We used the Bioshock Infinite‘s demanding ‘Ultra’ setting and a 1920 x 1080 resolution to push today’s gaming hardware. Our data was recorded using a section of the game, not the built-in benchmark.
We used a 1920 x 1080 resolution and Metro 2033‘s built-in benchmark set to ‘Very High’ quality to offer an intense challenge for the gaming hardware while also making playable frame rates a possibility.
We used a 1920 x 1080 resolution and the Metro: Last Light‘s built-in benchmark set to ‘High’ quality to offer an intense challenge for the gaming hardware while also making playable frame rates a possibility.
Gaming performance from the Asus Z87-Deluxe/Quad is solid. The motherboard managed to muster up a few extra frames over some of its Z87 counterparts. Asus's board also managed to vastly outperform the similarly professional user-orientated ASRock Z87 Extreme11/ac motherboard in gaming tasks.