Futuremark 3DMark06 1.0.2	Source: FutureMark

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 t reliably measure next generation gaming performance today.

Futuremark 3DMark06 1.1.0 Overall: Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 (P55 133/1333) 14877 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5 (P55 133/1333) 15089 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3R (P55 133/1333) 14916 ASUS P7P55D Deluxe (P55 133/1333) 14942 ASUS P7P55D Premium (P55 133/1333) 14891 CPU: Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 (P55 133/1333) 4155 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5 (P55 133/1333) 4289 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3R (P55 133/1333) 4162 ASUS P7P55D Deluxe (P55 133/1333) 4169 ASUS P7P55D Premium (P55 133/1333) 4150

ASUS' P7P55D Deluxe nets the highest score in 3Dmark06 by a tiny margin.

Futuremark 3DMark Vantage 1.0.1	Source: FutureMark

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 3DMark Vantage 1.0.1 Performance Overall: (P) Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 (P55 133/1333) 7499 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5 (P55 133/1333) 6552 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3R (P55 133/1333) 7522 ASUS P7P55D Deluxe (P55 133/1333) 7545 ASUS P7P55D Premium (P55 133/1333) 7537 CPU score: Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 (P55 133/1333) 12153 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5 (P55 133/1333) 12707 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3R (P55 133/1333) 12363 ASUS P7P55D Deluxe (P55 133/1333) 12475 ASUS P7P55D Premium (P55 133/1333) 12458

The P7P55D Deluxe also takes the lead in 3DMark Vantage 1.0.1, although again it's a less than 1% difference between the three motherboards in this test.

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: Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 (P55 133/1333) 635 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5 (P55 133/1333) 656 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3R (P55 133/1333) 637 ASUS P7P55D Deluxe (P55 133/1333) 636 ASUS P7P55D Premium (P55 133/1333) 644 Maximum 1024x768: Points Ranking Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 (P55 133/1333) 173 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5 (P55 133/1333) 172 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3R (P55 133/1333) 175 ASUS P7P55D Deluxe (P55 133/1333) 174 ASUS P7P55D Premium (P55 133/1333) 174

FEAR puts the ASUS P7P55D Deluxe a frame per second behind the Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3R.