Asus Maximus V Gene (Z77) Motherboard Ivy Bridge Review

3DMark 11

3DMark 11 is the latest offering from Futuremark, taking full advantage of DirectX 11 by utilising tessellation features and volumetric lighting. It takes your graphics and CPU hardware to the edge to simulate the most extreme conditions whilst working as a stand point to compare results with other users online.

Overclocking or 3770k gave similar gains to what we found with the 2700k, but we was surprised to see the results that much greater, with only around 100 points increase.

Unigine Heaven 2.5

Heaven Benchmark is a DirectX 11 GPU benchmark based on advanced Unigine™ engine. It reveals the enchanting magic of floating islands with a tiny village hidden in the cloudy skies and utilises the full effect of DirectX 11 and allows you to configure shaders, tessellation and quality settings to your own personal choice.

Heaven shows the same story, with Ivy Bridge, on paper, the frame rates should be significantly higher that with a Sandy Bridge chip installed, but we do pit this purely down to drivers.

Metro 2033

Metro 2033 is a first-person shooter game based in the Russian metro system. Metro 2033 is very similar to the much loved game STALKER as it is developed by the same programmers. The game utilises DirectX 11 and relies heavily on tessellation features and is considered to be one of the most graphics intense games on the market.

Metro is the same story again, but with the 3770k almost pushing 110fps at stock is impressive in its own right.