Futuremark 3DMark Vantage 1.0.1	Source: FutureMark

3DMark06 is the worldwide standard in advanced 3D game performance benchmarking. A fundamental tool for every company in the PC industry as well as PC users and gamers, 3DMark06 uses advanced real-time 3D game workloads to measure PC performance using a suite of DirectX 9 3D graphics tests, CPU tests, and 3D feature tests. 3DMark06 tests include all new HDR/SM3.0 graphics tests, SM2.0 graphics tests, AI and physics driven single and multiple cores or processor CPU tests and a collection of comprehensive feature tests to reliably measure next generation gaming performance today.

Futuremark 3DMark Vantage 1.0.1 Performance Overall: (P) Points Ranking MSI X58 Platinum (X58 133/1066) 7782 MSI Eclipse Plus (X58 133/1066) 7744 Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD6 (P55 133/1333) 7523 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 (P55 133/1333) 7499 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5 (P55 133/1333) 6552 Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P (P55 133/1333) 7516 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3R (P55 133/1333) 7522 ASUS P7P55D Deluxe (P55 133/1333) 7545 ASUS P7P55D Premium (P55 133/1333) 7537 Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (790FX 200/1066) 7363 MSI 785GM-E65 (785G 200/1066) 7308 ASUS M4A785TD-V Evo (785G 200/1066) 7299 Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H (785G 200/1066) 7318 Gigabyte GA-MA785G-UD3H (785G 200/1066) 7280 CPU score: Points Ranking MSI X58 Platinum (X58 133/1066) 16399 MSI Eclipse Plus (X58 133/1066) 16579 Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD6 (P55 133/1333) 12287 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 (P55 133/1333) 12153 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5 (P55 133/1333) 12707 Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P (P55 133/1333) 12360 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3R (P55 133/1333) 12363 ASUS P7P55D Deluxe (P55 133/1333) 12475 ASUS P7P55D Premium (P55 133/1333) 12458 Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (790FX 200/1066) 11011 MSI 785GM-E65 (785G 200/1066) 10994 ASUS M4A785TD-V Evo (785G 200/1066) 10982 Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H (785G 200/1066) 11129 Gigabyte GA-MA785G-UD3H (785G 200/1066) 10881

3DMark Vantage is largely GPU bottlenecked, so you're not going to see a huge amount of difference in the overall scores here, and the CPU scores are flat inside each platform, as you'd expect.

Futuremark 3DMark06 1.0.2	Source: FutureMark

3DMark06 is the worldwide standard in advanced 3D game performance benchmarking. A fundamental tool for every company in the PC industry as well as PC users and gamers, 3DMark06 uses advanced real-time 3D game workloads to measure PC performance using a suite of DirectX 9 3D graphics tests, CPU tests, and 3D feature tests. 3DMark06 tests include all new HDR/SM3.0 graphics tests, SM2.0 graphics tests, AI and physics driven single and multiple cores or processor CPU tests and a collection of comprehensive feature tests t reliably measure next generation gaming performance today.

Futuremark 3DMark06 1.1.0 Overall: Points Ranking MSI X58 Platinum (X58 133/1066) 15134 MSI Eclipse Plus (X58 133/1066) 15127 Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD6 (P55 133/1333) 14880 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 (P55 133/1333) 14877 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5 (P55 133/1333) 15089 Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P (P55 133/1333) 14929 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3R (P55 133/1333) 14916 ASUS P7P55D Deluxe (P55 133/1333) 14942 ASUS P7P55D Premium (P55 133/1333) 14891 Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (790FX 200/1066) 15082 MSI 785GM-E65 (785G 200/1066) 14995 ASUS M4A785TD-V Evo (785G 200/1066) 14998 Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H (785G 200/1066) 14983 Gigabyte GA-MA785G-UD3H (785G 200/1066) 14964 CPU: Points Ranking MSI X58 Platinum (X58 133/1066) 4658 MSI Eclipse Plus (X58 133/1066) 4594 Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD6 (P55 133/1333) 4135 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 (P55 133/1333) 4155 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5 (P55 133/1333) 4289 Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P (P55 133/1333) 4240 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3R (P55 133/1333) 4162 ASUS P7P55D Deluxe (P55 133/1333) 4169 ASUS P7P55D Premium (P55 133/1333) 4150 Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (790FX 200/1066) 4455 MSI 785GM-E65 (785G 200/1066) 4374 ASUS M4A785TD-V Evo (785G 200/1066) 4386 Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H (785G 200/1066) 4327 Gigabyte GA-MA785G-UD3H (785G 200/1066) 4317

The same goes for 3DMark 06....

Sierra FEAR 1.08	Source: Sierra

FEAR is Sierra's latest first person shooter which relies heavily on DirectX 9 features. With its "Soft Shadows" feature enabled, even the fastest videocards run at a crawl, FEAR is definitely the new benchmark for future FPS games to follow.

Sierra FEAR 1.08 Minimum 640x480: Points Ranking MSI X58 Platinum (X58 133/1066) 646 MSI Eclipse Plus (X58 133/1066) 646 Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD6 (P55 133/1333) 628 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 (P55 133/1333) 635 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5 (P55 133/1333) 656 Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P (P55 133/1333) 636 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3R (P55 133/1333) 637 ASUS P7P55D Deluxe (P55 133/1333) 636 ASUS P7P55D Premium (P55 133/1333) 644 Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (790FX 200/1066) 656 MSI 785GM-E65 (785G 200/1066) 572 ASUS M4A785TD-V Evo (785G 200/1066) 580 Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H (785G 200/1066) 577 Gigabyte GA-MA785G-UD3H (785G 200/1066) 598 Maximum 1024x768: Points Ranking MSI X58 Platinum (X58 133/1066) 172 MSI Eclipse Plus (X58 133/1066) 174 Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD6 (P55 133/1333) 171 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD6 (P55 133/1333) 173 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD5 (P55 133/1333) 172 Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P (P55 133/1333) 173 Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3R (P55 133/1333) 175 ASUS P7P55D Deluxe (P55 133/1333) 174 ASUS P7P55D Premium (P55 133/1333) 174 Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P (790FX 200/1066) 172 MSI 785GM-E65 (785G 200/1066) 171 ASUS M4A785TD-V Evo (785G 200/1066) 172 Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H (785G 200/1066) 171 Gigabyte GA-MA785G-UD3H (785G 200/1066) 168

Again, the motherboard's performance here is nearly flat, at these levels the performance is almost entirely dictated by the CPU and videocard.