Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3P Review (Page 7 of 12)

Page 7 - Benchmark: PCMark Vantage

About PCMark Vantage

PCMark Vantage is a PC benchmark suite designed for Windows Vista offering one-click simplicity for casual users and detailed, professional grade testing for industry, press and enthusiasts.

A PCMark score is a measure of your computer’s performance across a variety of common tasks such as viewing and editing photos, video, music and other media, gaming, communications, productivity and security. From desktops and laptops to workstations and gaming rigs, by comparing your PCMark Vantage score with other similar systems you can find the hardware and software bottlenecks that stop you getting more from your PC.

PCMark Consumer Scenarios
- Digital Memories 1 & 2
- TV and Movies 1 & 2
- Gaming 1 & 2
- Music 1 & 2
- Communication 1 & 2
- Productivity 1 & 2

From: Developer's Page







The next two pages put programs from Futuremark into focus. The company produces some of the most popular benchmarks in the world of computing. PCMark Vantage, in particular, provides a very thorough and accurate examination of the entire system, which makes it an overall great benchmarking tool to run. In our results above, we can see that the Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P produces scores quite similar to the other three motherboards, which is to be expected.


Page Index
1. Introduction, Features, and Specifications
2. Bundle, Chipset, BIOS
3. A Closer Look, Board Layout, Test System
4. Benchmark: AIDA64 CPU
5. Benchmark: AIDA64 FPU
6. Benchmark: AIDA64 Memory
7. Benchmark: PCMark Vantage
8. Benchmark: 3DMark 11
9. Benchmark: PassMark PerformanceTest 7.0
10. Benchmark: SuperPI 1M, Cinebench R11.5
11. Onboard Sound (RMAA 6.2.3) Analyzation
12. Overclocking and Conclusion