Performance
I’ve spoken about it in the past, but it is worth mentioning again here. Performance testing of motherboards isn’t as cut and dry as testing on a video card for example. Generally, considering they all use the same chipset, performance numbers rarely vary by much more than a margin of error. That doesn’t stop me from running the UD4H through our test suite though just to make sure their aren’t any glaring issues. As you can see in the results below, the UD4H performed in line with the other Z87 motherboards we have tested in the past. Keep an eye out on the USB/SATA testing and audio testing as those are more likely to use different controllers and show larger variances.
PCMark 7 |
Overall Score |
|
MSI Z87-G45 Gaming |
6107 |
|
Asus Z87 Pro |
6287 |
|
Asus Z87 Plus |
6332 |
|
MSI Z87 MPower |
6465 |
|
Asus Z87 Gryphon |
6304 |
|
Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H |
6292 |
|
3DMark |
Fire Strike |
Fire Strike Extreme |
MSI Z87-G45 Gaming |
4340 |
1955 |
Asus Z87 Pro |
4353 |
2086 |
Asus Z87 Plus |
4346 |
2018 |
MSI Z87 MPower |
4344 |
1961 |
Asus Z87 Gryphon |
4345 |
2071 |
Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H |
4345 |
2002 |
Worldbench (low score is better) |
Photoshop |
Office |
MSI Z87-G45 Gaming |
222 |
302 |
Asus Z87 Pro |
222 |
291 |
Asus Z87 Plus |
210 |
290 |
MSI Z87 MPower |
206 |
289 |
Asus Z87 Gryphon |
213 |
293 |
Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H |
217 |
298 |
wPrime (low score is better) |
32M |
1024M |
MSI Z87-G45 Gaming |
10.658 |
325.787 |
Asus Z87 Pro |
10.437 |
325.981 |
Asus Z87 Plus |
10.584 |
328.48 |
MSI Z87 MPower |
10.657 |
331.992 |
Asus Z87 Gryphon |
10.562 |
324.228 |
Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H |
10.658 |
325.947 |
Passmark |
CPU Mark |
|
MSI Z87-G45 Gaming |
10295 |
|
Asus Z87 Pro |
10437 |
|
Asus Z87 Plus |
10425 |
|
MSI Z87 MPower |
10297 |
|
Asus Z87 Gryphon |
10470 |
|
Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H |
10354 |
|
X264 |
Pass 1 |
Pass 2 |
MSI Z87-G45 Gaming |
166.9525 |
43.83 |
Asus Z87 Pro |
168.2825 |
45.9675 |
Asus Z87 Plus |
171.8175 |
45.8775 |
MSI Z87 MPower |
170.1025 |
45.9075 |
Asus Z87 Gryphon |
169.2225 |
45.7725 |
Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H |
168.3642 |
45.6975 |
Cinebench |
CPU Score |
|
MSI Z87-G45 Gaming |
7.73 |
|
Asus Z87 Pro |
8.02 |
|
Asus Z87 Plus |
7.94 |
|
MSI Z87 MPower |
8.1 |
|
Asus Z87 Gryphon |
8.18 |
|
Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H |
8.04 |
|
Unreal Heaven Benchmark 4.0 |
Average FPS |
|
MSI Z87-G45 Gaming |
35.5 |
|
Asus Z87 Pro |
34.7 |
|
Asus Z87 Plus |
34.7 |
|
MSI Z87 MPower |
34.5 |
|
Asus Z87 Gryphon |
34.7 |
|
Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H |
34.9 |
|
Bioshock Infinite |
Average FPS |
|
MSI Z87-G45 Gaming |
50.08 |
|
Asus Z87 Pro |
48.76 |
|
Asus Z87 Plus |
48.76 |
|
MSI Z87 MPower |
48.94 |
|
Asus Z87 Gryphon |
47.56 |
|
Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H |
48.91 |
|
Tomb Raider |
Average FPS |
|
MSI Z87-G45 Gaming |
30.7 |
|
Asus Z87 Pro |
30.6 |
|
Asus Z87 Plus |
30.6 |
|
MSI Z87 MPower |
30.5 |
|
Asus Z87 Gryphon |
30.3 |
|
Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H |
30.3 |
|
Hitman Absolution |
Average FPS |
|
MSI Z87-G45 Gaming |
29.4 |
|
Asus Z87 Pro |
30 |
|
Asus Z87 Plus |
30 |
|
MSI Z87 MPower |
30 |
|
Asus Z87 Gryphon |
30 |
|
Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H |
29.7 |
|
Sleeping Dogs |
Average FPS |
|
MSI Z87-G45 Gaming |
31.8 |
|
Asus Z87 Pro |
31.5 |
|
Asus Z87 Plus |
31.2 |
|
MSI Z87 MPower |
31.4 |
|
Asus Z87 Gryphon |
31.5 |
|
Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H |
31.5 |