Asus Rampage II Gene Review

Written by Richard Swinburne

July 31, 2009 | 12:58

Tags: #2 #analysis #atx #factor #form #gamers #gene #ii #lga1366 #micro #mini #motherboard #nehalem #performance #rampage #republic #result #sff #sli #small #testing #tiny #x58

Companies: #asus #intel

Lavalys Everest 5.0.1667 Memory Performance

Website: Lavalys

Everest Memory Performance Test

  • Foxconn Blood Rage
  • Gigabyte GA-EX58-DS4
  • Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R
  • MSI X58 Pro
  • Foxconn Renaissance
  • Asus P6T Deluxe
  • MSI Eclipse SLI
  • Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P
  • Asus Rampage II Gene
    • 14282
    • 12111
    • 14339
    • 12737
    • 9732
    • 13795
    • 12652
    • 9598
    • 14020
    • 12642
    • 9651
    • 13796
    • 12558
    • 9594
    • 14311
    • 12388
    • 9630
    • 14075
    • 12159
    • 9637
    • 13771
    • 12113
    • 9620
    • 13467
    • 12011
    • 9542
    • 12765
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7500
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12500
15000
MB/s (higher is better)
  • Read (MB/s)
  • Write (MB/s)
  • Copy (MB/s)

Everest Memory Latency Test

  • Asus P6T Deluxe
  • Gigabyte GA-EX58-DS4
  • Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R
  • MSI Eclipse SLI
  • Foxconn Blood Rage
  • MSI X58 Pro
  • Foxconn Renaissance
  • Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P
  • Asus Rampage II Gene
  • 36.9
  • 37.9
  • 38.0
  • 38.1
  • 38.1
  • 38.2
  • 38.5
  • 38.7
  • 39.9
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20
30
40
Nanoseconds (lower is better)

The stock memory performance is low mostly because we couldn't tune the memory to 5-5-5- or 6-5-5- timings - instead the board would only accept 6-6-6-15-1T at 1,066MHz. All the other boards tested come out faster than the Asus on all accounts: read, write and copy, and are also a nanosecond or so lower latency too.

SiSoftware Sandra Lite 2009 SP3 Home Professional

Website: Sisoftware

Sisoft Sandra Unbuffered Memory Test

  • Asus P6T Deluxe
  • Gigabyte GA-EX58-DS4
  • MSI Eclipse SLI
  • Foxconn Blood Rage
  • Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P
  • Asus Rampage II Gene
  • MSI X58 Pro
  • Foxconn Renaissance
  • Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R
  • 20180.3
  • 20037.8
  • 19918.2
  • 19896.5
  • 19845.0
  • 19839.0
  • 19824.6
  • 19374.1
  • 19169.3
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10000
15000
20000
MB/s (higher is better)

Sisoft Sandra Random Memory Latency Test

  • Asus P6T Deluxe
  • MSI X58 Pro
  • Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P
  • Foxconn Renaissance
  • Foxconn Blood Rage
  • Gigabyte GA-EX58-DS4
  • MSI Eclipse SLI
  • Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R
  • Asus Rampage II Gene
  • 72
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 74
  • 74
  • 74
  • 74
  • 75
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Nanoseconds (lower is better)

Sisoft Sandra with its multithreaded test is a little more forgiving as it puts the Asus mid-table, however its latency performance is still off.
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