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Crysis 800 x 600, low details

Crysis is still one of the games which has very high system requirements. Therefore developer Crytek implemented Direct3D-10-API, High-Dynamic-Range-Rendering, Parallax Occlusion Mapping, Soft Shadows, Motion Blur, Depth of Field as well as Soft Particles. We test Crysis by using DirectX9 to show CPU-sacaling especially which low resolutions. If we look at the high resolutions we are able to spot that the CPUs influence compared to the graphic card becomes much less important.

Crysis DirectX10 (800 x 600 low details)	Review Rating	fps	Percent
EVGA X79 Dark	No Review	155.110	110.88 %
Gigabyte G1.Assassin 2	No Review	152.785	109.22 %
ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition	No Review	151.230	108.11 %
ASRock Fatal1ty X79 Champion	No Review	149.890	107.15 %
Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3		149.065	106.56 %
ASUS Rampage IV Gene		148.475	106.14 %
ASUS P9X79 Pro	No Review	146.665	104.85 %
ASUS Rampage IV Extreme		146.240	104.54 %
ASUS P9X79 WS		146.135	104.47 %
ASUS P9X79 Deluxe		145.935	104.32 %
ASUS Sabertooth X79		145.855	104.27 %
ASUS P9X79-E WS	No Review	145.195	103.80 %
MSI Big Bang Xpower II		145.085	103.72 %
ASUS Rampage IV Formula		143.740	102.76 %
ASRock X79 Extreme4-M		143.575	102.64 %
Gigabyte GA-X79-UD7		143.510	102.59 %
ASRock X79 Extreme4		143.460	102.56 %
Intel DX79SI		139.885	100.00 %
		more is better

Resident Evil 800 x 600, low details

Resident Evil uses nearly every modern rendering technology: HDR, Hemisphere Lighting, Soft Shadows, Soft Particles, Field- und Motion-Blur oder auch Alpha to Coverage and static Ambient Occlusion. Furthermore Resident Evil 5 has been optimized for multicore architectures and already comes DirectX11 ready. By using the DirectX9 benchmark we can again show CPU-scaling with low resolutions and the compared to the CPU overproportional influence of the graphics card at high resolutions.

Resident Evil DirectX10 (800 x 600 low details)	Review Rating	fps	Percent
ASUS Rampage IV Gene		205.4	105.28 %
Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3		204.9	105.02 %
ASUS P9X79 WS		200.9	102.97 %
ASUS Rampage IV Extreme		200.2	102.61 %
ASUS Rampage IV Formula		199.2	102.10 %
ASUS P9X79-E WS	No Review	198.9	101.95 %
ASUS P9X79 Pro	No Review	198.8	101.90 %
ASUS Sabertooth X79		198.6	101.79 %
ASUS P9X79 Deluxe		198.2	101.59 %
MSI Big Bang Xpower II		196.6	100.77 %
EVGA X79 Dark	No Review	196.4	100.67 %
ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition	No Review	196.3	100.62 %
Intel DX79SI		195.1	100.00 %
ASRock Fatal1ty X79 Champion	No Review	194.9	99.90 %
Gigabyte G1.Assassin 2	No Review	194.2	99.54 %
ASRock X79 Extreme4-M		193.8	99.33 %
ASRock X79 Extreme4		192.2	98.51 %
Gigabyte GA-X79-UD7		191.2	98.00 %
		more is better

Street Fighter 4 800 x 600, low details

Street Fighter 4 comes with an extra benchmark version which makes testing you system childrens play. At low resolutions the system requirements are pretty low and we can see CPU-scaling in the results. At high resolution the graphic card becomes more important and the CPUs clock speed has less influence on the fps.

Street Fighter 4 (800 x 600 low details)	Review Rating	fps	Percent
ASRock X79 Extreme4-M		823.86	102.87 %
ASRock X79 Extreme4		820.72	102.47 %
EVGA X79 Dark	No Review	814.86	101.74 %
ASUS P9X79-E WS	No Review	814.41	101.69 %
ASUS P9X79 Deluxe		813.27	101.54 %
ASUS Rampage IV Extreme		812.27	101.42 %
ASUS Sabertooth X79		808.62	100.96 %
ASUS Rampage IV Formula		802.24	100.17 %
Gigabyte GA-X79-UD3		800.95	100.01 %
Intel DX79SI		800.90	100.00 %
ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition	No Review	798.97	99.76 %
ASUS Rampage IV Gene		797.34	99.56 %
MSI Big Bang Xpower II		792.97	99.01 %
ASUS P9X79 Pro	No Review	792.67	98.97 %
ASRock Fatal1ty X79 Champion	No Review	789.40	98.56 %
Gigabyte G1.Assassin 2	No Review	786.67	98.22 %
Gigabyte GA-X79-UD7		785.97	98.14 %
ASUS P9X79 WS		782.74	97.73 %
		more is better

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Page 2 - Specs and Delivery	Page 10 - SiSoft Sandra 2
Page 3 - Layout	Page 11 - Super Pi 1M / 32M / wPrime
Page 4 - Connectors and I/O	Page 12 - Games
Page 5 - BIOS	Page 13 - Power Consumption
Page 6 - Test setup	Page 14 - Performance Rating
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