3DMark06 is
the worldwide standard in advanced 3D game performance benchmarking. A
fundamental tool for every company in the PC industry as well as PC users and
gamers, 3DMark06 uses advanced real-time 3D game workloads to measure PC
performance using a suite of DirectX 9 3D graphics tests, CPU tests, and 3D
feature tests. 3DMark06 tests include all new HDR/SM3.0 graphics tests, SM2.0
graphics tests, AI and physics driven single and multiple cores or processor CPU
tests and a collection of comprehensive feature tests to reliably measure next
generation gaming performance today.
 Futuremark 3DMark06 1.0.2 |
| Overall: |
Points |
Ranking |
| Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6
(X38 333/1066) |
9409 |
   |
| Asus BLITZ Formula (P35
200/1066) |
9385 |
|
| MSI P6N Diamond (NF
680i 333/1066) |
9566 |
|
 Foxconn MARS (P35
333/1066) |
9230 |
   |
| CPU: |
Points |
Ranking |
| Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6
(X38 333/1066) |
2399 |
|
| Asus BLITZ Formula (P35
200/1066) |
2384 |
|
| MSI P6N Diamond (NF
680i 333/1066) |
2345 |
|
| Foxconn MARS (P35
333/1066) |
2344 |
|
3DMark06 results are certainly interesting because the
motherboards vary by a bit. The Foxconn MARS comes in last in this test, but not
by much.
Quake 4 is
the latest shooter from ID and is based on the Doom 3 engine. Tweaked to for
more eye candy, Quake 4 promises to be tougher on videocards and systems than
its predecessor was. Quake 4 also does not have a 60 fps limiter like Doom 3,
with the Ultra setting, graphic textures can surpass the 500MB mark! Each test
is run three times and with the third run being recorded.
| ID Software Quake 4 1.04 |
| LQ 640x480: |
FPS |
Ranking |
| Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6
(X38 333/1066) |
215.2 |
|
| Asus BLITZ Formula (P35
200/1066) |
224.5 |
|
| MSI P6N Diamond (NF
680i 333/1066) |
213.7 |
|
| Foxconn MARS (P35
333/1066) |
212.4 |
|
Quake 4 results for all motherboards are very close. You
wouldn't be able to tell the difference between each platform.
 Sierra FEAR 1.08 |
Source: Sierra |
|
FEAR is
Sierra's latest first person shooter which relies heavily on DirectX 9 features.
With its "Soft Shadows" feature enabled, even the fastest videocards run at a
crawl, FEAR is definitely the new benchmark for future FPS games to
follow.
| Sierra FEAR 1.08 |
| Minimum 640x480: |
FPS |
Ranking |
| Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6
(X38 333/1066) |
554 |
|
| Asus BLITZ Formula (P35
200/1066) |
572 |
|
| MSI P6N Diamond (NF
680i 333/1066) |
545 |
|
| Foxconn MARS (P35
333/1066) |
551 |
|
| Maximum 1024x768: |
FPS |
Ranking |
| Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6
(X38 333/1066) |
124 |
|
| Asus BLITZ Formula (P35
200/1066) |
125 |
|
| MSI P6N Diamond (NF
680i 333/1066) |
134 |
|
| Foxconn MARS (P35
333/1066) |
126 |
|
The framerates in FEAR are awesome; we're seeing 126 fps
when running in Maximum mode with a resolution of 1024x768!
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