3D & Gaming Tests
[tabgroup] [tab title=”3DMark 11″]3DMark 11 is the most recent iteration (not counting the version for the upcoming Windows 8) of the popular benchmarking software from Futuremark. For this test we run the Performance preset of the benchmark which comes with the free version of 3DMark 11 which should present a more reproducible scenario for a lot of people.
[singlepic id=14181 w=550 h=600 float=center] [/tab] [tab title=”3DMark Fire Strike”]The latest iteration of the most widely-used benchmarking application in the world gets a reboot of sorts with the latest version just going by the name of 3DMark. This version includes the Fire Strike benchmark which features tons of new implementations to put modern systems through their paces.
[singlepic id=14182 w=550 h=600 float=center] [/tab] [tab title=”Crysis 3″]The most visually intense game to ever been made. Prophet is back to take on the Ceph and Cell after a long sleep and the world isn’t what it was when before he got frozen. CryEngine 3 is behind this beautiful beast that will put a lot of systems to their knees.
[singlepic id=14183 w=550 h=600 float=center] [/tab] [/tabgroup]At a glance:Â And the GIGABYTE GA-Z87X-OC decides to pull-out all the stops, topping our 3DMark tests showing it really is an OC fiend with the OC results for both benchmarks topping our charts. Impressive.
