ASUS Maximus Extreme - the Extreme Benchmarker's Choice?
by Rajinder Gill on December 10, 2007 8:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
Synthetic Graphics Performance
The 3DMark series of benchmarks developed and provided by Futuremark are among the most widely used tools for benchmark reporting and comparisons. Although the benchmarks are very useful for providing apples-to-apples comparisons across a broad array of GPU and CPU configurations, they are not a substitute for actual application and gaming benchmarks.
In our 3DMark06 test, the ASUS Maximus Extreme board did not exhibit any issues during repeated testing in this CPU/GPU intensive test. In the more memory and CPU sensitive 3DMark01 benchmark, we were surprised to see our Maximus Extreme board scoring near the top considering the latency penalties of running DDR3 at 1066. The overall differences in performance are not noticeable in either 3DMark unless you are looking to reach the top of the ORB. That of course requires some serious overclocking, which this board is capable of doing.
General System Performance
The PCMark05 benchmark by Futuremark is useful for determining overall system performance for the typical home computing user. This tool provides both system and component level benchmarking results utilizing subsets of real world applications or programs. We consider the PCMark05 benchmark to be both synthetic and real world in nature, and it provides for consistency in our benchmark results.
Our PCMark05 scores mimic the results from our 3DMark benchmarks with differences between the boards not exceeding 2%. The ASUS Maximus Extreme board finishes in the middle of the pack with the memory test scores handicapping the board. While based on actual application usage, we will see if these PCMark05 results mirror our own application testing.
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retrospooty - Monday, December 10, 2007 - link
Wireless works yes. They are linked up through the base and work in dos mode. Both RF, and bluetooth meese work.kilkennycat - Monday, December 10, 2007 - link
I notice from the board picture that the rear mounting holes are still in the corners of the board, so if the WIDTH is 4cm more than the standard ATX, does the board need special mounting ? I assume that WIDTH means the distance across the edge of the board in contact with the rear of the case. Please correct if my assumption is wrong.Rajinder Gill - Monday, December 10, 2007 - link
THe width is the length across the top edge of the board. Screw hole spacing is still standard ATX, just that this board over-hangs by a few cm (the Sata port end will protrude further into your case) ...regards
Raja
kilkennycat - Monday, December 10, 2007 - link
As yes, you actually mean DEPTH of course, if referencing tower case dimensions (Height x Width x Depth). So any case wishing to accommodate this board needs to have at least 4cm DEEPER front to rear clearance for the motherboard, nothing to do with it being a mid-tower or full-tower. Am I right?Might also preclude using this MB in those cases having the motherboard mounted on a slide-in ATX tray ( a great feature, btw ), as they may have a lip or other registration hardware on the leading-edge of the tray.
retrospooty - Monday, December 10, 2007 - link
What size are they? I cant find it here, or on Asus's site. They look like 1/4 inch - which kind of sucks.Rajinder Gill - Monday, December 10, 2007 - link
The fittings are 1/4", but ASUS does provide adapetrs to use 1/2 tubing..Raja..
retrospooty - Monday, December 10, 2007 - link
thanks... bummer. 1/4 restricts my flow.