Biostar TZ77XE4 (Z77) Motherboard Review
Andy Ruffell / 12 years ago
3DMark 11
3DMark 11 is the latest offering from Futuremark, taking full advantage of DirectX 11 by utilising tessellation features and volumetric lighting. It takes your graphics and CPU hardware to the edge to simulate the most extreme conditions whilst working as a stand point to compare results with other users online.
Taking a look at gaming performance and 3DMark 11, we can see that the stock performance is almost identical to other boards from different vendors. When overclocked, the performance shot forward slightly, but still fell behind the Maximus V Gene, which was running at stock.
Metro 2033
Metro 2033 is a first-person shooter game based in the Russian metro system. Metro 2033 is very similar to the much loved game STALKER as it is developed by the same programmers. The game utilises DirectX 11 and relies heavily on tessellation features and is considered to be one of the most graphics intense games on the market.
Metro 2033 gave some surprising results, as the overclock saw an increase of up to 2FPS over stock figures. Generally the same chip on multiple boards with the same chipset, tend to see no difference with this benchmark.
