ASUS P9X79 WS Motherboard Review - Testing Methods

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Testing Methods

Benchmarking

To test all systems, processors, and motherboards, Hi Tech Legion has compiled a list of popular programs to test performance; these benchmarks are taken from programs that are available to the public. We have compiled these to create the Hi Tech Legion Benchmark Suite, which includes system, graphics, processor, rendering, compression, and word processing. All scores will be graphed for each specific test under its category: video benchmarks (gaming will be rated in FPS: Frames per second), system scores will be graded by numbers which are given as results by their respective programs, higher will be better unless otherwise specified. If file compression is chosen, then all times will be in seconds. All temperatures will be measured in Celsius. For the gaming benchmarks, only the resolution of 1920 x 1080 will be utilized and SLI/TRI-SLI game benchmarks will be performed if application profiles are officially supported.

Systems

Test System

  • Processor: Intel Core i7 3960X
  • Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 WS
  • Memory: 4x4GB Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz DDR3
  • Video Card: ASUS Matrix GTX 580 Platinum Dual-SLI
  • Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB HDD 
  • Power Supply: Enermax Platimax 1000W Power Supply
  • Media: ASUS BC-12B1ST
  • Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

 

 

Benchmarks

System Benchmarks

  • World Bench
  • PCMark 7
  • SiSandra 2012 (CPU)
  • AIDA 2.0 (Cache and Memory)
  • WinRAR
  • Cinebench 11.5 (CPU Rendering)

Gaming Benchmarks

  • 3DMark 11
  • Unigine Heaven 2.5
  • Call of Duty Black OPS
  • F1 2010
  • Battlefield 3
  • Duke Nukem Forever
  • ShoGun 2

 

 

 

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