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 P8P67 PRO. After a couple of days we settled in to complete our 3D benchmarking, feeling confident that the ASUS P8P67 PRO was going to put on a good show. Let's take a look at what numbers the board provided.

3DMark11

3DMark11 did not disappoint, with the ASUS P8P67 PRO managing to provide us with our highest result so far overall. Of course, being a synthetic benchmark, we quickly fired up some real games to see if a trend emerged.

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. We weren't disappointed in the ASUS P8P67 PRO, as it managed to duplicate numbers given by the Gigabyte we looked at earlier. However, because the numbers are so close, we think we may have to replace this benchmark in the near future!

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 ASUS P8P67 PRO really showed it's worth, offering what we consider a sizeable boost over the other tested products.

With the CPU and 3D performance compares out of the way, we decided to take a closer look at the other features offered by the ASUS P8P67 PRO, as it manages to pack alot that we haven't seen elsewhere. Hit the next page to see how it panned out.