Performance

Now time has come to check out the performance in two different operational modes. First of all we would like to see the boards’ results in nominal mode, when the boards set the most optimal parameters on their own, without any help from the user. We used dynamic Turbo Boost implementation for our Intel Core i7-860 processor, which meant that its clock frequency multiplier could increase to 26x. As we have already mentioned, ASRock P55 Deluxe worked in Auto mode instead of the Optimized one.

The second comparison deals with the performance during maximum possible CPU overclocking. Here we used static Turbo Boost, as the highest performing one. The maximum CPU clock frequency multiplier was 22x. Our today’s hero will compete against two previously reviewed mainboards: Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 and Asus P7P55D Deluxe.

This time the comparison results matched our expectations. In the nominal mode ASRock P55 Deluxe mainboard outperforms its competitors in most cases, as it increases the frequencies even more than Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6, not to mention Asus P7P55D Deluxe, which is the only honest one working at the true nominal frequencies. Things change during overclocking: ASRock falls behind, because it hasn’t overclocked the CPU to the same frequencies as its opponents.