Futuremarks tests

These synthetic 3D benchmarks from Futuremark allow you to evaluate the expected performance of a system with different generations of games. As each 3DMark uses different features and quality settings, it allows you to get an idea of how your system will perform.



3DMark01

3DMark01 has become more and more a system benchmark rather than a graphics card benchmark over the years. Nowadays, you can really see the difference in DDR2 and DDR3 memory setups, high and low FSB setups and so on.



The DFI P45 Lanparty performs on par with the two other P45 motherboards we've tested.

3DMark03

3DMark03 is very GPU dependent, which comes down to: the more cores, the higher the score. SLI and CF performance increase is spectacular in this benchmark.



A very, very small lead for the DFI, but that lead is negligible.

3DMark05

This product of the 3DMark series is again more CPU dependent than its predecessor, meaning that an overclocked CPU will have a big influence on the end score.



Although DFI comes out on the top, the lead is very small.

3DMark06

3DMark06 features a CPU test which only relies on the processing power, in other words: it doesn't matter which graphics card you're running, at same clocks, the cpu score will remain the same, making it ideal for cpu comparisons.



Close battle between the three motherboards.

Aquamark3

While this 3D benchmark is aging quickly, it still serves as a good evaluation tool for system performance, as it stresses the VGA, CPU and memory subsystem, any advantage had from a faster motherboard or memory setting will be apparent.



As the result numbers are higher, the difference between the three motherboards of Asus, DFI and MSI are more visible, but that does not mean that the difference is really noticeable.

Let's have a look at some 2D benchmarks ->