Legit Motherboard Reviews

ASRock X79 Extreme9 Motherboard Review

Manufacturer: ASRock
Product: ASRock Extreme 9
Date: Mon, Feb 13, 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.

ASRock X79 Extreme9 Intel X79 Motherboard 3DMark11 Extreme Preset Benchmark Results

ASRock X79 Extreme9 Intel X79 Motherboard 3DMark 11 Extreme Benchmark Results

ASRock X79 Extreme9 Intel X79 Motherboard 3DMark11 Performance Preset Benchmark Results

ASRock X79 Extreme9 Intel X79 Motherboard 3DMark 11 Performance Benchmark Results

Benchmark results: The ASRock X79 Extreme9 and the GIGABYTE GA-X79-UD7 traded spots between the two presets in Futuremark 3DMark 11. At the Extreme Preset the ASRock X79 Extreme9 took the second spot in the charts with an overall score of 1651 3DMarks and a graphics score 1472 3DMarks. The GIGABYTE GA-X79-UD7 fell three points shy with a score of 1648 3DMarks overall and a graphics score of 1469 points. Switching over to the performance preset the ASRock X79 Extreme9 was 3 points down in the overall score compared to the GIGABYTE X79-UD7. The ASRock X79 Extreme9 took home a score of 5248 3DMarks overall and a graphics score of 4737 while the GIGABYTE X79-UD7 managed an overall score of 5251 3DMarks and a graphics score of 4728.

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Review Index
Page 1 - ASRock X79 Extreme9 Intel X79 Motherboard
Page 2 - ASRock X79 Extreme9 Retail Packaging and Bundle
Page 3 - ASRock X79 Extreme9 Motherboard Layout
Page 4 - ASRock X79 Extreme9 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 - Intel X79 SATA III 6Gbps Performance
Page 12 - Intel X79 SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Performance
Page 13 - System Power Consumption
Page 14 - ASRock X79 Extreme9 Overclocking
Page 15 - Final Thoughts and Conclusion