ASUS Maximus II Formula P45 Motherboard
Cinebench 10 is a benchmarking tool based on the powerful 3D software Cinema 4D. The suite uses complex renders to guage the performance of the entire PC system in both single-core and multi-core modes. Testing was performed a total of 5 times with the highest and lowest results being omitted and an average created from the remaining 3 results.
3DMark is a popular synthetic gaming benchmark used by many gamers and overclockers to gauge the performance of their PC’s. All 3DMark runs were performed a total of 5 times with the highest and lowest results being removed and an average calculated from the remaining 3 results. Also included are the CrossfireX results to give an indication of how 8x PCIe lanes perform.
Result Observations
Once more we see that there is very little to differentiate the three boards with the synthetic 3D benchmarks. The P5Q Deluxe seemed to take the advantage with the Cinebench runs but the Maximus II had the upper hand in the Futuremark applications, with both Asus boards consistently outperforming the MSI.
