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CINEBENCH R15ҐMULTI҃THREADEDґ

(Higher is Be‚er)

The Gigabyte motherboard turned out the strongest

performance here in Cinebench’s multi-threaded

benchmark, which stresses all the CPU’s threads to render

a photorealistic scene. The ASUS and MSI boards were only

slightly behind, but the ASRock didn’t fare too well with

a score that was noticeably lower than its competitors.

However, the latter is actually only a mere 1.4 per cent lower

than the Gigabyte, so the gap probably isn’t as signiȴ cant as

it seems.

OVERCLOCKINGҐCINEBENCHґ

(Higher is Be‚er)

Overclocking performance was relatively consistent

across the board, but it was ultimately the ASUS and MSI

boards that managed to squeeze out a marginally higher

overclock – 5.063GHz versus 5.04GHz – with BCLK set

at 112.5, CPU clock ratio at 45, and CPU Vcore at 1.38V.

In comparison, the other two boards would only run

Cinebench with a BCLK value of 112.

ASHES OF THE SINGULARITY

ҐDX12, HIGH, 1080Pґ

(FPS, Higher is Be‚er)

Running Ashes of the Singularity at High settings and a

1080p resolution creates a CPU-limiting scenario, and

the ASUS ROG Maximus IX Formula was the one that

took the lead here. The ASRock and Gigabyte board

lagged slightly behind here, and it may be that all the

additional components, particularly the PEX 8747

switcher, are translating into a small performance

penalty.

ASUS ROG Maximus IX Formula

92.5

88.4

91.8

89.3

ASRock Z270 Supercarrier

Gigabyte Aorus Z270X Gaming 9

MSI Z270 XPower Gaming Titanium

ASUS ROG Maximus IX Formula

1100

1090

1101

1076

ASRock Z270 Supercarrier

Gigabyte Aorus Z270X Gaming 9

MSI Z270 XPower Gaming Titanium

ASUS ROG Maximus IX Formula

974

980

973

966

ASRock Z270 Supercarrier

Gigabyte Aorus Z270X Gaming 9

MSI Z270 XPower Gaming Titanium

Te s t S e t u p

This is the test configuration for our Intel Z270

motherboard shootout:

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