Performance

Now it is time to check the performance in two different operational modes – in nominal mode and during overclocking. First of all we would like to check out the mainboards in nominal mode, when both solutions set the most optimal system parameters on their own without any help from the user. Due to Intel Turbo Boost technology the clock frequency multiplier of our Intel Core i7-860 processor could increase to 26x. Our today’s hero is going to compete against previously reviewed Biostar TPower I55, ASRock P55 Deluxe, Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 and Asus P7P55D Deluxe. On the results charts the mainboards are sorted out from the best to the worst. Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3R results are marked in darker color for your convenience.

First we would like to compare the performance of Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 and Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3R. You can easily notice that the boards often split the second and third prize and there is a very logical explanation for that. As we have already said, GA-P55-UD6 and GA-P55-UD3R mainboards have almost identical BIOS functionality that is why their system parameters are the same, up to the secondary memory timings. Both mainboards increase the base clock to 136 MHz in nominal mode that is why they outperform Asus and Biostar solutions, but fall behind ASRock, which pushes the base clock even higher.