It's early days for Sandy Bridge motherboard testing, and it will take time to generate a reference point for comparative performance. That said, we do happen to have Asus' Maximus IV Extreme on hand to provide some early context.
The Maximus is an enthusiast-class board based on the P67 discrete chipset, and therefore probably represents the fastest possible platform for Intel's new Sandy Bridge CPUs, including the astonishing Core i7-2600K. As our benchmarks show, the H67S isn't quite running on all cylinders. The main problem is sub-optimal support for Intel's Turbo Boost feature.
Professional rendering, Cinebench R10
Time – faster is better
Foxconn H67S: 38 seconds
Asus Maximus IV Extreme: 35 seconds
Gigabyte P55A-UD6**: 46 seconds
Video encoding, x264 HD
Frames per second – higher is better
Foxconn H67S: 32fps
Asus Maximus IV Extreme: 35fps
Gigabyte P55A-UD6**: 28fps
Gaming, World in Conflict
Frames per second – higher is better
Foxconn H67S: 90fps
Asus Maximus IV Extreme: 96fps
Gigabyte P55A-UD6**: 78fps
Memory bandwidth, SiSoft Sandra
Gigabyte per seconds – higher is better
Foxconn H67S: 14.1GB/s
Asus Maximus IV Extreme: 18.7GB/s
Gigabyte P55A-UD6**: 17.3GB/s
** P55 chipset and Intel Core i7-870
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