Performance
When it came time for performance testing, I ran the Crossblade Ranger through our standard benchmark suite using the A10-7850K Kaveri APU. For comparison, I also did the same testing using our other A88 board, the Asus A88-Pro. In the end both had extremely similar numbers in all of the test. With both being from the same manufacture and running the same video card and APU this wasn’t a shock at all. The improvements in the Crossblade Ranger are focused on giving a better gaming experience with improved audio performance and better overclocking potential. Speaking of audio performance, when testing I was extremely impressed with the soundcard on the Crossblade Ranger. It’s rare that any onboard audio card is anything more than mediocre, but Asus has made it a habit of making their ROG boards stand out with good audio. They have done this so much that a lot of the other manufactures have been putting out similar designs to keep up.
3DMark |
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Motherboard |
Overall Score |
Graphics Score |
Physics Score |
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Asus A88-Pro |
5888 |
9343 |
3653 |
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Asus Crossblade Ranger |
5886 |
9338 |
3653 |
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PCMark 8 Home Accelerated Score |
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Asus A88-Pro |
3489 |
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Asus Crossblade Ranger |
3515 |
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Passmark Overall Score |
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Asus A88-Pro |
2959.2 |
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Asus Crossblade Ranger |
2960.6 |
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Bioshock Infinite Average FPS |
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Asus A88-Pro |
83.11 |
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Asus Crossblade Ranger |
83.17 |
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Tomb Raider Average FPS |
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Asus A88-Pro |
57.2 |
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Asus Crossblade Ranger |
57.7 |
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Hitman: Absolution Average FPS |
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Asus A88-Pro |
38.4 |
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Asus Crossblade Ranger |
38.5 |
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Sleeping Dogs Average FPS |
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Asus A88-Pro |
59.7 |
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Asus Crossblade Ranger |
59.7 |
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