GIGABYTE G1.SNIPER2 Intel Z68 Motherboard Review

FutureMark 3DMark 11

3DMark 11 is the latest version of the worlds most popular benchmark for measuring the 3D graphics performance of gaming PCs. 3DMark 11 uses a native DirectX 11 engine designed to make extensive use of all the new features in DirectX 11, including tessellation, compute shaders and multi-threading.

Since Futuremark is releasing 3DMark11 today we decided to run the benchmark at both performance and extreme presets to see how our hardware will run.

ASUS Republic of Gamers Intel Z68 Motherboards 3DMark11 Extreme Preset Benchmark Results

ASUS Republic of Gamers Intel Z68 Motherboards 3DMark11 Performance Preset Benchmark Results

Benchmark results: The Extreme Preset in FutureMark 3DMark 11 shows the GIGABYTE G1 Sniper 2 having a slight lead in both the overall score as well as the graphics score. The overall score in the extreme preset for the G1 Sniper 2 came out at 1620 3DMarks while the ASUS ROG Maximus IV Extreme-Z scored 1618 3DMarks. The Performance Preset showed minimal differences as well. The G1 Sniper 2 pulled out a score of 5062 3DMarks while the second spot was secured by the ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z with a score of 5053. A difference of only 9 3DMarks or less than .2%.