Synthetic, Continued
Performance Analysis
We counted the total number of winning scores each board achieved to compile an easy reference chart. "Totals wins" includes applications, games, and synthetics.
MSI is the clear performance leader, also scoring the highest number of game wins, followed by a surprisingly good showing from Biostar. Equally surprising is that the two most expensive boards - the Asus P5B Deluxe WiFi-AP and Gigabyte GA-965P-QD6 - took no game wins, though Asus won the greatest number of applications.
3D Studio Max 8 was the one application where all boards performed identically. Had we not included it, the low-cost Foxconn P9657AA-8KS2H would have scored nothing, and the high-priced Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 would have lead in just one synthetic benchmark. This could have broad implications for Gigabyte, since its lower-priced DS3 turned out to be the company's better performer. We really must emphasize, however, that performance differences between all of the candidates and across all tests were minimal.
