Networking Performance
LAN Speed Test Lite
Ethernet speeds have now reached a limit to the external hardware such as the router and cable rather than the port or LAN chip. Comparing the results below, it shows that the Intel I219V performs very well and consistently across all of the motherboards.
Passmark Performance Test 8 – Ethernet
A slightly poorer result here, but still within the margin of error for the LAN chip itself, only a few Mbps behind the ASUS Z170 M8H.
Passmark Performance Test 8 – CPU Work Load
Generally the Intel LAN options are more efficient than the Killer version, however, the I219V sees a rise in CPU usage which possibly points towards Intel sacrificing this to get a higher throughput.
Eh? ‘Overclockers Dream’ award but you said, “The BIOS features are so extensive that trying to overclock the CPU was an absolute nightmare. The BIOS needs a lot more work to become user-friendly on a mass scale”. Doesn’t make sense to me…
However the performance was surprisingly very good! Perhaps a ‘Performance’ award of some kind would have been better suited.
I bought it. It takes 12 seconds to load the bios logo and 28 seconds in total to show the windows 10 login. Performance?!