Asus Rampage II Gene Review

Written by Richard Swinburne

July 31, 2009 | 12:58

Tags: #2 #analysis #atx #factor #form #gamers #gene #ii #lga1366 #micro #mini #motherboard #nehalem #performance #rampage #republic #result #sff #sli #small #testing #tiny #x58

Companies: #asus #intel

SATA and eSATA Performance

Website: HD Tach 3.0
We tested the SATA and eSATA performance with an Intel X25-M SSD to maximise the use of the SATA connections to show up any core differences in raw performance.

SATA Performance

  • Foxconn Blood Rage
  • Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P
  • Gigabyte GA-EX58-DS4
  • Asus P6T Deluxe
  • MSI Eclipse SLI
  • Asus Rampage II Gene
  • 218.0
  • 217.2
  • 217.1
  • 194.5
  • 191.4
  • 190.7
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eSATA Performance

  • Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P (Gigabyte JMicron)
  • Asus Rampage II Gene (JMicron JMB363)
  • Foxconn Blood Rage (JMicron JMB363)
  • Asus P6T Deluxe (Marvell 88SE6111-NAA1)
  • MSI Eclipse SLI (JMicron JMB362)
  • 217.1
  • 167.3
  • 162.4
  • 159.8
  • 117.6
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The SATA performance is similar to the P6T, and while quite fast doesn't maxmise the performance available from a high end device like our Intel X25-M SSD by nearly 20MB/sec. The extra SATA/eSATA performance is not too bad though, as far as JMicron chipsets go we saw worse on the Maximus II Gene, however Asus still manages to offer quite a bit of bandwidth.

USB 2.0 Performance

Website: HD Tach 3.0
We tested the USB performance with an Intel X25-M SSD and a SATA to USB adapter to saturate the USB bus in order to look for any performance drops.

USB 2.0 Performance

  • Asus Rampage II Gene
  • Foxconn Blood Rage
  • Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P
  • Gigabyte GA-EX58-DS4
  • MSI Eclipse SLI
  • Asus P6T Deluxe
  • 34.9
  • 34.9
  • 34.9
  • 34.9
  • 34.9
  • 34.9
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The USB performance is consistent to other ICH10R southbridge boards tested.
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