Test Setup
Processor: Intel Core i7 3770K
Motherboard: ASUS Maximus V Extreme
Memory: Kingston HyperX Predator DDR3-2400
Storage: Kingston HyperX SSD 120GB
PSU: Seasonic X-760W
Cooling: Corsair H100 (Max)
Case: CoolerMaster HAF922
Monitor: LG E2350V
VGA: ASUS HD7870
We would like to thank Kingston Technologies Inc. for providing our test equipment for this review.
SiSoft’s SANDRA is a benchmarking, testing and system information application which provides plenty of options in gaining information regarding your system. For this test, we gauge the raw computational power of the CPU with the Processor Arithmetic benchmark based on the Whetstone and Dhrystone test. Both tests run completely within the processor so it gives a good picture of how a processor performs.
[singlepic id=12735 w=550 h=600 float=center] [/tab] [tab title=”wPrime”]wPrime is a multi-threaded benchmarking application designed to measure the raw computational power of a CPU. It can be configured to run on a custom number of threads to accommodate multi-core CPUs.
[singlepic id=12737 w=550 h=600 float=center] [/tab] [tab title=”CineBench 11.5″]Maxon offers a nice benchmark tool called Cinebench which really stresses your entire system to render a very complex scene. The output score is completely unique to Cinebench but allows us to have a rough idea of how the CPU works with 3D rendering tasks.
[singlepic id=12736 w=550 h=600 float=center] [/tab] [tab title=”SuperPI”]SuperPI is another benchmarking tool that utilizes the pure computational power of a CPU. This test however is purely single-threaded and shows us the performance of a single core which gives us a good picture of how a processor performs on similar tasks.
[singlepic id=12753 w=550 h=600 float=center] [/tab] [tab title=”3DMark 06″]3D Mark06 is a benchmarking software designed to measure the performance of a system in DirectX9 applications. The test has long been updated with newer version of the software for more modern use but the CPU test is still relevant and still gives us a good image of system performance by loading the CPU with logic, path-finding and physics computation tasks.
[singlepic id=12745 w=550 h=600 float=center] [/tab] [tab title=”3DMark Vantage”]3DMark Vantage is the successor to 3DMark 06 and is targeted for DirectX10 compliant devices. Similar to our 3DMark 06 test, we only take the CPU scores using the Performance preset.
[singlepic id=12744 w=550 h=600 float=center] [/tab] [/tabgroup]At a glance:
This is where everything counts for the Maximus V Extreme. Head to head against our other Z77 boards, it’s no surprise that its main nemesis from GIGABYTE gives it the closest competition in most of the runs. The ASUS Maximus V Extreme easily scores a win in these tests over the UP7, but only by a hair.
