Intel Z97 Motherboard Roundup with ASUS, Biostar, Gigabyte and MSI

By Dan Stoltz

Bioshock Infinite

BioShock Infinite is a first-person shooter video game developed by Irrational Games, and published by 2K Games. BioShock Infinite is the third installment in the BioShock series, and though it is not part of the storyline of previous BioShock games, it does feature similar gameplay concepts and themes. BioShock Infinite uses a Modified Unreal Engine 3 game engine and was released worldwide on March 26, 2013.

Bioshock Infinite

We tested BioShock Infinite with the Ultra game settings.

BIOSHOCK: Infinite Benchmark Performance Resutls

Benchmark Results: There is almost no discernible difference between two of the three boards we have on hand today. The GIGABYTE Z97X-UD5H and the MSI Z97 Gaming 7 were only .08 frames per second different at 1920×1080 and .32 fps different at 1280×1024. The BIOSTAR Hi-Fi Z97WE did show a bit more of a performance gap though, at 1920×1080 it was 1.24 frames per second behind the GIGABYTE Z97X-UD5H which was leading todays pack of boards.