ASUS Republic Of Gamers Maximus VI Hero Intel Z87 Motherboard Review

Futuremark 3DMark 2013

3Dmark Fire Strike Benchmark Results – For high performance gaming PCs

Use Fire Strike to test the performance of dedicated gaming PCs, or use the Fire Strike Extreme preset for high-end systems with multiple GPUs. Fire Strike uses a multi-threaded DirectX 11 engine to test DirectX 11 hardware.

Fire Strike Benchmark Results – Intel HD Graphics:

Benchmark Results: The ASUS Maximus VI Hero Intel Z87 motherboard was able to achieve an overall score of 936 points in 3DMark Firestrike. This is significantly faster than the previous Intel ‘Ivy Bridge’ platform score of 673 3DMarks.

Benchmark Results: Firing up 3DMark Firestrike again, though with the ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II this time the two Intel Z87 motherboard are pretty much spot on with each other. The ASUS Maximus VI Hero hit an overall score of 5960 while the GIGABYTE Z87X-UD3H hit 5959. The overall score isn’t that much higher than that of the MSI Z77A-GD65 Gaming Intel Z77 motherboard, only ~50 points. The Physics sub-score which relies on the processor was right around 1200 points higher, or about 12% greater than the Intel Z77 system.