The Maximus V Extreme, is ASUS' new flagship model regarding Intels latest Z77 chipset. The guys over there at ASUS ROG put a lot of new features on the board. On the paper it looks like they've moved their flagship ROG board to another level (yet again?). So it's quite understandable that we can't wait to have a close look at this product.
The Maximus V Extreme is ASUS' latest high end overclocking motherboard creation regarding Intels Z77 chipset. We're really curious how this thing is going to cope with our benchmark parcours. Of course we're also looking at this board from a layout and design perspective and last but not least we added an extra page for the features. In fact there are even more extras with this review. This is the first article you find on ocaholic where the last page covers the editors own, personal opinion about the product. We try to focus only on the facts in our reviews which we think is a really good thing but unfortunately, when a review wasn't bad there will be almost no discussions at all. This in mind we give you some more room for interpretations of our articles.
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Specs and Delivery
| CPU | Intel Socket 1155 3rd/2nd Generation Core i7/i5/i3/Pentium/Celeron (22/32nm) |
| Chipset | Intel Z77 Express |
| Memory | Dual Channel 4 x DIMM, max. 32GB, DDR3 2800 (OC) / 2666 (OC) / 2600(OC) / 2400 (OC) / 2200 (OC) / 2133 (OC) / 2000 (OC) / 1866 (OC) / 1600 / 1333 / 1066 MHz, non-ECC, un-buffered memory, XMP 1.3 |
| Multi-GPU | NVIDIA 4-Way SLI AMD 4-Way CrossFireX LucidLogix Virtu MVP Technology |
| Slots | 5 x PCI-Express 3.0 x16 - Configuration: - x16 (Z77) - x8/x8 (Z77) - x8/x8/x8 (PLX) - x8/x8/x8/x8 (PLX) 1 x PCI-Express 2.0 x4 1 x mini-PCI Express 2.0 x1 (mPCI Combo) |
| Audio | Realtek ALC898 7.1-Channel HD Audio Codec |
| Storage | 2 x SATA 6.0 Gbps (Intel, red) 2 x SATA 3.0 Gbps (Intel, black) 2 x SATA 6.0 Gbps (ASMedia, red) 2 x SATA 6.0 Gbps (ASMedia, red) |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth v4.0 |
| LAN | 1 x Intel Gigabit LAN |
| I/O internal | 2 x USB 3.0 connectors support
additional 4 USB 3.0 ports (1x Z77 & 1x ASMedia) 2 x USB 2.0 connectors support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports (Z77) 6 x SATA 6 Gb/s connectors (red) (2x Z77 & 4x ASMedia) 2 x SATA 3 Gb/s connectors (black) (Z77) 1 x eSATA 3 gb/s 2 x Subzero Sense connectors 2 x VGA Hotwire header sets 1 x OC Key header 1 x ROG Connect switch header 8 x 4-pin Fan connectors: 2 x CPU, 3 x Chassis / 3 x Optional 15 x ProbeIt measurement points 7 x ProbeIt cable connectors 3 x Thermal sensor connectors 1 x 6-pin EZ Plug connector (blak) (for PCIe slots) 1 x 4-pin EZ Plug connector (white) (for back I/O and PCIe slots) 1 x LN2 Mode header 1 x Slow Mode switch 1 x START (Power-on) button 1 x Reset button 1 x Go button 1 x S/PDIF OUT header 1 x Front panel audio connector (AAFP) 1 x System panel connector 1 x mPCIe Combo header 1 x 24-pin EATX 12V power connector 1 x 8-pin EATX 12V power connector 1 x 4-pin EATX 12V power connector |
| I/O Back Panel | 1 x Thunderbolt port 1 x Clear CMOS button 1 x ROG Connect On/Off button 4 x USB 2.0 (1 x ROG Connect) 1 x PS/2 Keyboard/mouse combo port 4 x USB 3.0 ports (blue) (2x Z77 & 2x ASMedia) 1 x Optical S/PDIF IN 1 x Optical S/PDIF OUT 1 x HDMI port 1 x DisplayPort 1 x LAN (RJ45) port 5 x Audio jacks |
| Forfactor | Extended-ATX (30.5cm x 27.2cm) |
- 1 x ROG Connect cable
- 3 x 2-in-1 SATA 6.0 Gb/s signal cables
- 1 x 2-in-1 SATA 3.0 Gb/s signal cables
- 1 x 2-in-1 RF cables
- 1 x 4-Way SLI Bridge
- 1 x 3-Way SLI Bridge
- 1 x SLI cable
- 1 x CrossFire cable
- 1 x ProbeIt cable set
- 1 x OC Key cable
- 1 x I/O Shield
- 1 x OC Key
- 1 x mPCIe Combo card with dual band Wi-Fi / Bluetooth module
- 2 x dual band Wi-Fi Ring Moving Antenna
- 1 x 2-port USB 2.0 and eSATA module
- 1 x 12-in-1 ROG cable label
- 1 x 2-in-1 ASUS Q-Connector kit
- 1 x ROG motherboard Support DVD
- 1 x User Guide
Regarding the delivery one might find more than needed. For instance: you get a quad- and a tripl-SLI bridge which feature a PCB. Furthermore there is a flexible SLI-bridge as well as a flexible CrossFire-Bridge. One can also be very curious about the OC-Key which allows an overlay screen while you're benching your system. For this littel bugger we will write an independant article.
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Features
| Extreme Engine Digi+ II | Since quite some time ASUS has been equipping its boards with digital power designs. Using the right software it is not only possible to adjust voltages while being in Windows on can now also control impedances. Furthermore this board features high quality 10K black metallic capacitor which guarantee a long lifespan. |
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| Thunderbolt | ASUS ships the Maximus V Extreme with native Thunderbolt support. Utilizing the x4 lanes of PCI Express together with the iGPU integrated DisplayPort output, the Maximus V Extreme is capable of delivering a simultaneous bi-directional throughput of 10 Gbps data via this Thunderbolt port. This port is also capable of displaying video content with up to 2560 x 1600 resolution. Fruthermore it is also possible to realize a triple display solution using only the iGPU. |
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| 3.3 Volt Power Generator | Many VGA cards rely heavily on the delivery of +3.3V for its display PLL and VSynch functionalities. Furthermore the +3.3V rail also asks as a major source of pull-up for various parts of the GPU. ASUS has now made a dedicated PCI Express 3.3V Power Generator, which generates its own power to the +3.3V Aux used by VGA cards. This allows the VGA cards to consume +3.3V Aux power independent from what was made available through the +3.3V rail of their power supply. At the end of the day this feature allows better overclocking capabilities especiall for multi GPU setups. |
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| VGA Power Control | Extreme overclockers often look for ways to easily increase the voltages on their VGA cards. Using VGA Power Controller you get four sets of pin connections to the SMBus Clock and SMBus Data. Users will be able to make adjustments of the l2C Address, Over Current Protection, Load-Line, Manual Voltage Level and Switching Frequency to the power solution of up to four VGA cards at the same time. |
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| Subzero Sense | Subzero Sense integrates 2 x Type-K Probe digital Thermometers onboard. This enables extreme overclockers to be able to keep track of the critical temperature on the fly within the range between -200 to +200°C. |
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| OC Key | OC Key enables useres with the capability to conduct CPU-free, debug tool (OSD Poster), real-time monitor (OSD Monitor) and tweaking (OSD TweakIt) on the same screen used by the overclocking system. |
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| VGA Hotwire | The VGA Hotwire integrates a set of six variable resistors, each paired up with a dedicated voltage sensor, allowing extreme overclockers to be able to make direct detection, as well as modifications to the VGA cards without having to go through the trouble of skilling themselves to operate the external veriable resistors, in order to complete the mod. |
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| mPCIe Combo expansion card | The ROG mPCIe Combo expansion card enables users to expand the capability of the motherboard with either the mSATA or mPCIe devices. Furthermore there is the bundled BT3.0/4.0 with Dual Band WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n card. |
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| EPU | If you activate the EPU this chip monitors all possible voltages and clock speeds and automatically sets them to guarantee an energy efficient operation of you system. | |
| TPU | As soon as one activates the TPU this chips monitors all possible voltages and clock speeds using the according software. The difference to the EPU is that TPU will provide as much performance as possible. Therefore it can increase clock speeds and voltages. | |
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Layout
At a first glance the ASUS Maximus V Extreme looks very good with its harmonic design. Once again the ROG-colors - red, black and white - suite nicely and together with the black PCB it becomes a beautiful product. The layout itself is well thought and there is for example plenty of space around the CPU socket to install even todays largest CPU coolers. The fact that there are SATA connector which have been angled by 90 degrees allow an easy installation of oversized graphics cards.
The ASUS Maximus V Extreme comes with a digital 8+4+2 phase power design. The CPU gets eight phases, the iGPU can rely on four phases and the memory gets a stable current supply from two individual pahses. Furthermore ASUS equips this board with their so called "Black Metallic Chokes". These can resist temperatures ranging from -70°C to +125°C. This makes the power desing even better for extreme overclocking where extremely low temperatures around the CPU socket can be reached.
Totally you'll find four DIMM-slots on the Maximus V Extreme. Officially supported are DDR3 2800 (OC), 2666 (OC), 2600(OC), 2400 (OC), 2200 (OC), 2133 (OC), 2000 (OC), 1866 (OC), 1600, 1333 and 1066 MHz. There is engough space between the DIMM-slots and the CPU socket which means that you wont encounter compatibility problems with big coolers even when you choose to install RAM with big heatspreaders. Also supported are Xtreme Memory Profiles (XMP) in version 1.3.
On the Maximus V Extreme the southbridge as well as the PLX chip, which can be found between CPU socket and the first PCI-Express x16 slot, are being cooled by passiv cooling blocks, which have been connected via a heatpipe. For the current converters we see a very similar picture. There are also two passive cooling elements connected via a heatpipe. In fact, the PLX chip is always an interesting feature. In this case ASUS chose to put a PLX PEX8747 PCI Express 3.0 bridge chip onto the board. This chip is able to multiply the 16 lanes, which come from the CPU, by two an therefore provied 32 lanes. As long as you don't use more than two graphics card 16 lanes are sufficient but once you run a setup with three or four graphics cards you will need at least 24 or 32 lanes.
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Connectors and I/O
Totally ASUS equipped the Maximus V Extreme with eight angled SATA ports. At the bottom edge of the board there is an additional straight SATA port. This should be enough for any office gaming system or overclocking setup. You'll also find practical onboard power- and reset-buttons in the top right corner of the board. There is also a debug display. Furthermore in this area of the board there are voltage read out point. Almost standard for the ROG Extreme motherboards meanwhile is the possiblity to disable the different PCI-Express x16 Slots one by one. Between power/reset button and the DIMM slots one can find the VGA Power Control as well as the VGA Hotwire headers to which you can connect the cables you soldered to a GPUs voltage regulation. You can even disable your GPUs over current protection, adjust load-line or switching frequency.
Totally you'll find eight fan header on the Maximus V Extreme which is more than enough, to provide a well equipped high-end or overclocking-system with fresh air. The fan headers are located around the CPU socket as spread over the motherboard
Looking at the external connectors directly at the back-panel ASUS equipped the Maximus V Extreme with one PS2 mouse/keyboard connector, four USB 3.0/2.0 ports, four USB 2.0/1.1 ports, an expansion slot for the mPCIe expanson card, which is included in delivery, one gigabit ethernet port, an HDMI and a DisplayPort connector as well as an optical out and an analogue audio panel. Furtheremore you'll also find a Thunderbolt connector, a clear CMOS button and a BIOS flashback button.
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BIOS
Also for their Z77 motherboards Gigabyte is using a graphical UEFI BIOS that can be controled via mouse and keyboard. An interesting and for unexperienced useres practical approach is the picture one can see when the BIOS is accessed. In fact it is an interactive graphic which lets you click on certain areas of the board to select them.
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Test setup
Hardware |
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| Motherboard |
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| Processor | Intel Core i7-3770K, 3.5 GHz |
| Memory | 4 Gigabyte Kingston H2O KHX2133 @ 1600 MHz CL8-8-8-24 |
| Graphic card | ASUS ENGTX 580 |
| Driver | Version 275.33 |
| Hard disk | Samsung Spinpoint F1 320 GByte |
| Power supply | bequiet! Dark Power Pro 1000Watt |
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3D Mark
3D Mark11
3DMark 11 is Futuremarks latest benchmark for the entire graphical subsystem. The benchmark uses DirectX 11 and it supports all recent features which can possibly generate high load on a GPU. Therefore you find tessellation, compute shader calculations, divers lighting effects and different depth of filed animations. Following we publish values regarding the performance preset of 3DMark 11.
Total
| 3D Mark 11 Total |
Review Rating |
Percent | |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
6'666 | 100.03 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
6'665 | 100.02 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
6'664 | 100.00 % |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
6'664 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
6'663 | 99.98 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
6'663 | 99.98 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
6'662 | 99.97 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
6'660 | 99.94 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
6'656 | 99.88 % |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
6'655 | 99.86 % |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
6'650 | 99.79 % |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
6'649 | 99.77 % |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
6'639 | 99.62 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
6'588 | 98.84 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
6'587 | 98.84 % |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
6'568 | 98.56 % |
| more is better | |||
Physic
| 3D Mark 11 CPU Score |
Review Rating |
Percent | |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
9'446 | 101.22 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
9'446 | 101.22 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
9'426 | 101.01 % |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
9'424 | 100.99 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
9'423 | 100.98 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
9'414 | 100.88 % |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
9'412 | 100.86 % |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
9'396 | 100.68 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
9'396 | 100.68 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
9'376 | 100.47 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
9'354 | 100.24 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
9'347 | 100.16 % |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
9'332 | 100.00 % |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
9'324 | 99.91 % |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
9'246 | 99.08 % |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
9'081 | 97.31 % |
| more is better | |||
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3D Mark Vantage
3DMark Vantage is able to squeeze a lot out of a recent system. Therefore the feature liste is also pretty long: DirectX10, FP16-HDR, motion blur, parallax occlusion mapping, GPU-physics simulation and different shader effects are being used to even make recent high-end systems struggle.
Total
| 3D Mark Vantage Total |
Review Rating |
Percent | |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
26'270 | 100.81 % |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
26'255 | 100.76 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
26'254 | 100.75 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
26'229 | 100.66 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
26'171 | 100.43 % |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
26'136 | 100.30 % |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
26'123 | 100.25 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
26'088 | 100.12 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
26'084 | 100.10 % |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
26'062 | 100.01 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
26'059 | 100.00 % |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
26'058 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
26'041 | 99.93 % |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
25'994 | 99.75 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
25'929 | 99.50 % |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
25'633 | 98.37 % |
| more is better | |||
CPU
| 3D Mark Vantage CPU |
Review Rating |
Percent | |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
25'525 | 101.66 % |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
25'421 | 101.25 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
25'383 | 101.10 % |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
25'378 | 101.08 % |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
25'354 | 100.98 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
25'327 | 100.87 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
25'316 | 100.83 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
25'300 | 100.76 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
25'290 | 100.72 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
25'255 | 100.59 % |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
25'168 | 100.24 % |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
25'108 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
25'100 | 99.97 % |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
25'067 | 99.84 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
25'054 | 99.78 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
25'034 | 99.71 % |
| more is better | |||
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3D Mark 2001
| 3D Mark 2001 |
Review Rating |
Percent | |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
61'642 | 102.37 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
61'335 | 101.86 % |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
60'998 | 101.30 % |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
60'947 | 101.21 % |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
60'808 | 100.98 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
60'607 | 100.65 % |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
60'360 | 100.24 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
60'359 | 100.24 % |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
60'216 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
60'055 | 99.73 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
60'026 | 99.68 % |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
59'875 | 99.43 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
59'762 | 99.25 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
59'743 | 99.21 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
59'623 | 99.02 % |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
59'255 | 98.40 % |
| more is better | |||
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PC Mark 07
3DMark 11 is Futuremarks latest benchmark for the entire graphical subsystem. The benchmark uses DirectX 11 and it supports all recent features which can possibly generate high load on a GPU. Therefore you find tessellation, compute shader calculations, divers lighting effects and different depth of filed animations. Following we publish values regarding the performance preset of 3DMark 11.
Total
| PC Mark 07 Total |
Review Rating |
Percent | |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
5'336 | 100.00 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
5'328 | 99.85 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
5'322 | 99.74 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
5'320 | 99.70 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
5'318 | 99.66 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
5'318 | 99.66 % |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
5'257 | 98.52 % |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
5'251 | 98.41 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
5'241 | 98.21 % |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
5'240 | 98.20 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
5'235 | 98.11 % |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
5'223 | 97.88 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
5'209 | 97.62 % |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
5'208 | 97.60 % |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
5'201 | 97.47 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
5'076 | 95.13 % |
| more is better | |||
| Video playback and transcoding / Video playback |
Review Rating |
fps | Percent |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
23.16 | 100.13 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
23.14 | 100.04 % |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
23.13 | 100.00 % |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
23.13 | 100.00 % |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
23.12 | 99.57 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
23.12 | 99.57 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
23.11 | 99.91 % |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
23.11 | 99.91 % |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
23.11 | 99.91 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
23.11 | 99.91 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
23.10 | 99.87 % |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
23.10 | 99.87 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
23.10 | 99.87 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
23.10 | 99.87 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
23.10 | 99.87 % |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
23.10 | 99.87 % |
| more is better | |||
| Graphics - DirectX 9 / Graphics - DirectX 9 |
Review Rating |
fps | Percent |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
90.71 | 101.45 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
90.50 | 101.22 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
90.39 | 101.10 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
90.32 | 101.02 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
90.17 | 100.85 % |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
90.15 | 100.83 % |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
90.11 | 100.78 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
90.09 | 100.76 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
90.01 | 100.67 % |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
89.93 | 100.58 % |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
89.59 | 100.20 % |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
89.41 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
89.30 | 99.88 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
88.77 | 99.28 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
88.43 | 98.90 % |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
88.29 | 98.75 % |
| more is better | |||
| Image manipulation / Image manipulation |
Review Rating |
Mpx/s | Percent |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
11.88 | 100.93 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
11.87 | 100.85 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
11.83 | 100.51 % |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
11.83 | 100.51 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
11.83 | 100.51 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
11.81 | 100.34 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
11.80 | 100.25 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
11.79 | 100.17 % |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
11.78 | 100.08 % |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
11.78 | 100.08 % |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
11.77 | 100.00 % |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
11.77 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
11.76 | 99.92 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
11.76 | 99.92 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
11.74 | 99.75 % |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
11.72 | 99.58 % |
| more is better | |||
| Web browsing and decrypting / Web browsing |
Review Rating |
Pages/s | Percent |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
18.19 | 100.94 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
18.13 | 100.61 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
18.07 | 100.28 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
18.04 | 100.11 % |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
18.03 | 100.06 % |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
18.02 | 100.00 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
17.99 | 99.83 % |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
17.95 | 99.61 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
17.93 | 99.50 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
17.92 | 99.45 % |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
17.91 | 99.39 % |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
17.83 | 98.95 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
17.74 | 98.45 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
17.39 | 96.50 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
16.44 | 91.23 % |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
17.60 | 97.67 % |
| more is better | |||
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SiSoft Sandra 1
SiSoft Sandra is a theoretical multi purpose benchmark suite which is able to show differences in CPU architectures. We split the tests with SiSoft Sandra into two parts. Therefore on this page you'll find Arithmetic-, Multimedia- and Cryptograph99y-benchmarks.
Arithmetic Benchmark
| SiSoft Sandra - Arithmetic Benchmark - Dhrystone |
Review Rating |
GIPS | Percent |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
116.00 | 101.05 % |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
116.00 | 101.05 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
115.77 | 100.85 % |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
115.61 | 100.71 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
115.58 | 100.69 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
115.50 | 100.62 % |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
115.42 | 100.55 % |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
115.32 | 100.46 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
115.30 | 100.44 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
115.26 | 100.41 % |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
115.24 | 100.39 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
115.22 | 100.37 % |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
115.00 | 100.18 % |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
114.79 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
114.63 | 99.86 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
114.37 | 99.63 % |
| more is better | |||
| SiSoft Sandra - Arithmetic Benchmark - Whetstone |
Review Rating |
GFLOPS | Percent |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
88.89 | 100.49 % |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
88.82 | 100.41 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
88.78 | 100.36 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
88.62 | 100.18 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
88.52 | 100.07 % |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
88.50 | 100.05 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
88.47 | 100.01 % |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
88.46 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
88.44 | 99.97 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
88.22 | 99.73 % |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
88.22 | 99.73 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
88.18 | 99.68 % |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
88.00 | 99.48 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
88.00 | 99.48 % |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
87.82 | 99.28 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
87.80 | 99.25 % |
| more is better | |||
Multimedia
| SiSoft Sandra - Multimedia - Integer |
Review Rating |
MPixels/sec | Percent |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
212.26 | 100.91 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
212.24 | 100.90 % |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
212.09 | 100.83 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
212.00 | 100.78 % |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
211.62 | 100.60 % |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
211.39 | 100.49 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
211.29 | 100.45 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
211.27 | 100.44 % |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
211.13 | 100.37 % |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
211.00 | 100.31 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
210.88 | 100.25 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
210.74 | 100.19 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
210.63 | 100.13 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
210.51 | 100.07 % |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
210.38 | 100.01 % |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
210.35 | 100.00 % |
| more is better | |||
| SiSoft Sandra - Multimedia - Floating Point |
Review Rating |
MPixels/sec | Percent |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
297.67 | 100.95 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
297.63 | 100.94 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
297.10 | 100.76 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
297.10 | 100.76 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
296.85 | 100.67 % |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
296.59 | 100.58 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
296.14 | 100.43 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
296.00 | 100.38 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
295.88 | 100.34 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
295.74 | 100.29 % |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
295.50 | 100.21 % |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
295.48 | 100.21 % |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
295.23 | 100.12 % |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
294.90 | 100.01 % |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
294.87 | 100.00 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
294.79 | 99.97 % |
| more is better | |||
Crytography
| SiSoft Sandra - Crytography - AES 256 |
Review Rating |
GB/sec | Percent |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
7.14 | 102.00 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
7.12 | 101.71 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
7.11 | 101.57 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
7.11 | 101.57 % |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
7.09 | 101.29 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
7.08 | 101.14 % |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
7.07 | 101.00 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
7.00 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
7.00 | 100.00 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
7.00 | 100.00 % |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
7.00 | 100.00 % |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
7.00 | 100.00 % |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
7.00 | 100.00 % |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
7.00 | 100.00 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
7.00 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
6.20 | 88.57 % |
| more is better | |||
| SiSoft Sandra - Crytography - SHA 256 |
Review Rating |
MB/sec | Percent |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
1.21 | 100.83 % |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
1.21 | 100.83 % |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
1.21 | 100.83 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
1.20 | 100.00 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
1.20 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
1.20 | 100.00 % |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
1.20 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
1.20 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
1.20 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
1.20 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
1.20 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
1.20 | 100.00 % |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
1.20 | 100.00 % |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
1.20 | 100.00 % |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
1.20 | 100.00 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
1.20 | 100.00 % |
| more is better | |||
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SiSoft Sandra 2
At this point we deliver the values regarding Memory Bandwidth, Memory Latency as well as Memory and Cache Access.
Memory bandwidth
| SiSoft Sandra - Memory bandwidth - Integer |
Review Rating |
GB/sec | Percent |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
22.07 | 101.01 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
22.02 | 100.78 % |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
22.00 | 100.69 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
22.00 | 100.69 % |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
22.00 | 100.69 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
22.00 | 100.69 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
21.92 | 100.32 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
21.87 | 100.09 % |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
21.85 | 100.00 % |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
21.83 | 99.91 % |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
21.82 | 99.86 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
21.81 | 99.82 % |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
21.78 | 99.68 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
21.76 | 99.59 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
21.75 | 99.54 % |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
19.20 | 87.87 % |
| more is better | |||
| SiSoft Sandra - Memory bandwidth - floating point |
Review Rating |
GB/sec | Percent |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
22.01 | 100.78 % |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
22.00 | 100.73 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
22.00 | 100.73 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
22.00 | 100.73 % |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
22.00 | 100.73 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
22.00 | 100.73 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
21.92 | 100.37 % |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
21.90 | 100.27 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
21.87 | 100.14 % |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
21.84 | 100.00 % |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
21.83 | 99.95 % |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
21.82 | 99.91 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
21.81 | 99.86 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
21.79 | 99.77 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
21.73 | 99.54 % |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
19.20 | 87.91 % |
| more is better | |||
Memory latency
| SiSoft Sandra - Memory latency |
Review Rating |
ns | Percent |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
21.2 | 100.94 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
21.3 | 100.47 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
21.3 | 100.47 % |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
21.4 | 100.00 % |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
21.4 | 100.00 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
21.5 | 99.53 % |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
21.5 | 99.53 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
22.3 | 95.96 % |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
23.1 | 92.64 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
23.1 | 92.64 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
23.9 | 89.54 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
23.9 | 89.54 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
23.9 | 89.54 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
23.9 | 89.54 % |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
25.6 | 83.59 % |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
26.0 | 82.31 % |
| less is better | more is better | ||
Memory and cache access
| SiSoft Sandra - Memory and cache access |
Review Rating |
GB/sec | Percent |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
120.49 | 101.01 % |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
120.31 | 100.86 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
120.15 | 100.73 % |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
119.99 | 100.60 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
119.88 | 100.50 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
119.68 | 100.34 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
119.65 | 100.31 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
119.56 | 100.23 % |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
119.39 | 100.09 % |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
119.33 | 100.04 % |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
119.28 | 100.00 % |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
119.24 | 99.97 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
119.19 | 99.92 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
118.89 | 99.67 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
118.52 | 99.36 % |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
114.40 | 95.91 % |
| more is better | |||
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UC Bench
| UC Bench |
Review Rating |
PW/sec | Percent |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
889.9 | 100.74 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
889.7 | 100.71 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
889.8 | 100.72 % |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
889.6 | 100.70 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
889.2 | 100.66 % |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
889.1 | 100.65 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
888.4 | 100.56 % |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
887.9 | 100.51 % |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
885.0 | 100.18 % |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
885.0 | 100.18 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
884.8 | 100.16 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
884.8 | 100.16 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
884.8 | 100.16 % |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
883.4 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
882.6 | 99.91 % |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
882.5 | 99.90 % |
| more is better | |||
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Super Pi 1M - 32M
Meanwhile Super Pi even in its latest version has become pretty old. Never the less it is able to show scaling to the clock speed nicely.
Super Pi 1M
| Super Pi 1.5 XS - 1M |
Review Rating |
sec | Percent |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
10.311 | 100.92 % |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
10.327 | 100.76 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
10.327 | 100.76 % |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
10.329 | 100.75 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
10.359 | 100.45 % |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
10.374 | 100.31 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
10.374 | 100.31 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
10.374 | 100.31 % |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
10.374 | 100.31 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
10.390 | 100.15 % |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
10.390 | 100.15 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
10.405 | 100.01 % |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
10.406 | 100.00 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
10.406 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
10.420 | 99.87 % |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
10.467 | 99.42 % |
| less is better | more is better | ||
Super Pi 32M
| Super Pi 1.5 XS - 32M |
Review Rating |
sec | Percent |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
558.528 | 101.07 % |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
558.887 | 101.00 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
559.714 | 100.86 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
559.853 | 100.83 % |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
560.384 | 100.74 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
560.868 | 100.65 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
560.961 | 100.63 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
561.071 | 100.51 % |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
562.257 | 100.40 % |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
562.771 | 100.31 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
562.959 | 100.27 % |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
564.503 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
564.643 | 99.98 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
564.648 | 99.97 % |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
566.187 | 99.70 % |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
571.429 | 98.79 % |
| less is better | more is better | ||
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wPrime 1024M Multicore
wPrime is based on a multithreaded algorithm to calculate the square root to up to 32 billion digits. Therefore it is possible to put 100 percent load on every core or thread and to see differences between architectures.| wPrime - 1024M Multi Core |
Review Rating |
sec | Percent |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
210.026 | 100.78 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
210.066 | 100.76 % |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
210.100 | 100.74 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
210.212 | 100.69 % |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
210.243 | 100.67 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
210.334 | 100.63 % |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
210.690 | 100.46 % |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
211.134 | 100.25 % |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
211.162 | 100.24 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
211.176 | 100.23 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
211.225 | 100.20 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
211.394 | 100.13 % |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
211.659 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
211.992 | 99.84 % |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
212.099 | 99.79 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
214.123 | 98.85 % |
| less is better | more is better | ||
Discuss this article in the forums
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Games
Crysis 800 x 600, low details
Crysis is still one of the games which has very high system requirements. Therefore developer Crytek implemented Direct3D-10-API, High-Dynamic-Range-Rendering, Parallax Occlusion Mapping, Soft Shadows, Motion Blur, Depth of Field as well as Soft Particles. We test Crysis by using DirectX9 to show CPU-sacaling especially which low resolutions. If we look at the high resolutions we are able to spot that the CPUs influence compared to the graphic card becomes much less important.
| Crysis DirectX10 (800 x 600 low details) |
Review Rating |
fps | Percent |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
179.14 | 107.71 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
174.05 | 104.65 % |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
173.23 | 104.15 % |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
168.11 | 101.08 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
167.32 | 100.60 % |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
167.05 | 100.44 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
166.495 | 100.10 % |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
166.32 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
165.97 | 99.79 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
165.66 | 99.60 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
165.00 | 99.21 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
163.91 | 98.55 % |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
162.97 | 97.99 % |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
162.32 | 97.59 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
162.20 | 97.52 % |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
160.72 | 96.63 % |
| more is better | |||
Resident Evil 800 x 600, low details
Resident Evil uses nearly every modern rendering technology: HDR, Hemisphere Lighting, Soft Shadows, Soft Particles, Field- und Motion-Blur oder auch Alpha to Coverage and static Ambient Occlusion. Furthermore Resident Evil 5 has been optimized for multicore architectures and already comes DirectX11 ready. By using the DirectX9 benchmark we can again show CPU-scaling with low resolutions and the compared to the CPU overproportional influence of the graphics card at high resolutions.
| Resident Evil DirectX10 (800 x 600 low details) |
Review Rating |
fps | Percent |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
221.4 | 100.00 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
219.5 | 99.14 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
218.7 | 98.78 % |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
218.5 | 98.69 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
217.7 | 98.33 % |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
215.7 | 97.43 % |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
215.7 | 97.43 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
215.7 | 97.43 % |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
213.2 | 96.30 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
212.6 | 96.03 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
211.9 | 95.71 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
211.6 | 95.57 % |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
207.7 | 93.81 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
207.3 | 93.63 % |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
207.2 | 93.59 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
201.5 | 91.01 % |
| more is better | |||
Street Fighter 4 800 x 600, low details
Street Fighter 4 comes with an extra benchmark version which makes testing you system childrens play. At low resolutions the system requirements are pretty low and we can see CPU-scaling in the results. At high resolution the graphic card becomes more important and the CPUs clock speed has less influence on the fps.
| Street Fighter 4 (800 x 600 low details) |
Review Rating |
fps | Percent |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
832.85 | 106.43 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
810.15 | 103.53 % |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
808.12 | 103.27 % |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
806.81 | 103.11 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
803.92 | 102.74 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
802.43 | 102.55 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
802.37 | 102.54 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
801.05 | 102.37 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
797.67 | 101.94 % |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
795.52 | 101.66 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
789.76 | 100.93 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
783.26 | 100.10 % |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
782.50 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
780.81 | 99.78 % |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
780.76 | 99.78 % |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
766.45 | 97.95 % |
| more is better | |||
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Power Consumption
Idle
| Idle |
Review Rating |
Watt | Percent |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
84 | 123.81 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
90 | 115.56 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
93 | 111.83 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
94 | 110.64 % |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
96 | 108.33 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
98 | 106.12 % |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
98 | 106.12 % |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
100 | 104.00 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
101 | 102.97 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
102 | 101.96 % |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
104 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
108 | 96.30 % |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
110 | 94.55 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
114 | 91.23 % |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
118 | 88.14 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
121 | 85.95 % |
| less is better | more is better | ||
Load
| Load |
Review Rating |
Watt | Percent |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
136 | 108.82 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
137 | 108.03 % |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
138 | 107.25 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
138 | 107.25 % |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
142 | 104.23 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
144 | 102.78 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
145 | 102.07 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
146 | 101.37 % |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
147 | 100.68 % |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
148 | 100.00 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
149 | 99.33 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
150 | 98.67 % |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
151 | 98.01 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
155 | 95.48 % |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
163 | 90.80 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
164 | 90.24 % |
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Performance Rating
| 3D and Gaming Benchmarks |
Review Rating |
Percent |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
101.10 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
100.82 % |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
100.40 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
100.28 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
100.21 % |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
100.21 % |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
100.15 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
100.14 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
100.13 % |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
100.00 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
99.97 % |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
99.65 % |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
99.27 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
99.19 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
98.97 % |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
98.97 % |
| more is better | ||
| 2D Benchmarks |
Review Rating |
Percent |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
100.47 % |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
100.40 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
100.10 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
100.01 % |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
100.04 % |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
100.00 % |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
99.98 % |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
99.92 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
99.84 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
99.82 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
99.78 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
99.58 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
99.41 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
99.26 % |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
99.21 % |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
96.73 % |
| more is better | ||
| Performance per Watt |
Review Rating |
Percent |
| ASUS P8H77-I |
No Review |
84.13 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe |
No Review |
89.75 % |
| ASUS P8H77-M LE/SI |
No Review |
91.08 % |
| ASRock Z77 Extreme6 |
No Review |
92.07 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V |
No Review |
93.56 % |
| Biostar TZ77XE4 TOverclocker |
No Review |
94.88 % |
| Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H |
No Review |
96.35 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Extreme |
No Review |
97.49 % |
| ASUS Maximus V Gene |
No Review |
97.79 % |
| ASUS Sabertooth Z77 |
No Review |
97.84 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe |
No Review |
98.84 % |
| Intel DZ77GA-70K |
No Review |
100.00 % |
| Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H |
No Review |
104.06 % |
| Gigabyte Z77 G1.Sniper 3 |
No Review |
107.16 % |
| ASUS P8Z77-V Premium |
No Review |
112.60 % |
| ASUS P8Z77 WS |
No Review |
112.77 % |
| less is better | ||
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Conclusion
| Allgemein | + | - | |
| The first impression the Maximus V Extreme from ASUS leaves, makes us want more. Once again we like the ROG design, which meanwhile belongs to the evergreens in the industry. Furthermore there are four PCI Express 3.0 slots which make this board future proof. On the "Extreme" side we find for example the OC-key. This little device lets you monitor all the system readouts onscreen. What you're also going to find are connectors for professional temperature sensors, which allow accurate temperature monitoring. This is especially useful for extreme overclocking where you have tempetures which go all the way down to -196°C or even lower. | -
Design - 4 x PCI-Express 3.0 Slot - OC-key - Professional temperature sensors - VGA Hotwire |
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| Layout | + | - | |
|
Basically the ASUS Maximus V Extreme'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. Even the placement of the PCI-Express x16 is very well chosen. There is a total of five of these slots, whereas red ones can access eight lanes each when there are graphics cards in every slot. This is possible because of a PLX bridge chip that splits the incoming 16 lanes to 32 lanes. We also liked the voltage readouts as well as the possibility that one can deactivate the different PCI-Express x16 expansion slots via dip switches. The Maximus V Extreme really seems to be a very complete overclocking motherboard. |
- Angled SATA connectors
- Power/Reset-Button onboard - Debug display - Space around the CPU socket - Voltage readouts |
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| Performance | + | - | |
| With the Maximus V Extreme, ASUS has a motherboard in its portfolio, which shows exceptionally solid benchmark results. The performance was very good concerning 3DMark 11, 3DMark 01, SiSoftSandra, SuperPi 1M, SuperPi 32M and wPrime 1024M. You can find only one performance glitches with Resident Evil. A closer look at the power consumption on the other hand shows that this is a board with a lot of features. High power consumption is typical for this kind of motherboard. Therefore it is no surprise that you can find this board almost at the bottom third of our comparison tables when it comes to power consumption. | - 3DMark 11 Total - 3DMark 01 - SiSoft Sandra - SuperPi 1M - SuperPi 32M - wPrime 1024M |
- Resident Evil | |
| BIOS / Overclocking | + | - | |
| These day ASUS is also a byword for exceptionally good BIOS'es. It has everything it needs to have and even more. There is a very nice design, an easy to understand structure and setting for everything you might want to adjust or change. Even overclockers find a lot of new settings to play with. There are for example all the memory presets, which are great if you want to achieve good results quickly. In the end it has been childrens play to reach the clock wall of our test CPU. | - Well structured BIOS
- UEFI-BIOS - Overclocking - Too many options/settings, we love that! |
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| Recommendation | + | - | |
| If you want to build an absolute high end comptuer or an overclocking rig, which is based on Intels Ivy Bridge CPU then the Maximus V Extreme is one of the very best choices for this purpose. | - High-End - Gaming - Overclocking |
- Normal people | |
| Rating | |||
| We give the Maximus V Extreme excellent five out of five stars. | |||
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Personal Opinion
In our reviews we try to focus on facts, based on which a customer can come to a conclusion himself whether he thinks a certain product is suitable for him or not. Our experience is, that with reviews like this we run into the situation of not seeing discussions at all. It is quite understandable because there is not much to talk about except facts, but that's kind of boring. So what to do about this? We decided to add a page dedicated to the editors personal opinion about the product. For example: sometimes it is the case that based on the facts the product is good, but there are some rather difficult to explain things which make a product "strange" or on the other hand "exciting". So be prepared for some more words on this page and as I'm not a native English speaker, some really weird phrases 
These days ASUS offers some of the very best boards across all market segments. It is almost unbelievable how this company dominates the motherboard market at the moment. With the Maximus V Extreme they almost celebrate their domination. More features, more performance, ... I could start make another list of facts here, but that's not what I want to write about here. Instead I mention only one thing. One could think that the "outta space and not on this planet overclockers" who design these products only think about the fun factor for people with purses fatter than any huge sandwhich
but no. For example the 3.3 Volt Generator is actually a very neat idea for people who own a power supply that struggles to power let's say a 2 way SLI/CF system. In such a situation it is well possible that the 3.3 Volt rail of this guys power supply doesn't have enough grunt to keep the system alive under load conditions. What ASUS does here is, they take the voltage from the much stronger 12 Volt rail and modulate it onboard to get a stable 3.3 Volt supply only for the PCI Express slots. Neat, isn't it?
And holy cow ... thank god there is a company that doesn't catch up with every marketing hype like weapon coolers or offending marketing campaigns. It seems like they have better ideas about what to do with their research and development money then that. For example they hire two of this planets most reknown - I don't know if legendary would be more appropriate here - overclockers called Andre Yang and Shamino. It is thanks to guys like them that todays BIOS'es an boards offer so many settings and features. Sometimes, when I see presets for every single DRAM chip, I really start asking myself whether Asia is on another planet than Europe. I mean testing and optimizing all those timings really takes a lot of time. And then there are settings in the BIOS like "Xtreme Tweaking"
and "SPI Booster", which I'd call an adequate kick in the butt for 3DMark 01 and SuperPi.
I don't know if it's because this is the first time I'm doing this kind of writing about a product but it feels like I could keep going on for ages. But let's finish it here with kind of a closing remark. From the unboxing to the standard benchmarks to the overclocking the Maximus V Extreme (MVE) has been able to convince me. It isn't a board that just does the job when you take it out of the box it excels almost everywhere. In the end there are only two questions left: what does this thing cost and when can I buy it?