ASUS Maximus III Extreme LGA 1156 Motherboard Review

Test Configuration

Today’s testing is the last round of testing with this particular P55 configuration. Windows 7 Professional x64 with the Catalyst 10.3 drivers were used. For the Core i7 860 the memory was run at DDR3-2000 7-8-7-21-1T while the Core i5 670 was run at DDR3-1660 7-7-7-21-1T. It is important to note that the Core i7 860 had a QPI speed of ~3GHz while the Core i5 670 had a QPI speed of ~4GHz. This was done to help offset the slower memory speeds of the 670 as it doesn’t feature a 2:12 memory divider.

Intel P55 Test Platform
Component	Brand/Model	Live Pricing
Processor	Intel Core i5 670	Click Here
Motherboard	Check Review	Click Here
Memory	Corsair Dominator GT DDR3-2000 C7 2x2GB	Click Here
Video Card	Asus HD 4890 1GB	Click Here
Hard Drive	Seagate 7200.10 320GB	Click Here
Case	Dimastech Bench Table Hard V2	Click Here
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus	Click Here
Power Supply	Corsair HX1000	Click Here
Operating System	Windows 7 Professional x64	Click Here