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ASUS Rampage IV Extreme Motherboard Review

Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: ASUS Rampage 4 Extreme
Date: Wed, Jan 04, 2012 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Dan Stoltz -
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Futuremark 3DMark11 Synthetic Gaming Benchmark

3DMark 11 Screenshot

3DMark 11 is the latest version of the world’s most popular benchmark for measuring the 3D graphics performance of gaming PCs. 3DMark 11 uses a native DirectX 11 engine designed to make extensive use of all the new features in DirectX 11, including tessellation, compute shaders and multi-threading.

3DMark 11 Settings

Since Futuremark is releasing 3DMark11 today we decided to run the benchmark at both performance and extreme presets to see how our hardware will run.

ASUS Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 Motherboard 3DMark11 Extreme Preset Benchmark Results

ASUS Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 Motherboard 3DMark 11 Extreme Benchmark Results

ASUS Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 Motherboard 3DMark11 Performance Preset Benchmark Results

ASUS Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 Motherboard 3DMark 11 Performance Benchmark Results

Benchmark results: The ASUS Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 motherboard was able to outperform the GIGABYTE GA-X79-UD7 in both the Extreme preset and the Performance preset in Futuremark 3DMark 11. The Extreme Preset in 3DMark 11 gave the ASUS Rampage IV Extreme a 12 point lead with an overall score of 1660 3DMarks. The GIGABYTE GA-X79-UD7 was able to hit 1648 3DMarks. 12 points is only a difference of .72% between the two systems. The performance preset once again shows the ASUS Rampage IV Extreme coming out on top with a score of 5280 3DMarks, that's 29 3DMarks ahead of the GIGABYTE GA-X79-UD7 score of 5251. The difference between the two systems is only .55%.

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Review Index
Page 1 - ASUS Republic of Gamers Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 Motherboard
Page 2 - ASUS Republic of Gamers Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 Motherboard Retail Packaging
Page 3 - ASUS Republic of Gamers Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 Motherboard Layout and Features
Page 4 - ASUS Republic of Gamers Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 Motherboard UEFI BIOS
Page 5 - The Legit Reviews Test System
Page 6 - SiSoftware Sandra 2012 Sp1 Memory Bandwidth Benchmark
Page 7 - Futuremark 3DMark11 Synthetic Gaming Benchmark
Page 8 - Batman: Arkham City
Page 9 - S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat DirectX 11 Benchmark
Page 10 - Aliens Vs. Predator DirectX 11 Benchmark
Page 11 - ASUS Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 SATA III 6Gbps Performance
Page 12 - ASUS Rampage IV Extreme Intel X79 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Performance
Page 13 - System Power Consumption
Page 14 - ASUS Rampage IV Extreme Overclocking
Page 15 - Final Thoughts and Conclusions