3D Performance Results

Once we completed our CPU test suite, we took some time to play some games with the TPU community to get an overall feel for gaming on the GA-X79-UD5. After a couple of days we settled in to complete our 3D benchmarking, feeling confident that the Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 was going to put on a good show. Let's take a look at what numbers the board provided.

3DMark11

Once we ran 3DMark11, it became clear that a trend really was emerging, one that has the Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 as the fastest tested product to date. The numbers again have the Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 a fair bit above the ECS X79R-AX and ASUS P9X79 Deluxe.

Civilization 5

Our first real-world 3D performance test comes in the form of Civilization 5, using the included benchmark. We let the game recommend us settings, and then disabled V-SYNC and AA to eliminate bottlenecks introduced by the GPU itself. Here the numbers were exactly as expected, with very little variation compared to previous results. A problem in this particular benchmark points to other issues, but the Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 passed with flying colors.

F1 2010

Our second real-world 3D performance test comes from CodeMasters, in the form of the "F1 2010" included benchmark. We let the game recommend us settings, which included 8xAA with our newly added HD6950 2GB from Sapphire. Again we were impressed, as F1 2010 proves to be one of our personal favorites, and the Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 again noticed higher performance than the other Intel X79 Express products we've tested in the past few weeks. The Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 even managed to beat out the two top Z68-based results, too, something the other Intel X79 Express products could not do.

With the CPU and 3D performance compares out of the way, we took a closer look at the other performance features offered by the Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5.