ASUS Maximus VI Gene Review
Publié par Marc Büchel le 12.07.13Conclusion
| Générale | + | - | |
| At a first glance the Maximus VI Gene definitely leaves a very good impression. The mix of overclocking features and a high quality audio hardware makes this a state-of-the-art motherboard for mATX-gaming. And next to a very nice looking design you find useful features like for example GameFirst. This software allows you to configure your network device the way gaming traffic gets prioritized (keyword traffic shaping). And then there is the "Do Not Disturb" door hanger. we really like this addition. It really is these small thing that make manufacturers win gamers hearts! | -
Design - Layout - mATX |
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| Layout | + | - | |
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Basically the ASUS Maximus VI Gene's Layout has been very well thought. Once more practical are the angled SATA connectors as well as the power- and reset-buttons. There is also a debug display which is very useful in case you should have issues with a component in your system or the board itself. Especially overclockers will enjoy the voltage read-out points. Regarding the PCI-Express x16 slots there we have nothing to complain about. A closer look at the area around the CPU socket shows, that there is plenty of space to install big aircoolers without running into any issues. What we also liked is where the power and reset buttons are. Especially when you overclock memory using liquid nitrogen, then it makes sense to not have them next to the DIMM slots, since they will free quite quickly. Another great addition is the mPCIe-Slot, which in this case is compatible with M.2 (NGFF) SSDs. Unfortunately this slot has only been wired to one PCI Express 2.0 x1 lane, which means, that maximum transfer speeds won't surpass 500 Megabyte per second. |
- Ports
SATA inclinés à 90°
- mPCIe Slot - M.2 (NGFF) Support - Power/Reset-Button onboard - Debug display - Espace autour du socket |
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| Performance | + | - | |
| Let's first have closer look at overall 3D performance. Calcualting the average of all 3D benchmarks we ran, we see that this board comes in on an excellent 2nd spot. Concerning the average of all 2D performance, this board came in 5th to bottom, which is a bit disappointing. Furthermore, when we dig deeper into the individual results, we see that this board is either somewhere in the top rankings or somewhere in the bottom third. Nevertheless we hope that future BIOS updates will level performance a bit. On another note we had a look at power consumption and in this case we see that this board is a little bit below average. | -
SuperPi 1M - wPrime - Sleeping Dogs |
- 3DMark 11 - Metro Last Light |
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| Overclocking / BIOS | + | - | |
| Le BIOS reste inchangé depuis le P67 et c'est une bonne chose car nous aimons le BIOS ASUS. C'est notre préféré avec celui de Gigabyte. Il est simple, intuitif et efficace bien que la version ROG possède plus d'options techniques/spéciales plus ou moins inutiles, on s'y retrouve facilement et le paramètre par défaut fonctionne généralement très bien dans le cas où vous n'oseriez le changer. | - Simple et intuitif - Beaucoup d'options | ||
| Recommandation | + | - | |
| Should you be looking for an ASUS ROG mATX motherboard, which comes at a very decent price point, then there is no way around the Maximus VI Gene. It's an overall very good board and it offers everything you need to squeeze even the last bit of performance out of your system and even for gamers it offers a decent features mix. | -
Enthusiast build - Overclocking - Gaming |
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| Rating | |||
| Nous avons donné à la carte mère ASUS Maximus VI Gene la très bonne note de 4.5 étoiles sur 5. | |||
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Auteur m.buechel@ocaholic.ch
Traduction: Marine Degli Agosti
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