ASUS Maximus V Formula Z77 ROG Review
by Ian Cutress on March 25, 2013 2:30 PM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
- Asus
- ROG
- Z77
Metro2033
Metro2033 is a DX11 benchmark that challenges every system that tries to run it at any high-end settings. Developed by 4A Games and released in March 2010, we use the inbuilt DirectX 11 Frontline benchmark to test the hardware at 2560x1440 with full graphical settings. Results are given as the average frame rate from 4 runs.
Dirt 3
Dirt 3 is a rallying video game and the third in the Dirt series of the Colin McRae Rally series, developed and published by Codemasters. Using the in game benchmark, Dirt 3 is run at 2560x1440 with Ultra graphical settings. Results are reported as the average frame rate across four runs.
Gaming Conclusion
The MVF does not take top spot in any of our gaming benchmarks, consistently performing between near-top and the middle, however always within statistical variation of those top FPS results. In Dirt3 using three 7970s, the difference between the Gigabyte Z77X-UP7 and MVF/MPower is down to the PLX chip of the UP7, enabling PCIe 3.0 x16/x8/x8 compared to the PCIe 3.0 x8/x4/x4 of the MVF/MPower. The ASRock Z77 OC Formula performs worse in this test as the third card is powered by four PCIe lanes from the chipset rather than the CPU, which incur a significant delay, despite an x8/x8/x4 setup.
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DanNeely - Monday, March 25, 2013 - link
Are the 3/8" barbs on the waterblock fixed; or can they be unscrewed and replaced with 1/2" ones?noeldillabough - Monday, March 25, 2013 - link
I'm actually interested in this question too; can we unscrew them and put in G1/4" fittings?DarkStryke - Monday, March 25, 2013 - link
The're fixed, sadly.Razorbak86 - Monday, March 25, 2013 - link
I have an MVF board with two rads and 3/8"x5/8" tubing throughout in a mid-tower case (Corsair Obsidian 650D). The 3/8" tubing was easy to route, looks stunning in blood red color, and performs exceptionally well in my system.Although it would have been nice to have G1/4" connections instead of barbs, once the tubing is installed, the barbs are barely noticeable, because they are hidden after installation of the tubing. Furthermore, there is very little real-world performance difference (from a thermal efficiency perspective) between 3/8" and 1/2" lines in a water cooling setup. Fractions of a degree, actually. Even with G1/4" connections, I would have still chosen 3/8" tubing throughout my system, simply for the ease of routing in my mid-tower case.
DanNeely - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - link
Yeah. I bought in for 3/8" 5/8" tubing for ease of routing; but lots of people either decided bigger was better or that the last 0.1C was worth chasing and mixed size tubing looks ugly.noeldillabough - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - link
I agree the smaller tubing is so very close but I got the larger tubing because it looks badass.EnzoFX - Monday, March 25, 2013 - link
I hate how we've devolved in the number of USB Ports. Moreso when there's wasted I/O space. Let alone when it's filled with legacy connections.DanNeely - Monday, March 25, 2013 - link
What exactly on this one are you blaming as a legacy connector? Unless you're complaining that most PC audio is still done via discrete analog hookups instead of via digital connections, or by turning our monitors into TVs I'm not sure what you're complaining about. If that is what you're complaining about, requiring everyone to either buy a tv receiver to break the audio out of their HDMI or to convince monitor makers (that won't spend an extra dollar for a DP input) to add 5.1 audio out to their monitors is delusional.Until Intel/Amd either put a lot more USB3 into their chipsets or add several extra PCIe lanes to the south bridge mixed USB2/3 is going to be here to stay because you can't get 10 or 12 USB3 ports in without giving something else up?
EnzoFX - Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - link
Did I say this particular board had legacy connections? No. My gripe is with few usb ports, a simple to grasp concept. You're average intel board has 6-8 usb ports, this was when Sandy Bridge came along I believe, and then we had DVI/VGA ports on there too, when there's already HDMI on board, or when an adapter could be used. With P55 we had 10USB ports on your most common average/budget board, and that's just on the back. This oh so premium board only has 8.Moricon - Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - link
The bard has 14 USB Ports 2/3, who needs 14 on the back, I want as many coming to the front as possible.