X79 Motherboard Roundup: ASRock, ASUS, Gigabyte
Futuremark PCMark 7
Futuremark's PCMark 7 is the latest version of the PCMark suite,
which has updated application performance measurements targeted for a
Windows 7 environment. Here's what Futuremark says is incorporated in
the base PCMark suite and the Entertainment suite, the two modules we
have benchmark scores for you here.
The PCMark test is a collection of workloads that measure system performance during typical desktop usage. This is the most important test since it returns the official PCMark score for the system
Storage
-Windows Defender
-Importing pictures
-Gaming
Video Playback and transcoding Graphics
-DirectX 9
Image manipulation
Web browsing and decrypting
The Entertainment test is a collection of workloads that measure system performance in entertainment scenarios using mostly application workloads. Individual tests include recording, viewing, streaming and transcoding TV shows and movies, importing, organizing and browsing new music and several gaming related workloads. If the target system is not capable of running DirectX 10 workloads then those tests are skipped. At the end of the benchmark run the system is given an Entertainment test score.
In PCMark 7, the Gigabyte motherboard again dusted the field, though not by much. It’s also worth noting that the ASRock board again posted the lowest score, with the two ASUS boards occupying the middle. All of the scores here are clustered fairly closely, though.
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The PCMark test is a collection of workloads that measure system performance during typical desktop usage. This is the most important test since it returns the official PCMark score for the system
Storage
-Windows Defender
-Importing pictures
-Gaming
Video Playback and transcoding Graphics
-DirectX 9
Image manipulation
Web browsing and decrypting
The Entertainment test is a collection of workloads that measure system performance in entertainment scenarios using mostly application workloads. Individual tests include recording, viewing, streaming and transcoding TV shows and movies, importing, organizing and browsing new music and several gaming related workloads. If the target system is not capable of running DirectX 10 workloads then those tests are skipped. At the end of the benchmark run the system is given an Entertainment test score.
In PCMark 7, the Gigabyte motherboard again dusted the field, though not by much. It’s also worth noting that the ASRock board again posted the lowest score, with the two ASUS boards occupying the middle. All of the scores here are clustered fairly closely, though.
