Asus Maximus Extreme
4. Testing configuration
Review Pages
1. Features, specifications
2. The package
3. BIOS settings
4. Testing configuration
5. Benchmarks - EVEREST Ultimate Edition
6. Benchmarks - SiSoftware Sandra
7. Benchmarks - PCMark05, 3DMark 06
8. Benchmarks - Science Mark 2.0, Pov-Ray
9. Benchmarks - MAXON CINEBENCH
10. Benchmarks - SuperPI
11. Benchmarks - SYSmark 2007 Preview, WorldBench
12. Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
13. Overclocking
14. Asus AI Gear 3
15. Summary
2. The package
3. BIOS settings
4. Testing configuration
5. Benchmarks - EVEREST Ultimate Edition
6. Benchmarks - SiSoftware Sandra
7. Benchmarks - PCMark05, 3DMark 06
8. Benchmarks - Science Mark 2.0, Pov-Ray
9. Benchmarks - MAXON CINEBENCH
10. Benchmarks - SuperPI
11. Benchmarks - SYSmark 2007 Preview, WorldBench
12. Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
13. Overclocking
14. Asus AI Gear 3
15. Summary
For all the tests we used a beta BIOS that Asus provided us, the 0904 version. By the time this review was completed, a newer build (0907) was available at Asus' servers.
Let's see now how our CPU was identified under CPU-Z:
All tests are performed with the same configuration as follows:
- CPU: Retail Intel E6600
- CPU Cooler: Intel stock + additional 12cm fan
- Memory: 2x1GB SuperTalent DDR3-1600CL7 (1067MHz @ 5-5-5-15-1T-1.90V)
- VGA: MSI 7600GT Silent with Nvidia 163.71 installed
- HDD: WD 80GB SATAI (primary)
- Operating system: Windows XP SP2 with all the latest updates installed
We used a variety of software, from benchmarks to games:
- Sisoft Sandra 2008 XII
- Everest Lavalys Ultimated Edition v4.20.1170
- SuperPI Mod v1.5XS
- PC Mark05 v1.2.0
- 3D Mark06 v1.1.0
- x264 Benchmark
- Science Mark 2
- POV 3.70 beta15
- CineBench R9.5
- CineBench R10
- SysMark 2007 Preview
- WorldBench 6 beta2
- Lost Planet Extreme Conditions DX9 Demo