ASUS ROG Maximus XII Hero Wi-Fi Review: The Tale of Two Motherboards
by Dr. Ian Cutress & Gavin Bonshor on June 11, 2020 11:45 AM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
- Intel
- Asus
- ROG
- 5GBase-T
- Z490
- 10th Gen Core
- Comet Lake
Gaming Performance
For Z490 we are running using Windows 10 64-bit with the 1909 update.
Grand Theft Auto V
The highly anticipated iteration of the Grand Theft Auto franchise hit the shelves on April 14th 2015, with both AMD and NVIDIA in tow to help optimize the title. GTA doesn’t provide graphical presets, but opens up the options to users and extends the boundaries by pushing even the hardest systems to the limit using Rockstar’s Advanced Game Engine under DirectX 11. Whether the user is flying high in the mountains with long draw distances or dealing with assorted trash in the city, when cranked up to maximum it creates stunning visuals but hard work for both the CPU and the GPU.
For our test we have scripted a version of the in-game benchmark. The in-game benchmark consists of five scenarios: four short panning shots with varying lighting and weather effects, and a fifth action sequence that lasts around 90 seconds. We use only the final part of the benchmark, which combines a flight scene in a jet followed by an inner city drive-by through several intersections followed by ramming a tanker that explodes, causing other cars to explode as well. This is a mix of distance rendering followed by a detailed near-rendering action sequence, and the title thankfully spits out frame time data.
F1 2018
Aside from keeping up-to-date on the Formula One world, F1 2017 added HDR support, which F1 2018 has maintained; otherwise, we should see any newer versions of Codemasters' EGO engine find its way into F1. Graphically demanding in its own right, F1 2018 keeps a useful racing-type graphics workload in our benchmarks.
Aside from keeping up-to-date on the Formula One world, F1 2017 added HDR support, which F1 2018 has maintained. We use the in-game benchmark, set to run on the Montreal track in the wet, driving as Lewis Hamilton from last place on the grid. Data is taken over a one-lap race.
Strange Brigade (DX12)
Strange Brigade is based in 1903’s Egypt and follows a story which is very similar to that of the Mummy film franchise. This particular third-person shooter is developed by Rebellion Developments which is more widely known for games such as the Sniper Elite and Alien vs Predator series. The game follows the hunt for Seteki the Witch Queen who has arose once again and the only ‘troop’ who can ultimately stop her. Gameplay is cooperative centric with a wide variety of different levels and many puzzles which need solving by the British colonial Secret Service agents sent to put an end to her reign of barbaric and brutality.
The game supports both the DirectX 12 and Vulkan APIs and houses its own built-in benchmark which offers various options up for customization including textures, anti-aliasing, reflections, draw distance and even allows users to enable or disable motion blur, ambient occlusion and tessellation among others. AMD has boasted previously that Strange Brigade is part of its Vulkan API implementation offering scalability for AMD multi-graphics card configurations.
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Dug - Thursday, June 11, 2020 - link
I wonder how the USB, 5Gb ethernet, m.2 slots, sound with DAC, and wi-fi test out, sense it's not tested here.Alistair - Thursday, June 11, 2020 - link
This is the same problem I had with the 10700k. 5.1ghz and I'm not much faster than stock settings, but making more heat. 5.2ghz and I hit thermal throttle but am stable. That's with a VERY expensive cooler, the Kraken.eastcoast_pete - Thursday, June 11, 2020 - link
Thanks! Question @ Ian or Gavin: Any statement from Intel how going with the MB's performance setting affects Intel's warranty? In other words, if I would have an Intel CPU in one of these and the CPU goes belly up, would Intel assume that I ran it outside their recommendations and decline to cover it under warranty? Thanks!Alexandrus - Thursday, June 11, 2020 - link
I clearly see the PowerStages marked as TDA21462, which is a 60A part, yet the article insists on them being the TDA21490, which is a 90A part.There is no confusion here, come on, they are very different, by exactly 50%.
NorySS - Friday, June 12, 2020 - link
This article has errors about the vrm. You list and mention multiple times that the board uses TDA21490 90 A power stages, yet in the picture of the power stages, it is a TDA21462 part number. Which when Google is a 60Amp power stage.Tenujonny - Tuesday, June 23, 2020 - link
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