the other Intel Z77-based board, providing further evidence of the board’s proper functioning in relation to the CPU interface.
Handbrake
Handbrake was used to convert an uncompressed version of the Iron Man Blu-ray movie in MKV format to a compressed 720P MP4 format. The Iron Man MKV file was ripped from the Blu-ray disc in the past with the file size for the uncompressed media coming in at 26 GB. Handbrake was run with default settings enforced with the exception of Anamorphic set to Loose and Video width set to 1280.
The ASUS P8Z77 WS shows another solid performance in comparison to the other Intel Z77 board with conversion of the 2+ hour movie in just over 35 minutes.
PCMark 7 Basic
FutureMark Corporation’s PCMark 7 can be used to reliably ascertain a given system’s performance in a Windows 7-based non-gaming type use environment. The basic version of the benchmark test was run three times, with the highest reproducible PCMark score recorded.
In comparison to the other Intel Z77-based system, the ASUS P8Z77 board shows a slight performance advantage of just under 3%.
In looking at the components
In looking at the components on the board and comparing it to other gaming ones, most of the components are the same (just wish I could see which VRM’s it was using)
I am not seeing where all of those additional cost are coming from.
Some of the additional costs
Some of the additional costs come from the dual Intel-based NICs. Not only are they true Intel GigE NICS, but the NICs themselves are the L-series that are server-class adapters.
Most manufacturers only include a single Intel NIC (when doing dual-NIC config) or pass on Intel NICs entirely for the cheaper Realtek or Marvell based NICs.
Go4 thunderbolt motherboard,
Go4 thunderbolt motherboard, think about the future.
Buy an addon card.. ..think
Buy an addon card.. ..think about the present
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