Review: ASUS Rampage II GENE: microATX mobo for Intel Core i7 chips

by Tarinder Sandhu on 13 May 2009, 08:49 3.8

Tags: Rampage II GENE, ASUSTeK (TPE:2357), Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), PC

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Memory tests and HEXUS.PiFast

Sisoft Sandra 2009 SP2 (15.72) - float buffered
Foxconn Renaissance X58ASUS Rampage II GENE X58 mATX
18.3519.03


Sciencemark 2 memory latency
Foxconn Renaissance X58ASUS Rampage II GENE X58 mATX
39.7538.35


HEXUS.PiFast - calculation to 10m places
Foxconn Renaissance X58ASUS Rampage II GENE X58 mATX
30.5229.18


Shackled by the slight memory-timings deficit that's imposed by the Foxconn board, the ASUS Rampage GENE II performs really well, putting out more bandwidth and, as a result, better performance in the single-threaded HEXUS.PiFast test.