Testing – Gaming & Video
Gaming performance is normally more related to your video card, but we did run some tests to see if there was any change in performance when we overclocked our processor. First up is 3DMark’s Fire Strike benchmark.
Next up is 3DMark 11 which was run on the performance setting.
Battlefield 4 still is a very popular game and a good way to gauge performance. We have chosen a small scene that includes action and many shadows. The scene is below.
Using the Ultra preset at a resolution of 1920 x 1080 we run this sequence 3 times and using Fraps we record our framerates. Below are the results.
Our last game test is Alien vs. Predator. Using DirectX11 and high quality textures, combined with ambient occlusion, tessellation and hardware-intensive anti-aliasing, it utilizes much of what your GPU can do in order to test your hardware effectively. When configuring Alien Vs. Predator, we used the following settings: Textures: Very High, Shadows: High, Anisotropic Filtering: 16x, SSAO: On, Tessellation: On, DX11 Advanced Shadows: On, MSAA: 0x.
Sometimes I dont understand Asus, they make great products but this is a Z97 not an X99 and even if it has a ton of features and no wifi and no Startup button on the motherboard is a real downside. Plus we have Skylake coming out and even though I heard it will be LGA1150 I am not sure it will be compatible with Z97 boards. Alot to find out before buying a new system now.
Skylake is not going to be LGA1150, it will be LGA1151, I believe. It is not going to be compatible with Z97.
However, the Broadwell processors will be LGA1150 (H97/Z97) compatible.
love the look but really if they’re going to go through all the time and effort might as well throw in a built in (yet removable) white IO shield so it looks more like a solid piece instead of just a cover
You are correct, but it will be compatible with DDR3 and DDR4 memory but who will use DDR3? I thought Broadwell was aimed at Mobility platforms not motherboard builds.