IGP Motherboard Benchmarks

Given the on-board HDMI/DP/DVI/analog video ports the ECS Z77H2-A2X motherboard features PCSTATS is including a full set of IGP benchmarks for its integrated Intel HD 3000 graphics core. When considering the Intel Z77's integrated graphics performance over the following benchmark charts it's wise to remember that the IGP core is dependent on the Intel Core i3/i5/i7 'SandyBridge'/'Ivy Bridge' processor. Furthermore, Intel's HD 3000 IGP is only DX10.1 so 3DMark11 and other DX11 benchmarks were omitted. This board will support DX11 games with an Ivy Bridge CPU since that IGP is DX11 compliant.

If more performance is needed, remember that the ECS Z77H2-A2X motherboard supports Lucid VirtuMVP so there's a lot more flexibility with this Intel Z77 platform. It's interesting to see Intel HD 3000 graphics compared against AMD's socket FM1 A8-3850 APU (with Radeon HD 6550D graphics core).

Futuremark 3DMark Vantage (IGP vs. IGP) Performance Overall: (P) Points Ranking ECS Z77H2-A2X* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 1769 Gigbyte GA-Z77X-UD3H* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 1867 Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 1745 Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 1738 Asus P8H67-M Evo* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 1749 Intel DH67BL* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 1539 Biostar TH67XE* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 1978 ECS H67H2-M* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 1707 Biostar TA75M+* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 3853 Gigabyte GA-A75-UD4H* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 3827 Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 3711 Biostar TA890GXE (Radeon HD 4290 IGP) 385 ASUS M4A89GTD-Pro (Radeon HD 4290 IGP) 420 Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 249 MSI 785GM-E65 (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 287 ASUS M4A785TD-V Evo (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 287 GPU score: Points Ranking ECS Z77H2-A2X* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 1362 Gigbyte GA-Z77X-UD3H* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 1439 Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 1342 Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 1337 Asus P8H67-M Evo* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 1347 Intel DH67BL* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 1182 Biostar TH67XE* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 1527 ECS H67H2-M* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 1313 Biostar TA75M+* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 3206 Gigabyte GA-A75-UD4H* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 3210 Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 3073 Biostar TA890GXE (Radeon HD 4290 IGP) 291 ASUS M4A89GTD-Pro (Radeon HD 4290 IGP) 318 Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 188 MSI 785GM-E65 (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 216 ASUS M4A785TD-V Evo (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 217 CPU score: Points Ranking ECS Z77H2-A2X* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 17196 Gigbyte GA-Z77X-UD3H* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 17277 Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 17364 Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 17383 Asus P8H67-M Evo* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 16556 Intel DH67BL* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 16441 Biostar TH67XE* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 17319 ECS H67H2-M* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 16914 Biostar TA75M+* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 9769 Gigabyte GA-A75-UD4H* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 9034 Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 9839 Biostar TA890GXE (Radeon HD 4290 IGP) 10767 ASUS M4A89GTD-Pro (Radeon HD 4290 IGP) 10920 Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 10942 MSI 785GM-E65 (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 10942 ASUS M4A785TD-V Evo (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 10880

It's a good thing the ECS Z77H2-A2X motherboard supports VirtuMVP... the Intel HD3000 IGP scores just 1362 (GPU) against 3210 for the AMD A8-3850 APU based GA-A75-UD4H motherboard. The ECS platform is a hair quicker than the remaining LGA1155 boards.

Futuremark 3DMark06 (IGP vs. IGP) Overall: Points Ranking ECS Z77H2-A2X* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 4262 Gigbyte GA-Z77X-UD3H* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 4447 Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 4301 Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 4292 Asus P8H67-M Evo* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 4282 Intel DH67BL* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 3322 Biostar TH67XE* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 4689 ECS H67H2-M* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 4265 Intel DG45ID (Intel GMA X4500HD IGP) 1043 Asus P5Q-EM (Intel GMA X4500HD IGP) 1162 Biostar TA75M+* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 6237 Gigabyte GA-A75-UD4H* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 6272 Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 6356 Biostar TA890GXE (Radeon HD 4290 IGP) 2027 ASUS M4A89GTD-Pro (Radeon HD 4290 IGP) 2224 ASUS M3A78-T (Radeon HD 3300 IGP) 2084 Foxconn A7DA-S (Radeon HD 3300 IGP) 1718 Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 1682 MSI 785GM-E65 (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 1790 ASUS M4A785TD-V Evo (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 1794 CPU: Points Ranking ECS Z77H2-A2X* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 5980 Gigbyte GA-Z77X-UD3H* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 5971 Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 6098 Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 6051 Asus P8H67-M Evo* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 5761 Intel DH67BL* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 3802 Biostar TH67XE* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 5977 ECS H67H2-M* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 5958 Intel DG45ID (Intel GMA X4500HD IGP) 2218 Asus P5Q-EM (Intel GMA X4500HD IGP) 2228 Biostar TA75M+* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 4117 Gigabyte GA-A75-UD4H* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 3911 Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 4033 Biostar TA890GXE (Radeon HD 4290 IGP) 4447 ASUS M4A89GTD-Pro (Radeon HD 4290 IGP) 4513 ASUS M3A78-T (Radeon HD 3300 IGP) 3208 Foxconn A7DA-S (Radeon HD 3300 IGP) 1879 Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 4456 MSI 785GM-E65 (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 4456 ASUS M4A785TD-V Evo (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 4445

In 3DMark06 this Intel Z77 platform offers a much needed boost to Intel IGP graphics compared to the Intel G45. Still, the results are dead slow for Sandy Bridge's IGP compared to AMD's socket FM1 A8-3850 APU. The ECS Z77H2-A2X nabs a score of 4262 while AMDs IGP scores 6356!

Sierra FEAR - DX9 (IGP vs. IGP) 1024x768 Maximum: Points Ranking ECS Z77H2-A2X* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 36 Gigbyte GA-Z77X-UD3H* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 37 Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 36 Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 19 Asus P8H67-M Evo* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 33 Intel DH67BL* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 24 Biostar TH67XE* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 36 ECS H67H2-M* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 32 Intel DG45ID (Intel GMA X4500HD IGP) 9 Asus P5Q-EM (Intel GMA X4500HD IGP) 11 Biostar TA75M+* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 56 Gigabyte GA-A75-UD4H* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 57 Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 57 Biostar TA890GXE (Radeon HD 4290 IGP) 12 ASUS M4A89GTD-Pro (Radeon HD 4290 IGP) 10 ASUS M3A78-T (Radeon HD 3300 IGP) 13 Foxconn A7DA-S (Radeon HD 3300 IGP) 12 Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 10 MSI 785GM-E65 (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 10 ASUS M4A785TD-V Evo (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 10 1600x1200 Maximum: Points Ranking ECS Z77H2-A2X* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 18 Gigbyte GA-Z77X-UD3H* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 19 Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 18 Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 8 Asus P8H67-M Evo* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 19 Biostar TA75M+* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 27 Gigabyte GA-A75-UD4H* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 28 Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 28

FEAR is a DX9 title that really demonstrates just how far IGPs have come in the last couple years. What used to be nearly impossible for any Intel or AMD IGPs to render at 1600x1200 can now be tackled with relative ease. The ECS Z77H2-A2X system scores 36FPS here, compared to AMD's A8-3850 result of 57FPS.

For the final round of IGP benchmarks we have Call of Juarez.

Call of Juarez - DX10 (IGP vs. IGP) 1024x768 Low Settings: Points Ranking ECS Z77H2-A2X* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 25.3 Gigbyte GA-Z77X-UD3H* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 25.7 Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 18.1 Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 25.7 Asus P8H67-M Evo* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 25.3 Intel DH67BL* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 21.1 Biostar TH67XE* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 27.3 ECS H67H2-M* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 24.5 Intel DG45ID (Intel GMA X4500HD IGP) 5.8 Asus P5Q-EM (Intel GMA X4500HD IGP) 6.5 Biostar TA75M+* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 56.6 Gigabyte GA-A75-UD4H* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 57.2 Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 54.6 Biostar TA890GXE (Radeon HD 4290 IGP) 13.1 ASUS M4A89GTD-Pro (Radeon HD 4290 IGP) 12.6 ASUS M3A78-T (Radeon HD 3300 IGP) 15.6 Foxconn A7DA-S (Radeon HD 3300 IGP) 13.2 Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 11.8 MSI 785GM-E65 (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 12.3 ASUS M4A785TD-V Evo (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 12.5 1600x1200 High Settings: Points Ranking ECS Z77H2-A2X* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 5.7 Gigbyte GA-Z77X-UD3H* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 6 Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3-iSSD* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 5.9 Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 5.9 Asus P8H67-M Evo* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 5.8 Intel DH67BL* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 4.6 Biostar TH67XE* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 6.1 ECS H67H2-M* (Intel HD 3000 IGP) 5.5 Intel DG45ID (Intel GMA X4500HD IGP) 2.2 Asus P5Q-EM (Intel GMA X4500HD IGP) 2.4 Biostar TA75M+* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 15.5 Gigabyte GA-A75-UD4H* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 15 Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H* (Radeon HD 6550D IGP) 15.6 Biostar TA890GXE (Radeon HD 4290 IGP) 3 ASUS M4A89GTD-Pro (Radeon HD 4290 IGP) 2.6 ASUS M3A78-T (Radeon HD 3300 IGP) 3.1 Foxconn A7DA-S (Radeon HD 3300 IGP) 2.3 Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 2.4 MSI 785GM-E65 (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 2.6 ASUS M4A785TD-V Evo (Radeon HD 4200 IGP) 2.4

Call of Juarez is a tough DX10 title for IGPs. The ECS Z77H2-A2X system scores 5.7FPS 1600x1200, 25.3 FPS at 1024x768. The AMD A8-3850 socket FM1 system dominates here with 15.6FPS at 1600x1200.