Gigabyte X99 Gaming 5P Motherboard Review

Subsystem Testing and Gaming Benchmarks

Ten SATA3 connections on the Gigabyte X99 Gaming 5P are provided by the Intel Chipset.

SATA 3	USB 3.0
M.2

DPC Latency

Before proceeding with audio benchmarks, Deferred Procedure Call latency must be first checked to make sure that the system is capable of producing useable results when the Rightmark Audio Analyzer benchmark was run. DPC is a Windows function that involves prioritizing tasks within the OS and high DPC latencies can be caused by several things including hardware device conflict. The DPC Latency Monitor graphically displays the latency level of the system in real time. We’ve changed to DPC latency monitor as opposed to DPC latency checker as admitted by the developer, the DPC Latency checker application incorrectly displays values with Windows 8.1.

24-bit 96 kHz

24-bit 192 kHz

Network Connectivity

Gaming Tests

Futuremark’s 3DMark is a semi-synthetic gaming benchmark that calculates both graphics and CPU-bound physics in a controlled series of tests and provides scores that can be compared with other gaming platforms.

Instead of showing real-world gaming performance, a gaming test at the lowest resolution where CPU performance difference can be gauged due to the reduced reliance on the discrete GPU was conducted.